the claim in the briggs case rose under the establishment clause. other than that, different, there's really no way to reconcile those two cases. it's not because the decision in briggs was wrong -- >> why isn't it just simply -- it's not that there's a hierarchy or controversy requirement attars, it's what the text of the constitution and in what case the case protects against the government endorsing something so the establishment calls protects against the endorsement, but the equal protection clause protects against unequal treatment, so we have to look for different treatment. >> well, the language of the two clauses i would submit are not really different. >> that's the distinction. in other words, put it differently, do you have a single equal protection violation case based ever on government speech? >> no, your honor, i would be candid to say no except for the 11th circuit cases. >> they get there but doesn't seem that standing was contested was there? >> that's correct. it was not contested. >> i agree, those are interesting cases. >> thos

. >> i would like to start talking with briggs versus mississippi. it dealt with the same flag issue. like this case, the plaintiff alleged the mississippi flag constituted speech and expressed preference for one grup of citizens. briggs was a muslim objecting on the flag with the basis he believes it endorses christianity. the confederate flag battle flag portion constituted a christian symbol and he objected. the district court and this court proceeded to decide the case on the merits without any expression of concerns about standing. the outcome in that case really can't be reconciled with the denial of standing in this case. here, the plaintiff correctly alleges as the fifth circuit courts held in briggs that the message of our flag is not a religious message but a secular message. that is the allegation and the allegation says there is no need to specify what the secular message but here is message is one of white supremacy. that claim arises under the equal protection clause. this claim in the briggs case is under the establishment clause. othe

but is briggs getting soft in his old age? bye, mum.nd his early years without weeping. just look at the pair of them. her in black stockings — and just look at his hair. well, they're art students, dear, he'll grow out of it when he gets a properjob. he'll never get a properjob with hair like that. and yet, briggs says, he has no regrets that his relationships produced no children. when they're tiny, they're absolutely wonderful. i didn't want any of my own. my wife, jean, had schizophrenia, so she couldn't have any. so... and liz had already got two. and didn't want any more. nordid i. so that was that — childless throughout — lovely! can you explain the shoe collection that we saw around the corner? oh, no, that started, i got those, one or two pairs over the years as joke presents for liz's daughter. of course, she didn't want them, of course. so i chucked them in the cupboard or something. then i got interested. i got about 20 pairs out there now. people think i'm some outrageous perv who totters around the house in them late at ni

i like to start talking about a case called briggs v. mississippi. like this case, the plainff there alleged that the mississippi flag constituted some sort of symbolic speech. the plaintiff in this case alleged that the flag unconstitutionally expressed a preference for one group of citizens over another. the only difference was, in brig gs case, the point of was a muslim. he objected to the flag under the basis that he believed it endorsed christianity, that the confederate battle flag portion of the flag somehow constituted a religious symbol, a christian symbol, and he objected to that. the district court and this court proceeded to decide the case on the merits, without any question of the concerns about standing. the outcome of that case cannot be reconciled with the denial of standing in this case. here, the plaintiff correctly alleges, as the fifth circuit court held in briggs, that the message of the flag is not a religious message, it is a secular message. that is the allegation made. the allegation goes on and specifies -- the was the need

this, dave briggs, a role reversal.he influence of the treasury secretary of steve mnuchin and donald trump. usually the united states is goading countries. usually the u.s. insisting you have that last little paragraph saying we will resist protectionism. now other countries trying to convince the u.s. to keep up the fight. >> do we know this was at the insistence of the united states or just -- >> the insistence of the united states. total role reversal here when you have the big developed economies moving in a different way after years of trying to convince the developing economies to reject protectionism. >> major change. >>> "early start" continues right now. >> head of the fbi on capitol hill today testifying on about russian interference in the election and that unfounded claim that president trump was wiretapped by president obama. >>> it is a very important week for trump. supreme court pick facing questions in the senate and the questions for the house. we are breaking it all down. welcome to "early start." i'

