i'm dave briggs. >> and i'm christine romans. it is thursday, june 8th, 4:00 a.m. in the east, and we are just hours away from what promises to be a riveting show on capitol hill. fired fbi director james comey will testify to the senate intelligence committee about his interactions with president trump. now, even before he takes the oath, comey has already changed the dynamic. the intel committee releasing comey's entire opening statement a day ahead of time, and this is at comey's request. this testimony confirms the president asked comey to help lift the cloud created by the fbi's russia investigation. >> it also confirms president trump demanded loyalty, and it contradicts the president's claim he never asked comey to back off of his investigation of former national security adviser michael flynn. comey's statement does support the president's claim that comey assured him he was not personally under investigation three separate times. >> comey says the president brought that subject up over the course of multiple conversations. today marks the first time comey

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. thanks for joining us. one day away from testimony of james comey, suddenly the undercard is part of the main event. at this morning's main intelligence committee hearing a lineup of intel community all-stars. dan coates, acting fbi director andrew mccabe, nsa director, admiral mike rogers and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein all set to testify. >>> overnight dan coates at the center of breaking news. "the washington post" reporting president trump asked coates if he could skbeer vaccine with james comey to urge the fbi director to back off his investigation of former national security adviser michael flynn. unnamed officials tell the "post" private interaction came after a briefing on march 22nd two days after comey told congress that the fbi was, in fact, investigating whether the trump campaign colluded with the russia. >>> the officials say coates said denying the president trump's request to intervene would be inappropriate. cnn reported the president asked coates and nsa director to publicly den

i'm dave briggs joined by sam mitche mitchell. let's talk about game one.t was kevin durant going off 38 points. steph curry 28. but we just talked about the evolution of lebron. how is kd different? >> when he was in okc, he was primarily a scorer. he wasn't known for rebounding and taking charge. but since he's come to golden state, he's become a new player, a better player. if you go back early in the season, there was a game about third or fourth game of the season, he was out there floating around like i normally does and draymond green looks at durant and starts yelling at him you got get in here and rebound and do the dirty work. and since then, he's unbelievable. and i think he's changed the perception of himself. >> and did all the pressure fall on the shoulders of kevin durant? everyone has els a rie has ring. >> and entering the series entering game one, how will he perform after leaving okc.has e. >> and entering the series entering game one, how will he perform after leaving okc.as el. >> and entering the series entering game one, how will he p

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. to be back with you today. >> great to have you back. >> 30 minutes past the hour. a lot going on. >>> overnight, new rules regarding the trump administration's revised travel ban take effect tonight at 8:00 p.m. that's the word from a senior administration official. we're also getting specifics this morning on who will be allowed into the u.s. from these six muslim-majority nations and who will be kept out. >> the supreme court laid out a general guideline that those with a credible claim of a bona fide relationship can come. new administration guidance sent to overseas posts wednesday says visa applicants must prove they have a parent, spouse, child, adult son or daughter, son or daughter-in-law, or subling in the u.s. >> among the relationships not on the list -- grandparents, grandchildren, aunts or uncles, nieces or nephews, cousins, brothers in law, sisters in law, fiancees or other extended family members. the court ruled those accepted to universities or workers who have taken

i'm dave briggs. >> and i'm christine romans.t's 32 minutes past the hour. >> breaking news this morning, isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi may have been killed in a russian air strike. russian state media says moscow is investigating that possibility. >> these reports say al baghdadi, seen here in one of the few video clips of him known, he's in mosul in july of 2014 in these pictures. he may have been killed in a russian air strike last month. our cnn correspondent diana magnay is live in moscow with the breaking details. and i know -- i mean, i'm reading some of this on the english-language sputnik news agency. they're investigating whether a may 28th news strike targeted him with a lot of other isis leadership. what do we know? >> reporter: that's right. well, russian state media is quoting the defense ministry as saying that it is investigating with information that suggests that he was killed in a meeting south of raqqah with a lot of other isis operatives are true, and the reports are that al baghdadi was killed in a russia