>> our mom. >> we just have a good, loving family. >> chris and briggs, you're my heroes. i'm in love. >> thanks, guys. >>> a stunt driver is usually reserved for the stuntmen, but this guy in the united arab emirates takes his suv and raises it onto two right wheels and manages to drive along. hi manages to hut prison flashers on. >> i want to move on. >> it is impressive, though. >> do you remember when i used to try? you shouldn't do it. >> you tried this? >> i hope your state farm agent isn't listening. >> you shouldn't do it. >> but that was the intention here. apparently, this guy was doing it as part of a wedding celebration that got attention on social media and the uie. they removed the plates from his cars but they still found him and took him into custody. no reports on the charges he faces. >>> over to kazakhstan, a very chaotic scene in the streets there. officers with their guns drawn pointing it at this guy in a black bmw. it's full of traffic, but the guy in the beamer is still finding ways to elude the police officers. they are abandoning their cars and lo

one ran 27 hours that dave briggs is talking about. with concerns growing about the content and pace pushed through the house, republican opponents are ramping up public criticism. >> there is no deadline. we need to get health care right and fast. there are republicans saying the same in private. i'm saying the legislation as it is written, one, cannot pass the senate. two, would not solve the problems of our health care system. problems that obamacare made worse. >> today, a push in the sales campaign for repeal as president trump meets with key house chairman and conservative leaders. let's get the latest from phil mattingly on capitol hill. >> reporter: dave and christine, not guaranteeing when it gets to the floor they will support it at all. it underscores more work to do. you talk to republican leadership aides and senate republicans, they say this is the vehicle moving forward. if they want to repeal obamacare, this is the moment to do it. now the biggest issue by far is medicaid in the bill as it stands. the expansion that cam

as it is a world book day we have right and illustrator raymond briggs. join me now on bbc two. here on bbc one it is time for the news where you are. have a good night. hello, you're watching bbc news. i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre, these are our headlines tonight. no comment from sir bradley wiggins on a day that british cycling admits to more failings. andy murray says he's never experienced anything like it. seven match points saved in a half hour tie break as be scrapes into the dubai semi—finals. and hear the tigers roar. they have thrashed the rhinos tonight to stay top of the super league. good evening, what a terrible few days it's been for british cycling. today they apologised for ‘failings' at the conclusion of the review into a culture of bullying and discrimination at the organisation.

representative tim briggs a democrat from montgomery county introduced a bill that would require the state department of education to establish media literacy curriculum for students in kindergarten through grea grade. he says it will teach students critical thinking skills. >> so much information is coming at us not just kids but all of us we need a second to be able to digest it and filter it and figure out what is real, what is false. >> while the department of education says it is looking to are ward to working with state lawmakers, it adds that some schools are already educating students about biases in the media. >> the time is now 6:26. we are following several new and developing stories including two school closures due to that peco substation fire. >> and breaking overnight armed robbers ambush man who was in the middle of moving items from his truck to his home. >> ♪

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. "new day" starts now.isyn. >> james comey meeting with the gang of eight. >> we are confident that the by partis bipartisan investigators. >> whether there is a kegs with the trump organization and russian bank. >> the russian bank looked up the address to the trump servers 2,800 times. >> the health care system is a monstrosity. >> we don't have to get it fast. >> this is the closest we will ever get to repealing and replacing obamacare. >> 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 friday, march 10th. 6:00 in new york. up first, james comey meeting behind closed doors with the eight lawmakers who have access to the nation's most sensitive data including that on russia's alleged meddling in the election. >> we have reporting for you. cnn is learning that federal investigators are continuing to examine the server connection with the trump organization server and a russian bank. what exactly is known and what

like myself and dave briggs. they were all wrong. we were all wrong.cocks of south carolina. >> i've been like a little kid all day. i've never been good enough to play in a game like this. why don't you break the ice for me. >> coach marsh's team down by one at halftime. he exploded for the second half. most given up by mike krzyzewski's team. they played in greenville, so the fans were loud and rowdy. just like the team in the locker room after the upset. south carolina dancing into the sweet 16 for the first time since 1973. back when richard nixon was president. >>> another upset. michigan wolverines. coach has to cool them down with the super soaker. they stunned louisville. continuing a run fit for a movie script. wolverines have won six in a row since the plane slid off the runway before the big ten tournament. they will get the oregon ducks in the sweet 16. kentucky ended wichita state's season. the shockers coach of gregg marsha marshall, lynn marshall let her passion get the better of her. security visited her three times for misbehaving. she

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is thursday, march 9th. 4:00. opposition to the new republican health plan growing among conservatives on capitol hill, president trump wants a plan a to get it passed and plan b if it doesn't. he told leaders he will allow obamacare to fail and let democrats take the blame. sources say mr. trump scolded the groups for calling it obamaca obamacare-light. they could have done more outreach ahead of the rollout. >> for now, the white house sticking with plan a. shifting in full campaign mode to sell the republican repeal and replace. the president will stump for the plan with a visit to kentucky and tennessee. although, a feeling in the west wing the republican leaders saddled mr. trump with the heavy lifting. paul ryan is confidence the vote will pass. phil mattingly has more. >> reporter: as legislative action gets under way, that action the republicans promising now for campaign cycle after campaign cycle. the question is will they push this over the finish line? through the house of representatives? the reality

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. it is monday, march 6th.he crisis of public trust. welcome to that. this morning, the white house faces a daunting challenge as friend and foe call on the claim of president trump's tweet had president obama wire tapping him. now the fbi asking the justice department to refute the claim that is according to two sources with knowledge of the situation. the fbi seeking deny because it implies the bureau may have broken the law by obeying president obama's order. so far, no comment. >> president trump asking congress to investigate the wire tapping claim. a claim he made with no evidence. it is getting a mixed response. house chairman devin nunes says he will look into the matter in the committee. other republicans pushing back and former national intelligence chief james clapper telling nbc it did not happen. >> there was no such wire tap activity mounted against the president-elect

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. they called it obamacare.they are calling on twitter #trumpcare. the technical name is american health care act. after years of promises to repeal and replace, the republican plan to dismantle obamacare is finally at the starting gate. just at the starting gate. republican leaders face a tough job rallying support. the headline of the plan, eliminates the individual mandate and employer mandate. replaces with a new set of incentives. including the replacement of obamacare subsidy with refundable tax credits to encourage people to buy insurance on the open market. it also would eliminate t

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. jeff sessions met with the russian ambassador to the u.s. twice last year. what is in question is whether he did so in capacity as a trump campaign surrogate or member of the senate armed services committee. now sessions is facing accusations he misled congress about the meetings. with all of this making a devastating blow as attorney general. twice last year, sessions met with a top diplomat in washington. once during the convention in june and the second in the session' offices. he was a surrogate at the time of the meetings with the russian ambassad ambassad ambassador. he is considered to be a top spy recruiter. listen to what sessions said or did not say when senator al franken asked about contact with the campaign and russian officials. >> if there is any evidence that any one affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of the campaign, what will you do? >> senator franken, i'm not aware of any of those activities. i have been called

. >> and i'm dave briggs. >> did you talk to the russians last year? >> i did not. >> i cannot deny or confirm anything. donald trump stepping forward with a defense of jeff sessions hours after he recused himself from any investigations into the trump campaign. there's a growing call from democrats that sessions resign that he met with the russian ambassador during the campaign. sessions denied any wrongdoing saying that he told senators he never spoke with russian officials about the trump campaign. >> i was taken aback a little bit about this brand new information, that allegation that surrogates and i had been called a surrogate for donald trump had been meeting continuously with russian officials and that's what struck me there and that's what i focused my answer on, an -- and retrospect if -- i should have slowed down and said but i did meet one russian officials a couple of times. that would be the ambassador. >> all right. sessions telling reporters he plans to mention his meeting with the russian ambassador in a statement to supplement his con

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is tuesday, march 21st.president trump back in washington this morning after one of his trademark campaign style rallies in kentucky. he talked about health care and tax reform and other topics. did not touch on the extraordinary testimony by the fbi director james comey. this despite tweeting all day long about the capitol hill hearing. a hearing that features fireworks, but not smoking gun connecting russia to the trump campaign. the fbi director confirmed for the first time there is an fbi investigation into whether trump allies colluded with russia with the election meddling. >> comey told senators the investigation started in late july and they had come to the clear conclusion of the russian interference driven by vladimir putin's disdain for hillary clinton. >> they wanted to hurt our democracy. hurt her. help him. putin hated secretary clinton so much, the flip side, he had a clear preference running. as the summer went on and the polls appeared to show secretary clinton was going to win, the russians

i'm dave briggs. >> it is friday, march 24th. i'm christine romans. it is win or go home. laying down the ultimatuultimat. pass it today or you are stuck with obamacare. all this after the vote was postponed thursday after it was clear they did not have the votes. frustrated with the freedom caucus after both spent the day trying to quote grind them down. >> one senior administration official said the president tried to address the freedom caucus concerns with the bill. they kept moving the goal post. mr. trump is just done. another official says he wants to move on with tax reform. now emerging with the white house laying the ground work to place the blame on others to paul ryan to caucus and others in the staff to roping him into the bill. the freedom caucus chairman mark meadows told members to vote their conscious. >> i'm optimistic. i don't put grades or numbers on anything. that would make for a better headline. i'm still optimistic that everybody is negotiating in good faith. >> then among the horse trading, this dropped. the score from the congressional budget offi