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm a speechless christine romans. >> yeah. >> friday -- >> hard to fathom. >> it is. june 30th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. in an era of unbreakable political gridlock, there's one thing everyone, nearly everyone seems to be able to agree upon -- president trump's degrading tweets, regardless of the target, must stop. this issue resurfacing at the top of the political agenda after the president attacked cable news hosts mika brzezinski and joe scarborough. brace yourself. there is what he said -- "i heard poorly rated "morning joe" speaks badly of me. don't watch anymore. how come low-i.q., crazy mika, along with psycho joe, came to mar-a-lago at new year's eve and insisted on joining me. she was bleeding badly from a facelift. i said no." >> despite the nature of the tweets, the president's backers lining up to defend him. chief among them, first lady melania trump who is said to be combating cyber-bullying. that's part of her white house platform. a statement from her office, "as the first lady has stated publicly in the past, when her husband gets attacked, he will

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm alison kosik. this time not the house trying to hammer out a deal to repeal and replace bicyclobamacare, it senate. working to balance the demands of moderates and conservatives as gop leaders attempt to get a health care bill passed in a matter of days. the version unveiled by majority leader mitch mcconnell. now meeting pushback from the rank and file, though, with just two republican votes to spare. four senators are saying no already. four because of the reasons that they have a lot of concerns about it. >> ten other republicans refusing to commit saying they want time to review a bill that was under lock and key until yesterday. and of course the entire democratic caucus totally opposed. on the policy front, the senate bill mostly mirrors the house version. some key changes. more on those in a moment. our coverage begins, though, with cnn's ryan nobles. >> reporter: good morning from capitol hill. senators haven't really had all that much time to digest this 142-page bill. if the early reviews

. >> i'm dave briggs. june 27th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. >>> new in the health care battle, majority leader mitch mcconnell still pushing for a vote on obamacare repeal and replace this week. that despite developments that leave the senate health care bill hanging by a thread. two senior gop aides telling cnn mcconnell wants that vote but plans to assess sentiment today at a senate republican lunch. they say he could change his plans depending on feedback from senate republican leaders. >> the reason the gop bill is barely hanging on -- an analysis by the congressional budget office showing that the so-called analysis of this bill, showing that 22 million more americans would be uninsured by 2026. at this point, four republican senators already say they're going to vote against this bill, even beginning the debate process to even get into the bill. that's enough to kill it for sure. other senators, ted cruz and mike lee, they say they still have reservations, as well. >> lee is among four senators set to meet with vice presiden

i'm dave briggs. >> nice to see you all this morning. i'm christine romans.t is thursday, june 14th, 4:00 a.m. exactly in the east. >>> members of congress will take the field tonight as planned for the annual congressional baseball game, just a day after the republican team was the target of a shooting rampage. majority whip steve scalise of louisiana, he remains this morning in critical condition. doctors say a single rifle shot tore across scalise's hip and pelvis, suffering internal injuries, injuries to internal organs. he will require more surgery. >> president trump visited the hospital last night, accompanied on the surprise visit by first lady melania trump. the white house says the president sat at scalise's bedside and spoke with his family. hours earlier, the president faced the first major test of his ability to reassure a shaken public, striking a unifying tone. >> we may have our differences, but we do well in times like these to remember that everyone who serves in our nation's capitol is here because, above all, they love our country. we are

i'm dave briggs. it's wednesday, june 21st. 5:00 a.m. in the east. democrats searching for a new strategy after suffering defeat in a high stakes and very high cost special election in georgia. there are the numbers. cnn projects karen handel beats jon ossoff. enough to provide a big morale boost to republicans who are worried about president trump's potential. >> handel did not minimize this president. she and her supporters embraced him. listen. >> and a special thanks to the president of the united states of america. [ cheers and applause ] >> jon ossoff falling short despite raising $23 million in the most expensive house race in u.s. history. he tried to paint a hopeful picture of democratic victories to come. >> this is not the outcome any of us were hoping for. but this is the beginning of something much bigger than us. it's extraordinary what you have done here. the fight goes on. >> republican ralph norman also won a special election in south carolina's fifth district, the frank underwood seat for you watchers of netflix. that means republic

. >> i'm dave briggs. monday, june 26th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. coming as soon as today the congressional budget office assessment of the senate health care bill. that's the same cbo score that nearly scuttled the house version of obamacare repeal and replace, and the senate's 52 republicans have an even narrower path to victory than their house colleagues. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell can lose just two votes. at least five republicans have already said they cannot support the bill in its current form. and that's before the cbo score comes out. >> health and human services secretary tom price is making sweeping promises to help get the bill across the finish line. here's an example for -- he says that a deep cut to medicaid, it's not really a cut. >> what i'm telling you is the system, the plan we have in place, would not allow individuals to fall through the cracks. we would not pull the rug out from anybody. we would not have individuals lose coverage that they want for themselves and for their family. we want to make certain that heal

thanks for being with us. >> i'm dave briggs. "new day" starts now.l see you back here on monday. >>> obamacare is a disaster. it's dead. >> the way this bill cuts health care is heartless. >> give us a chance to fix this system. >> we can do better than this. >> senate republicans are trying to con americans into thinking that they are fixing problems. what they're doing is causing new ones. >>> are there tapes? >> you're going to be very disappointed when you hear the answer. don't worry. >> he has known for weeks that there were no tapes, and yet he strung the american people along. >> does the president regret the tweets? >> i don't think so. >> a reality talk show host. this is not designed to be entertainment. >>> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day." friday, june 23rd, 6:00 in new york. chris is off this morning. david gregory joins me. >> who doesn't love a health care debate in the middle of summer. >> your beach read? >> i had t

. >>> welcome to cnn newsroom, i am dave briggs in new york. president trump the count down is on. the president says he's willing to testify under oath. >> so he says those things under oath, would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version? >> 100%. >> shocking day. the next few

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. it's 30 minutes past the hour.g news overnight from london as hundreds of firefighters are battling a blaze that's consumed a 24 story apartment building in west thrown. you're looking at live pictures of this huge fire so far. authorities tight lipped saying only there have been a number of fatalities. the cause of the fire still not known. cnn is on the scene and we'll go there shortly. >>> to politics here, attorney general jeff sessions analgrily denouncing claims he colluded with russian officials during the election. sessions declined to talk about his private conversations with president trump leaving democrats fuming with frustration and accusing their former senate colleague of stonewalling. >>> attorney general did confirm that he left then fbi director james comey alone with president trump in the oval office on february 14th. >> i was standing there and without revealing any conversation that took place, what i do recall is that i did depart. i believe everyone else did depart. and director comey was si

i'm dave briggs. >> good morning. i'm alison kosik in for christine romans, probably getting much-needed r&r. >> she is. last day of school for the kids, i believe. >> absolutely. it is june 22nd. >>> up first, senate republicans coming out of the shadows revealing their plan to reform obamacare. until then, details had been a closely guarded secret with a handful of senators working behind closed doors. >> here's what we know about the plan. we'll see it later this morning -- 9:30 a.m., he tells the senate about this. it slows down the time frame and the house measure for rolling back the medicaid expansion. it also improves tax credits for low-income and older americans from the house version. it offers states more flexibility on waivers to opt out of obamacare regulations including essential health benefits. >> it also takes away money for blood f-- for planned parenthoo for a year. and that move could violate senate rules, passing with only 51 votes. several characteristritical iss in the air such as the fund to f

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. good morning, june 19th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. >>> at least one person is dead, eight others injured after a van ran over muslim worshippers outside a north london mosque. this incident now being treated as an act of terrorism. take a look at the pictures the aftermath taken just after midnight london time. witnesses describing a chaotic scene with people screaming for help from police and medics. at least one person has been arrested. a 48-year-old. a man described as the driver of that van. you see him in this video. he was detained at the scene by members of the public. >> listen to this witness -- sayid hashid. he pulled a victim from the vehicle. >> i suddenly turned right from the mosque. i was shocked, and we were screaming. and he -- first a woman, an old somalian woman, in her 60s, and an algerian guy. he drove a bus, hit another three, four, five, six, seven. then the car stopped. we went after him. we managed to get him out of the car. >> authorities are not saying if muslims were specifically targeted, but