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. trump budget expected at 7:00 a.m. some cuts across the board. state and epa. you will break it down. >> we will look at it. >>> president trump vowing to appeal a federal court order to block the 2.0 version of the travel ban. at the tennessee rally, the president declaring he will go all the way to the supreme court to overturn the order by hawaii judge derrick watson. that order issued hours before the ban was to take effect. >> the justice department slamming the order saying it disagree was the federal district court ruling which is flawed in reason and scope. our senior white house correspondent sijeff zeleny has latest. >> reporter: the white house and justice department is crafting legal strategy on what to do next in wake of the federal judge putting a stop on the travel ban. president trump minced no words wednesday night. he went after that judge and expressed regret of making changes of the first ban to the second ban. he called it a watering down. listen to what he said. >> a judge has just blocked our exe

. >> i'm dave briggs. it is monday, march 13th. time to get your brackets filled out. as an american, you should. >> time honored tradition. >> you need tips? don't ask me. great fun. >>> this morning, also much of the white house. they want to advance on health care other issues, but coming back to the president's wiret wiretapping claims. asking to hand over evidence to back up that president obama ordered the phones tapped. >> and the white house still offered ear o eed zero evidencet it. one lawmaker is demanding more information. we have athena jones with more rmt. >> reporter: good morning. the house intelligence committee sent a letter last week asking to provide all relevant documents regarding the president's explosive wiretapping allegations against his predecessor. there is no indication that the white house or the department of justice is pre-tard pare to off evidence. many republicans very much want to see. here is what john mccain had to say about all this on state of the i don't know cunion. >> our director clapper said there was no truth to that allegat

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. 4:30 a.m.ite house lashing out on all sides defending on the unfounded wiretapping accusat n accusatio accusations. the most combative stance unleashed in the white house press briefing for the ages. sean spicer speaking out about the campaign. speaker paul ryan not mincing words. >> we have not seen any evidence there was a wiretap or are fisa court order of somebody in trump tower. >> ryan backed up by intel committee chairman richard burr and marc warner. based on the information available to us, we see no indications that trump tower was the subject of surveillance by any element of the government before or after election day 2016. cnn's jim acosta was in the line of fire at the white house. >> reporter: dave and christine, the white house is trying to explain the claim that president obama wire tapped him in the 2016 campaign during a briefing at the white house. sean spicer predicted the president will be vindicated after the committees investigate the matter. >> the president has already

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. history will be made today.e the first vote to repealing and replacing the affordable care act or a staggering blow against obamacare. perhaps to the trump agenda. the white house and republican leaders deep into a furious last ditch campaign to turn no votes by the freedom caucus into yes votes. >> one critical issue at this point ending so-called essential health benefits that require obamacare and every insurance policy. more on that in a moment. still no deal but mark meadows suddenly sounding up beat that one will be made soon. >> i'm really optimistic we can get there. there is still a lot of details to work out, sean. to say we have a deal would not be accurate. the president and i came to agreement in principle. i think what we are trying to do now is make sure that our agreement is actually something that can be executed in a way that passes the senate. >> while meadows, a conservative, changing his tune, some moderates are sounding alarm. after a late meeting with paul ryan, charlie dent announced he i

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. spring is less than a week away. >> here we go. >> the storm is here. the snow we have been warning about starting to fall across the northeast. expected to get heavier throughout the morning and keep falling all day. tens of millions under blizzard or winter storm warnings. there are states of emergency declared for maryland on up to new england making for dangerous and potentially deadly conditions. new york city and boston expected to be hit hard. >> new york could get a foot of snow or more. chad myers saying we will have 10 or 11 more hours of this. parts of massachusetts could see up to 2 feet. officials warning of high winds creating whiteout conditions. schools closed in boston, philly and new york city. >> preemptive strike on the northeast. airlines have canceled 5,300 flights according to flightaware.com. as always, ahead of the possible blizzard, folks are clearing off grocery store shelves like the world will end today. it is scary. we have the latest on the storm with re

. >> i'm dave briggs. you like bowling and pizza? >> i do. >> invited for bowling and pizza to sell the health beforeill ne week. breaking news. just in the last few minutes, the house ways and means committee voting on party lines to approve the portion of the republican obamacare repeal bill. this after 16 growling hours of debate. voting down democratic issues from out of pocket costs and tax increases. >> the ways and means twitter account showing we are bringing we le relief. at this hour, this is what it looks like at 5:00 a.m. in the east on capitol hill. once this committee passes its portion of the bill, both still need to go through house budget committees before going to full house votes. >> these guys like sharp for pulling an all nighter. >> the word on the street is they are exhausted. >>> this is the first step on the broader level, but opposition is growing on capitol hill. president trump laying out two strategies. plan a and a plan b. sources tell cnn the president advised conservative leaders in an hour long meetin