i'm dave briggs. >> nice to see you bright and early. i'm christine romans. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east this thursday, june 29th. >>> breaking overnight, new rules for implementing the trump administration's revised travel ban. those new rules take effect tonight at 8:00 p.m. that's the word from a senior administration official. we're also getting specifics this morning on who will be allowed into the u.s. from these six muslim-majority nations and who will be kept out. >> let's bring in justice reporter laura jarrett on this. good morning to you. the supreme court has said it's a credible claim of a bona fide relationship can come. wean w.h.o. that entails -- now we know who that entails, and there are surprises. >> reporter: yeah, surprises and, frankly, more questions. sources tell us that new guidelines sent overseas to posts late wednesday say that visa applicants from six affected countries will be required to prove they have a parent, a spouse, a child, a son or daughter-in-law, or sibling here in the u.s. but who gets left out is pretty expansive and includes fiance

i'm dave briggs. you survived. >> the weekend's over. i survived, a lot of soccer, and hot. it was hot this weekend. >> it was hot indeed. >> i'm christine romans, monday, june 12th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. this morning the senate intelligence committee has not confirmed whether or not jeff sessions will testify in a open or closed session or if the session will actually happen as sessions said in a letter, or whether it will happen at all since some senators believe this is a gambit for sessions to avoid testifying in public about russian election meddling. >> if it happens, it should be another pivotal day of testimony. chuck schumer says sessions has four key questions to answer. >> first, did he interfere with the russian investigation before he recused himself? second, what safeguards are there now so that he doesn't interfere? third, he says he was involved in the firing of comey, and the president said comey was fired because of russia. how does that fit in with his recusal? it doesn't seem to stand up well for me. and four, he's been involved in the selection of the n

i'm dave briggs. >> and i'm christine romans. again, first day of the month, but the same old same old -- >> same old same old -- >> snickering? i don't know what it is. >> bickering. >> bickering. 4:00 a.m. in the east. we have four new developments in the russia investigation this morning. questions of whether attorney general jeff sessions had another previously undisclosed meeting during the campaign with the russian ambassador. the white house no longer taking questions about russia, referring everything, everything about russia now referred to the president's lawyer. >> sources say former fbi director james comey plans to testify the president did, indeed, try to pressure him on the bureau's russia probe, and the house intelligence committee issuing its first subpoenas. the batch includes some signed by chairman devin nunes, who promised to step aside from the russia investigation. >> first on attorney general sessions. capitol hill and intelligence sources telling cnn investigators are focusing on a trump campaign event at

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans., june 14th, 2017. 30 minutes past the hour. first to our breaking news overnight from london. hundreds of firefighters battling a blaze that's consumed a 24 story apartment building in west london. these are live pictures now of this huge fire. we've been watching this all morning. so far authorities say there have been a number of fatalities. there have been fatalities. the cause of this fire is still not known. broke out about 1:00 a.m. local time. 125 families live in this building. cnn is on the scene and we'll get a live update from there in just a moment. >> has london been through enough in the last several weeks. elsewhere attorney general jeff sessions angrily denouncing claims he may have collude with russian officials during the election calling them detestable lies at a senate intelligence committee hearing tuesday. sessions repeatedly declined to talk about his private conversations however with president trump leaving democrats fuming with frustration, accusing their for

. >>> i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. >>> north korea facing outrage after the american college student otto warmbier has died less than a week after his release from pyongyang. his family believes he was tortured into a coma. his passing quickly sparking anger, outrage, sadness in washington. senator john mccain, a former prisoner himself, not mincing words. he says this -- "let us state the facts plainly. otto warmbier, an american citizen, was murdered by the kim jong-un regime." >> high-level talks between the u.s. and china begin tomorrow in washington. there's growing pressure on president trump to take a harder line with beijing to help rein in north korea. listen to the president's reaction to warmbier's death. >> otto warmbier has just passed away. he spent a year in north korea. a lot of bad things happened, but at least we got him home to be with his parents where they were so happy to see him even though he was in very tough condition. he passed away a little while ago. that's a brutal regime, and we'll be able to handle it. >> what does the president mean by "handle

welcome back, i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans.a of unbreakable political gridlock, there's one thing nearly everyone seems to agree on -- president trump's degrading personal attacks and tweets regardless of the target must stop. this issue resurfacing at the top of the political agenda after the president attacked the cable news hosts mika brzezinski and joe scarborough. this is the tweet that launched all this outrage, "i heard poorly rated "morning joe" speaks badly of me. don't watch anymore. then how come low-i.q., crazy mika, along with psycho joe came to mara laga oh three nights in a row around new year's eve and insisted on joining me? she was bleeding badly from a facelift. i said no." mika and joe posting a "washington post" op-ed, the headline, "donald trump is not well." they say "the president's unhealthy obsession with "morning joe" does not serve the best interests of either his mental state or the country he runs." more in a moment. >> despite the nature of the tweets, the president's backers are lining up to defe

i'm dave briggs. well, basically, it's child psychology 101 being practiced on a 70-year-old man. >> it was so weird, i watched it twice, just to make sure that it was as weird as i thought it was, and it was. i'm christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. today could be one of the most crucial days yet for the trump white house. attorney general jeff sessions testifies at 2:30 this afternoon in front of the senate intelligence committee. among many critical questions, sessions will likely be asked to respond directly to an accusation from fired fbi director james comey. >> my impression was something big is about to happen, i need to remember every single word that is spoken. and again, i could be wrong, but i'm 56 years old. i've seen a few things. my sense was the attorney general knew he shouldn't be leaving, which is why he was lingering, and i don't know mr. kushner well, but i think he picked up on the same thing, and so, i knew something was about to happen that i needed to pay very close

i'm alison kosik. >> i'm dave briggs.e a good day. >>> the republicans have gone from total secrecy to total chaos. >> i'm concerned that the despot of obamacare may get worse with the republican version. >> the senators need to remember that they campaigned on repealing and replacing obamacare. >> 22 million people losing their coverage. that's unacceptable. >>> these heinous actions by the assad regime cannot be tolerated. >> the white house says there are potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the syrian regime. >> they are warning president bashar al assad of paying a heavy price if these weapons were to be used. >>> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >>> welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world. 6:00 in new york. alisyn is off. news machine briana keilar -- i thought yield get a kick out of that on the prompter -- >> who put that in the prompter? >> i don't know. we will get to the bottom of it. >> i love it. >>> here's our starting line -- the senate re

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. 29 minutes after the hour. >>> this morning, a major reset in london's war on terror as prime minister theresa may calls for a sweeping review of britain's counterterrorism strategy. her vow to ramp up the country's terror response comes in the wake of a deadly, new attack in the uk, the third in three months, the second in as many weeks. overnight police conducting new raids in east london on top of earlier raids on sunday. they say 11 people are now in custody, a huge amount of forensic material to go through. >> all right, at least 7 people were killed, 48 others injured in this rampage. isis has claimed responsibility but offered no evidence to back that up. britain's general election will go on as scheduled on thursday, now against the backdrop of heightened concern over terrorism. cnn's frederik pleitgen was one of the first reporters on the scene, there again now bringing us up to speed on all of the developments. good morning, fred. >> reporter: hi there, christine. yeah, one

"early start" anchor dave briggs has more on this terrifying flight. >> frightening moments aboard anx flight, violently shaking mid flight over the indian ocean. the airbus a-330 heading to malasia was forced to return to australia after engine trouble. about 90 minutes later, passengers say they heard a loud bang. >> the passenger said one of the blades on the left engine was missing. >> the flight shuttered for nearly two hours, many saying it felt like being inside a washing machine. >> the plane was really, really, shauterring, shuttering, shuttering. >> reporter: the pilot telling passengers he was scared and asking them twice to pray. >> listen to everyone. our shooifl depends on your cooperating. >> reporter: some putting on a brave face, others fearing the worst. >> lots of people crying, pulling out lifejackets, pretty much preparing. we thought there was a good chance we would go down. >> reporter: marine emergency services standing by for a water rescue. passengers breathing a sigh of relief once the plane touched down safely before waiting hours for another flight. the lo