. >> and i'm dave briggs. a tour de force.e're now one day away from what could be the change of health care in this country. president trump bringing his patented brand of hard sale to capitol hill. trying to coax reluctant republicans to vote for the american health care act repealing obamacare. and all hands, closed-door meeting for house republicans, the president said, quote, a loss just isn't acceptable. even called out mark meadows by name. meadows is the chairman of the house freedom caucus. trump predicted meadows and the caucus will get on board. and repeated that at the national congressional dinner. >> the american people voted for historic change. and they also voted for serious action. the american people gave us clear instructions. it's time to get busy, get to work, and to get the job done. these are the conservative solutions we campaigned on. and these are the conservative solutions the american people asked us, as a group, to deliver. >> the house rules committee takes up the health care legislation this mor

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. they called it obamacare. this one, they are calling on twitter #trumpcare. the technical name is american health care act. after years of promises to repeal and replace, the republican plan to dismantle obamacare is finally at the starting gate. just at the starting gate. republican leaders face a tough job rallying support. the headline of the plan, eliminates the individual mandate and employer mandate. replaces with a new set of incentives. including the replacement of obamacare subsidy with refundable tax credits to encourage people to buy insurance on the open market. it also would eliminate the medicaid expansion and states would receive a set amount from the federal government every year. >> the bill might be branded as repeal, it keeps several popular items of obamacare. children can remain on the plan until age 26. it allows people with pre-existing conditions to continue coverage. these were two cornerstones of obamacare. one change is insurers allowed to hike premiums for

good morning, i'm dave briggs, 4:30 a.m. eastern time.ease turned out to be distraction. the white house confirming the report that donald trump tax return showed $38 million in taxes paid on more than $150 million in income. the white house releasing the figures after msnbc rachel maddow teased a major scoop. she brought on journalist david k. johnson who said an anonymous source actually left the front two pages of mr. trump's return in his mailbox. in the end it was widely criticized as overhyped and disappointment with the top line figures of earnings and taxes paid there are still far more questions than answers. >> and is there a chance that the return was leaked by the president himself perhaps willing to draw attention away from the russian question. don lemon. >> do you think it's a possibility he could have sent you this? >> oh, absolutely. donald has a long history of leaking information about himself. he doesn't think like the relevant of us do. he doesn't have the sort of framework that makes him look good or bad that the res

. >> i'm dave briggs. it is tuesday, march 14th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. the snow we have been warning about starting to fall across the northeast. expected to get heavier throughout the morning. keep falling all day. tens of millions under blizzard or winter storm warnings. >> there are states of emergency from maryland on up to new england making for dangerous and or deadly conditions. new york city and boston expected to be hit hard. new york to get a foot of snow or more. chad myers said it will snow. parts of massachusetts could see 2 feet. high winds creating whiteout conditions and schools have been closed in new york and boston and philadelphia. >> 5,300 flights have been canceled according to flightaware.com. ahead of the possible blizzard, folks have been clearing off grocery store shelves like the end of the world is upon us. we have the latest on the storm with reporters along the east coast. starting with meteorologist chad myers here at columbus circle. chad, is it the light fluffy variety or hard, wet northeast snow? >> reporter: we are stil

. >> i'm dave briggs. it is fascinating. 5:00 a.m. eastern time. president trump back in washington this morning after one of his trademark campaign style rallies in kentucky. he talked about health care, tax reform, college football and colin kaepernick. did not touch on the monday extraordinary testimony by fbi director koijames comey. this despite tweeting all day long about the hearing. a hearing with fireworks, but not smoking gun connecting russia to the trump campaign. the fbi director confirmed an fbi investigation into whether trump allies coulluded. >> by a month after the election, the intelligence community came to clear conclusion of russian interference. driven by vladimir putin's disdain for hillary clinton. >> they wanted to hurt our democracy. hurt her. help him. putin hated secretary clinton so much, the flip side of that coin, he had a clear preference running against the person he hated so much. the summer went on and polls showed secretary clinton would win, russians gave up and focused on undermining her. >> republicans focuse