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. >> i'm dave briggs. it's monday, june 19th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. we begin with the breaking news. at least one person dead, eight injured after a van ran over muslim worshippers outside a north london mosque. the incident now being treated as an act of terrorism. look at the pictures of the aftermath after midnight london time. witnesses describing a chaotic scene with people screaming for help from police and medics. at least one person has been arrested. a 48-year-old man described as the driver of the van. he was detained at the scene by members of the public. >> authorities are not saying if muslims were specifically targeted. we'll get the latest developments from cnn's phil black in london. where do we stand on this investigation? >> reporter: the police are saying that this bears all the hallmarks of recent terror attacks because once again a car has been used as a weapon. what they're not sure of or not being definitive on yet is the motive. it is beginning to look pretty clear. it was just after midnight. that's when the white van came dow

i'm dave briggs. >> good morning, i'm alison kosik. 30 minutes past the hour.licans, they're going to be coming out of the shadows for their big reveal. they're going to unveil their plan for overhauling obamacare. until now, details of the gop health care bill have been a closely guarded secret with a handful of senators working behind closed doors. >> here's what we know about the plan we'll see this morning. 9:30, senators see the bill. it slows the time frame in the house measure for rolling back the medicaid expansion. also improves tax credits for low-income and older americans in the house version. offers states more flexibility on waivers to opt out of obamacare regulations, including essential benefits. >> it also de-funds planned parenthood for a year. that move could violate senate budget rules the gop is using to pass their bill with only 51 votes. several critical issues remain up in the air. those includes a fund to fight opioid abuse, transitioning away from obamacare, and the timing of the repeal of obamacare taxes. also unclear the fate of cove

>>> welcome to cnn newsroom, i am dave briggs in new york. for president trump the count down is on. the president says he's willing to testify under oath. >> so he says those things under oath, would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version? >> 100%. >> shocking day. the next few days maybe absolutely pivotal. the senate committee could we receive copies of comey's memos as early as tuesday. jeff sessions will testify before the senate panel, lets bring in our white house's correspondent athena jones and along with reporter laura jarrett. it is good to see you all. athe athena, we'll start with you, the president says he's 100% willing to testify. how likely is that to happen? >> it is one of the big questions, it is of course highly unusual to see a president offering to testify. he says he's going to sit down with mueller testifying and denying all the detail that is james comey spelled out in his testimony. it is not clear whether the president consulted with his lawyer, marc kasowitz, before making this promise. another bi

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. >> i'm victor blackwell in for dave briggs. this morning the united states is no longer a global leader in combatting climate change. president trump is with drawing the u.s. from the paris climate accord. the sweeping move fulfills a campaign promise but it's prompting sharp backlash from nations around the globe. >> speaking from the rose garden the president wants to renegotiate key parts of this agreement but there's stark warnings this morning that the u.s. is seeding a leadership world it's held in shaping global events since world war ii. >> key u.s. allies are telling president trump they're not willing to renegotiate the paris climate agreement. leaders are all telling the white house there will be no renegotiations in response to the president's comments he would like to strike a better climate deal. the president made it speech he's thinking more about key voters in states like pennsylvania than the u.s. allies that are now disappointed that the u.s. is with drawing from the deal. >> it's time to exit the paris accor

i'm dave briggs. >> and i'm christine romans. fired fbi drergt james comey will testify to the senate intelligence committee about his interactions with president trump. even before he takes the oath, comey has already changed the dynamic. the intel committee releasing comey's entire opening statement a day ahead of time at his request. it confirms the president asked comey to help lift the cloud created by the fbi's russia investigation. >> it also confirms president trump demanded loyalty, and then contradicts the president's claim he never asked comey to back off his investigation of former national security advisor michael flynn. comey's statement does support the president's claim that comey assured him he was not personally under investigation. >> comey said the president brought that subject up over the course of multiple conversations. today marks the first time he's spoken out at all since president trump fired him last month. manu raju begins our coverage this morning from capitol hill. >> in just a matter of hours jame

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i'm dave briggs. it is 31 minutes past the hour.game plan on health care for senate republicans. they'll try to hammer out a new version of repeal and replace to let members consider the bill during the upcoming recess. this comes after senate majority leader mitch mcconnell bowed to mounting opposition in his own party and delayed the vote he said would happen this week. >> the senators would now vote when they return to washington the week of july 10th. lawmakers who hold town halls during recess would have to answer to their constituents before they put in their votes. after senator mcconnell announced the delay president trump hosted republicans for a frank discussion at the white house. several called it positive, constructive and not tense. >>> don't assume the senate bill is dead yet. after all the house did manage to pull back from the brink, rally and pass their health bill back in may. >>> let's bring back juliay an this is not what mitch*connell wanted and how much does this have to do with maging? we know the process has

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i'm dave briggs. >> and i'm christine romans.one for the record books. >> privilege of a lifetime to anchor alongside you. >> it could be one of l most crucial days for the trump white house. jeff sessions testifies a the 2:30 p.m. this afternoon in front of the senate intelligence committee. among many critical questions, he will be asked to respond directly from an accusation from james comey. >> my impression was something big was about to happen and i node to remember every single word that is spoken and, i could be wrong, but i'm 56 years old and seen a few things. my sense was the attorney general knew he shouldn't be leaving, which is why he was lingering and i don't e know kushner well. e he picked up on the same thing. so i knew something was about to happen that i need to pay close attention to. >> jessica snider joins us from washington with the latest. >> tough and intense questioning is expected today when the attorney general testifies. several questions linger including the role he play ed i firing jeff sessions. a

. >> i'm dave briggs friday, june 16th, 4:00 a.m. in the east.l baghdadi may have been killed in an air strike, according to reuters citing russian media. >> reports say al baghdadi, seen here in a video clip in

early start anchor dave briggs joins us now. what did the pilot ask them to do twice?have a little faith, my friend. it is the fear of every flyer, the pilot announces something has gone wrong and the flight has turned around for an emergency landing. on this flight many fearing for the two hours that they were doomed. this was it. friesening moments aboard an air asia x flight. the plane violently shaking over the indian ocean. the airbus a-330 heading to malaysia was forced to return to australia after engine trouble. about 90 minutes later passengers say they heard a loud bang. >> the captain said that one of the legs on the left engine was missing -- >> passengers say it shouldered for nearly two hours. many saying it felt like being inside a washing machine. >> the plane was shouldering, shuttering. >> the pilot telling passengers he was scared and asking them twice to pray. >> our survival depends on your cooperating. >> some putting on a brave face. others fearing the worst. >> lots of people crying, lots of people pulling out the lifejacke lifejackets, pretty m

i'm dave briggs. it's wednesday, june 21st. 5:00 a.m. in the east.fter suffering defeat in a high stakes and very high cost special election in georgia. there are the numbers. cnn projects karen handel beats jon ossoff. enough to provide a big morale boost to republicans who are worried about president trump's potential. >> handel did not minimize this president. she and her supporters embraced him. listen. >> and a special thanks

. >> i'm dave briggs. "new day" starts now. have a great weekend. we'll see you next week. >>> i'm appalled. this is the president of the united states. >> when he gets attacked, he's going to hit back. >> he has a role to play in uniting the country, and he threw some gasoline on the embers. >> to refer to a female's face as someone that's involved in politics is just not approved. >> a huge distraction from the real issues at hand. >> could have a lot to tell us about russian intentions, russian engagement, how russian active measures work. >> intelligence reports show russian hackers talking about ways to find secretary clinton's emails and get them to general flynn. >>> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and allisisyn camerota. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day." it's friday, june 30th, 6:00 here in new york. clarissa ward has been with me this week. you've been great. thanks for being with me. >> thanks for having me. >> one of the -- always a pleasure to have one of the best by my side. >>> w