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans.ill have no impact on my life today. >> i'll text you. >> this morning, president trump vowing to appeal the court order that blocked the 2.0 version of the travel ban. >> a judge has just blocked our executive order on travel and refugees coming into our country from certain countries. the order he blocked was a watered down version of the first order that was also blocked by another judge. it should have never been blocked to start with. >> that order issued by watson houred before the ban was to take effect. the justice department saying it strongly disagree was the federal district court ruling which is flawed in reasoning and scope. >> why did the court's ruling against the travel ban again? in a 43-page ruling, the judge in hawaii cited several examples of trump suggerrogates states i w was a muslim ban. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> when he

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. the goodwill just lasted less than 24 hours. now some big questions for president trump. here's what is not in question this morning. attorney general jeff sessions met with russian ambassador to the u.s. twice last year. the question is did he in capacity of the donald trump campaign surrogate or as a member of the armed services committee. now facing acquisitions of misleading congress for making a devastating blow to the attorney general. the justice department confirming that twice last year, sessions met with the top russian diplomat in washington. once at the republican convention in july and the second time in september in the sessions' senate office. sessions a surrogate at the time of the meetings for the trump campaign with russian ambassador sergei kislyak. he is considered to be one of russia's top spies and not simply a diplomat. listen to what sessions said when senator al franken asked about the trump campaign and russian officials. >> and if there is any evidence that

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs.s there ever been so much anticipation? as the white house is advancing the agenda on health care, the spotlight returns to the unfounded wiretapping claims. the house intelligence committee asked the trump justice department to hand over evidence to back up the president's allegation that president obama ordered his phones tapped during the campaign. >> more than a week after president trump tweeted out that claim, the white house has still offered zero evidence to support it. ahead of the deadline, one lawmaker is demanding an explanation. our white house correspondent athena jones has more. >> reporter: the deadline looms today. a letter septembnt last week regarding the explosive wiretapping allegations against his predecessor president obama. no indication that the white house or the department of justice is prepared to offer up any such evidence. this is something that members of congress, not just democrats, but republicans, very much want to see. here is what arizona senator jo

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. history will be made today one way or the other. either republicans take their first vote toward repealing and replacing the affordable care act or we could see a staggering blow against obamacare and perhaps to the entire trump agenda. the white house and republican leaders now deep into a furious last-ditch campaign to turn no votes by members of the ultra conservative freedom caucus into yes votes. >> one critical issue at this point is ending essential health benefits that obamacare requires in every insurance policy. more on what those are in a moment. right now, still no deal. house freedom caucus chairman mark meadows is sounding upbeat one will be made soon. >> i'm really optimistic we can get there. there is still a lot of details to work out, sean. to say we have a deal that wouldn't be accurate. the president and i came to agreement in principle. what we are trying to do now is to make sure that our agreement is actually something that can be executed in a way that passes t

welcome to early start i'm christine romans. >> aim dave briggs. not wearing yoga pants, i don't own leggings, two top democrats say the time has come for house intelligence committee chairman to recuse himself of the investigations between trump ties with russian officials. he was on the groun

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. >> did you see that?et an espresso machine? >> tom hanks supporting america's journalism. love it. >> they aren't up before 4:30, we are. president trump stepping forward with a forceful defense of attorney general jeff sessions just hours after sessions recused himself from any investigations into mr. trump's presidential campaign. the move comes amid growing calls by democrats for the attorney general to resign over revelations sessions met with the russian ambassador at the same time he was serving as a trump campaign surrogate. then failed to disclose that at his senate hearing. sessions recusing himself at a news conference just two hours after the president said he should not do so, sessions denied any wrongdoing saying that he told senators he never spoke with russian officials about the trump campaign. >> i was taken aback a little bit about this brand-new information, this allegation that surrogates -- and i had been called a surrogate for donald trump -- had been meeting continuously with russia

i want to bring in tim briggs, you are a co nsulta nt bring in tim briggs, you are a consultant orthopaedicthe last 50 yea rs at what the nhs has done in the last 50 years to bring down waiting times to the historical lows of the moment, it has been an amazing job by many people. if you look at the nationaljoint by many people. if you look at the national joint registry founded by many people. if you look at the nationaljoint registry founded in 2003, when there were a7,000 joint replacements registered in one year, last year it was over 200,000, it shows you the rising demand, and with the ageing population and the demands on the health service. i think the health service should be congratulated on the actual work it has done in the last few years to bring the waiting times down to the historical lows that we see now, and patients, in terms of quality, timing of the operation is not the only aspiration. it is also getting the best quality outcome. it is a mixture of the two components that produces the best result for patients. that does not help the likes of christine, she is pulling face