i'm dave briggs. thursday, june 1st, 5:00 a.m. in the east. a little talk in a moment about the paris climate agreement. the president, 3:00 today, expected to make this big announcement. does it have the reality show reveal to it? >> the chinese premier and german chancellor are vowing to be better partners and to lead on climate change. so there's a message there. >> so the u.s. left with anything raug wa and syria. we have more major new developments on russia investigations this morning. new questions about whether attorney general jeff sessions had another previously undisclosed meeting during the campaign with the russian ambassador. the white house no longer taking questions about russia, referring everything to the president's personal attorney. >> sources say a former fbi director james comey plans to testify the president did indeed try to pressure him on the bureau's russia probe. the house intelligence committee issuing its first subpoenas. the batch includes some signed by chairman devin nunes, who promised to step aside from the

. >> i'm dave briggs. 26 minutes past the hour. morning, isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi may have been killed in a russian airstrike. russian state media says moscow is investigating that possibility. >> the reports say al baghdadi seen here in one of the rare video clips of him in mosul in july 2014, may have been killed in a russian airstrike last month. cnn correspondent diana magnay live in moscow with us with the breaking details. this is russian state media saying they're investigating whether he was with a group of 300 terrorists targeted by russian air strikes may 28th? >> right. and that defense ministry is looking into information that would suggest that he was amongst those who were killed in the big russian airstrike which supposedly happened in the evening of may the 28th. now we don't know whether they were specifically out to get al baghdadi in that strike. we do know that syrian ground troops, with the help of russian air support, have been trying to battle isis in that region and particularly with heavy russian ai

. >> i'm dave briggs. "new day" starts right now.e baseball field. >> scalise was to my left. i saw him go down. >> capitol police not there, we would all have been dead. >> we are strongest when we are unified. >> we will use this occasion as one that brings us together. >> an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. >> after the firing of james comey, the fbi began to investigate the president for obstruction of justice. >> i still think it is outrageous the fbi is continuing to a huge deal. the president of the united states is under criminal investigation. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day." this is thursday, june 15th. 6:00 in new york. house republican whip steve scalise still fighting and in critical condition after being shot in the ball field in alexandria. we know a lot more about the attack and the heroic efforts that saved lives. investigators this morning are digging into the attack and the online rants. all s

. >> i'm dave briggs. "new day" starts right now. we'll see you tomorrow.ill jeff sessions testify tomorrow? >> the judiciary committee has the oversight and it's very figfit being for the attorney general. >> some may be concerned that sessions is avoiding testifying publicly. >> no collusion. he's a leaker. >> lordy, i hope there are tapes. >> it looks like an inappropriate conversation. >> if there are tapes, he should make them public. no more game play. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day." it is monday, june 12th. chris is off. john berman joins me. >> nice to see you. >> attorney general jeff sessions offering to testify before the senate intelligence committee tomorrow. the question is whether he will testify in open session in front of tv cameras. meanwhile, the white house trying to get back to the president's agenda, but president trump continues to slam james comey calling him quote cowardly for leaking details of their conversations. >> republi

from our partners at cnn - dave briggs has more. natsfrightening moments aboard an air-asia x flight the plane áviolently shakingá mid- flight over the indian ocean. natsthe airbus a-330 carrying over 350 passengers heading to malaysia -- was forced to return to australia after engine trouble.natsabout 90 minutes later -- passengers say they heard a loud bang samad monfard/passenger:"the captain said one of the plates on the left engine was missing."passengers say the plane shuddered for nearly átwo hoursá -- many saying it felt like being inside a washing machine.passenger:"the plane was really, really limping on, it was shuddering, shuddering, shuddering." passenger:"i thought the whole plane was gonna go plummeting down."the pilot telling passengers he was scared and asking them átwiceá to pray. captain:"please pay attention... and also please... uh... listen to everything. our survival depends on your cooperating." some putting on a brave face: nats: "we're having 50 million beers when we get back."others fearing the worst. tim/passenger:"there were lots of people crying, lots of