. >> i'm dave briggs. 5:00 a.m. in the east. a back and forth struggle. it was really good. >> press briefing trump the ncaa talk on twitter? >> what a surreal social media moment. #pressbriefing. trending. the white house lashing out on all sides defending president trump's unfounded wiretapping allegations. a white house press briefing for the ages. christine romans calls epic. sean spicer pushing back who all say there is no evidence president obama ordered a wiretap of the campaign. house speaker paul ryan speaking out. >> we have not seen evidence of a wiretap or fisa court order of trump tower. >> that was paul ryan on cnn after the briefing. ryan backed up by chairman richard burr and marc warner. based on the information available to us, we see no indications that trump tower was the subject of surveillance by any element of the government before or after election day 2016. our friend jim acosta was in the line of fire at the white house. here is his report. >> reporter: dave and christine, the white house is trying to dig in to talk about the bas

i'm dave briggs.e speech on twitter. >> i'm christine romans. 30 minutes past the hour. the white house hoping that president trump's big speech does provide a reset of sorts. mr. trump cast a more presidential image than we've seen from him so far. after an hour, spent mostly sticking to the teleprompter. he ran through the presidency goals. not a lot on how to fpay for them. >> time for small thinking is over. the time for trivial fights is behind us. we just need the courage to share the dreams that fill our hearts. the bravery to express the hopes that heal our souls. and the confidence to turn those dreams into action. >> there are polarizing moments as he recapped the greatest hits from his campaign promises. several time we saw all the republican lawmakers standing all of the democrats stuck to their seats as we do every time. let's get into this with salena zito, columnist for the new york post. and greg valliere, political economist and chief strategist for horizon investments. guys, many of

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. the future to repeal and replace obamacare depends on ho you ask. a lawmaker at the president's meeting with house republican leaders tells cnn his endorsement came with a stern warning. the president said failure to pass legislation after seven years of promises would lead to a, quote, bloodbath in the 2018 elections. mr. trump even channeled president obama's most famous unfulfilled health promise. >> this will be a plan where you can choose your doctor. this will be a plan where you can choose your plan. it's a implicated process but actually it's very simple. it's called good health care. >> president trump's effort to get resistant republicans on board has not done the trick. at least not yet. objections released by rank and file lawmakers, powerful conservative groups and key senators signal threats to the bill's very survival. one aide to a conservative house member tells cnn the bill is dead. too many conservative groups are coming out against it. there's no way they'll have v

i'm dave briggs. 7:00 p.m.astern time speech next time, christine. >> it's almost like watching the big sports games. i'm so tired. i'm christine romans, 4:00 a.m. in the east. every some of his critics say that was the presidential tone they've been waiting for. the president's big speech provides a reset of sorts in the adjustment of a settle of congress. the president casting a more presidential image. spent mostly sticking to the teleprompter, as he ran through his policy goals, he got a lot of answers how to pay for them. the president offered up this challenge to lawmakers. >> the time for small thinking is over. the time for trivial fights is behind us. we just need the courage to share the dreams that fill our hearts. the bravery to express the hopes for our souls and the confidence to turn those hopes and dreams into actions. >> now, there were some polarizing aspects as president trump recapped many of the greatest hits from his campaign. at several times we saw all of the republicans standing and all

on world book day, stephen smith meets raymond briggs.ll be a last time i walk this path, before the hospital, before the home, before something. and the irony is, you never know that the time that it is to be the last time. oh, dear, very profound. the french election is heating up. we'll get the latest, as francois fillon‘s home is searched. and snapchat hits the stockmarket. is this really the future of communication? hello. jeff sessions — the second trump appointment to get into a tangle about russia and about his honesty. did he tell the truth, or not? the attorney general denied any russian contact in his confirmation hearings. but he in fact met the ambassador twice. as one twitter wit put it, he might as well have said, "i did not have international relations with that country." sessions says the meetings didn't relate to trump or the election, which was the context of the questions he was answering. so, no lie there, he says. he's not resigning. but in the last 90 minutes, he has recused himself from any investigation into the t

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. the future

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans.se facing a challenge as friend and foe alike over the tweet storm that president obama had president trump wire tapped. everyone in the position to know has so far denied. now the fbi itself asking the justice department, the fbi asking the justice department to refute the claim from president trump. a rare move. according to two sources. the claim implying the bureau may have broken the law by obeying the president obama order. no comment so far from the justice department. >>> president trump asking congress to investigate the baseless wire tapping claim. and house chairman devin nunes will look into the party inmatt part of the russian campaign accusatio accusations. and we have james clapper telling nbc it is not happened. >> no such wire tap activity mounted against the president-elect at the time or candidate or against his campaign. >> if the fbi, had advice of court order, would that be information you would know? >> yes. >> you would be told? >> i would know that. yes. someth

we saw this with briggs it, with trump.head of that is the french sovereign spread that's being targeted. the reason for that is because you talked about grabbing back sovereignty and legislative control really means leaving the euro on the monetary side and potentially the eu. real question to whether you can call the referendum to do that because you won't have majority in parliament. actually putting a lower risk on le pen than the market is. event, if it was to actually happen and as we saw with briggs it and with trump the instruments were most impacted actually changed to some degree. in the u.s. you had this huge small-cap rally after he got into power but little reaction in small caps ahead of the vote itself. we think you'll see something similar in europe. you would see a fast reaction in the stock market which we have not seen yet. tenant percent to 15% off in europe. five percent to 10% off in global equities and you would see a big move in the euro and the euro has not been impacting a big way. the euro, the do

thank you, dave briggs. >>> meanwhile, other headlines.nother setback for president trump's travel ban. a federal judge in hawaii who had temporarily blocked that ban from taking effect now ex-continuextending that order indefinitely. the ban likely targets muslims. no word if the trump administration will appeal the ruling. the justice department ruled hawaii has not been harmed. >>> the death toll is 13 in the head-on collision with the church bus and pickup truck on the texas highway. church members traveling from home from a retreat when the truck slammed into the bus. the truck driver and one passenger suffered injuries. the cause is under investigation. >>> how is it going for president trump? his approval ratings are one measure. it hit a new low. what do his supporters think of his performance? >> guys, 60 plus days into the trump presidency. what grade do you give donald trump? >> you will see their response to next. when you booked this trip, you didn't know we had over 26,000 local activities listed on our app. or that you could

i'm brigdave briggs. >> i'm christine romans.the house intelligent committee investigating alleged ties between trump and russia nothing. no meetings. nothing. the trump-russia probe has broken down at least for now amid this growing divide over whether house intel chairman devin nunes should recuse himself from that probe. those calls coming from a growing number of democrats but even now from the ranks of nunes own party. elijah cummings points to a claim made by nunes he was on the white house grounds to read classified material and no one on the white house grounds was aware. no one knew about his visit cannot be true. nunes was not a white house fence jumper he was invited in. >>> there's a republican house member saying nunes should recuse himself. walter jones of north carolina. meantime nunes is scoffing at the suggestion that he might step aside. >> are you going to stay as chairman and run this investigation? >> well why would i not? you guys need go ask them why these things are being said. >> can this investigation co

the victim is shamica briggs. yellowwood lane in capital heights. briggs and alfred had some sort of argument that led up to the shooting. police are still looking for people to come forward in this case. >>> a move is underway to move up primary day in the district. council member charles allen has introduced a bill that would have voters going another polls on the third tuesday in june. currently scheduled for september 4th. the new date would put the city in compliance with federal election laws. >>> an alleged rape at rockville high school is getting attention at the white house. >>e'll have more information about the case and the students charged in just a >>> what would you do if a neighbor's dog was caught on camera? using your lawn as a toilet. this story is blowing up on our facebook page. more on that after the break. topper. >>> great lead in. thank you. >>> back to winter. it's going to feel like it's 32 downtown. mainly dress the kids for the 20s tomorrow morning. we'll come bac >>> a fedex truck flipped over on its side. it happened on

. >> thank you supervisor jim baskin >> good morning david briggs puc. favor the introduction opportunity to give you a state of the system report would get a brief presentation on joined by her several of my colleagues at the puc as was the fire department and be happy to answer questions during a drought or after and without international handed over to assistant deputy chief intimate rivera to begin the remarks. >> good morning supervisors. my name is assistant deputy chief anthony with era. they took over this quickly. the san francisco fire department emergency firefighting water system which is also known as aws us the san francisco fire department retains a collaborative partnership with the sf puc for comanaging emergency firefighting water system also known as aws us which was immortalized in 2015 via and mou following the transfer of the system to the puc and 2010. the performance -the formalized performance standards are the following. a stand alone firefighting system. that the sf puc show maintain engineering standards, seismic performance o