todd, the ceo of briggs & stratton. been an incredible move because of a terrific move into higher margin engines, or is it because we have begun to see signs that lawn and garden equipment are beginning to increase or is it a mix of both? >> really what you're seeing is the execution of our strategy over the last few years, we have been able to reposition our portfolio, where we have got a great franchise in our residential business, but then we also have the opportunity now in some of the commercial markets, which perhaps you go back six, seven year, we didn't have the same opportunity, so it's things like commercial engines and things like that, so you're seeing that margin lift, which really comes back to a lot of innovation in the last several years, both on the residential side and now it's coming in on the commercial side too. >> isn't this what i regard as a larger trade, our homes are growing in value, we want to be able to take care of them better, we want to power wash them, we want to invest in our homes, no

. >> briggs at means -- brexit means brexit. we are going to make a go of it. quite she came to power on the issue filling david cameron's shoes. she was appointed as prime minister without a public vote. analysts see this as a shrewd calculation. there will be focused on her performance in scotland if the scottish national party increase, it will be a stronger mandate for a scottish independence referendum. >> what can a country want to be is going to be at stake in this campaign. whether we want that to be a country the future of which is directed by moving to the right. >> opinion polls indicate conservatives will win a clear majority on june 8. >> let's cross to the u.k. where we are joined from london by rupert myers and by colin talbot. welcome. is it fair to say that theresa may took most people by surprise with this announcement? some of her ministers were not informed. >> it is a surprising announcement. it's one i don't think a lot of people were prepared for. we do know that even senior members of government, they were just finding out. >> you say he

i'm chris tetine romans and i'm dave briggs. >> the damage assessments are coming in after the military's biggest bomb was used, named the moab and nicknamed the "mother of all bombs," announcing overnight 36 isis members killed, three tunnels destroyed along with weapons and ammunition. >> an an inusual twist the commander in chief will not say for sure whether or not he gave the command for the strike. >> did you authorize it, sir? >> everybody knows exactly what happened and what i do is authorize by military. we have the greatest military in the world and they have done a great job as usual and frankly that's why they have been so successful lately if you look at the last eight week and compare to the last eight years all see a tremendous difference. >> general john nicholson signed off and that the white house was informed before the bomb was dropped. why use it now and what signal does it send to allies around the world? nick walsh joins us from iraq, good morning nick. >> reporter: a very strong message i think of american resolve by using the bomb. the casualty of 36 isis members

welcome to early start i'm christine romans >> and i'm dave briggs. my body clock has flip flopped and so too has the president on virtually everything. >> good to be back. a stunning display of acrobatics. in matter of hours he performed at least three major back flips that formed the bedrock of his campaign. he took the most skeptical position yet on russia even though he left the door open for reconciliation with vladimir putin just hours after secretary of state tillerson met with the president. >> he proclaimed the relevance of nato, a body he claimed was obsolete and the president suddenly full of praise for president xi jinping. why is rapid change? >> reporter: sharp change in tone on the subject of russia at the white house with the nato secretary general, he described the relationship between the u.s. and russia at an all-time low and said they may have known about the attack in syria, but the president was not so quick to criticize vladimir putin who has been the biggest backer of al assad. >> it would be wonderful as we were discussing jus

good morning and thanks for getting an erm staarly start wi i'm dave briggs. >> you get many and conditions on the ground mean there are a different set of facts to work with. >> i'm christine romans, it's 5:00 a.m. in the's east. flip flops that formed the bedrock of his campaign, the president took the most skeptical position yet on russia just hours after secretary of state rex tillerson met with the president. >> he also took a complete reversal on nato as he stood along side with the nato secretary and the president suddenly full of praise for president xi. more on reversals in the moment. >>> echoing rex tillerson's frosty tone in russia speaking to reporters after his meeting with lavrov, tiller sson offere this. >> current relations is at a low point and there's a low level of trust between our two countries, the world's foremost two nuclear powers cannot this this kind of relationship. >> i want to bring in cnn's paula newton. she's been walking us through these very important meetings, if they're at a low low level, the question is how do they dig out of it? >> reporter: that's th

. >> i'm dave briggs. 4:00 am in the east. moments ago, vice president mike pence on the border last night between north and south korea, visiting the demilitarized zone, dmz, delivering a message to pyongyang. the administration now speaking with one voice, all options are on the table. the vp's visit comes amid growing tensions with north korea and hours after the failed missile launch test, to get its client state under control, pence quotes tillerson's words from a month ago, the era of strategic patience is over. >> we seek peace. america has always sought peace through strength. the people of north korea, the military of north korea should not mistake the resolve of the united states of america to stand with our allies. the alliance between south korea and the united states is iron clad. we will continue to stand strong to achieve our shared objective across this region and across the world of a denuclearized korean peninsula. >> the message on that failed missile launch, once again, deliberately low key. defense secreta

. >> i'm dave briggs. certainly a changing of the guard at fox news, we start this morning with the trump administration not backing off, tough talking several fights around the world with north korea and russia, on the iran nuclear deal, president trump asked for a multi-agency review to determine lifting sanctions in exchange for tehran curbing its nuclear program is really in the national interest. >> secretary of state rex tillerson says they completely ignored all the other serious threats that iran poses. listen. >> the world's leader state sponsor of terrorism, is responsible for multiple conflicts, in countries such as syria, yemen, iraq and lebanon, they are continuing to support a tax against israel. an unchecked iran has the potential to travel the same path as north korea. and take the world along with it. >> tillerson's comments coming a day after he certified congress that iran is complying with the deal, but questions whether sanctions shouldn't be re-imposed because of eastern's alleged spo

i'm dave briggs. >> good morning, i'm alisyn kosic. >>> up first, mike pence bringing his u.s.rth korea to the middle east. in a welcome move the japanese returning the favor. shinzo abe telling the vice president he supports president trump's stance that strategic patience with north korea has run out and all options are on the table. >> abe adding dialogue for the staik sake of dialogue with north korea is a waist. a sentiment pence echoed. >> and the united states of america believes the time has come for the international community to use both diplomatic and economic pressure to bring north korea to a place that it has avoided successfully now for more than a generation and we will not rest and we will not relent until we achieve the objective of a denuclearized creep peninsula. >> this comes a day after pence said in south korea, the era of strategic patience is over. for now, let's bring in cnn alexander field live in tokyo outside the prime minister's office with more on pence's visit. good morning to you, alexander. let's talk about bilateral negotiations between the tw

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans, thursday april 6th, 4:00 a.m. the president responding to outrage to a chemical attack in syria that killed scores of civ civilians. as early as last week the administration said outing leader assad was no longer a u.s. priority. >> what a revolution. but at a rose garden news conference, he quoted it as heinous and also hinted that the u.s. might take action. >> my attitude toward syria and assad has changed very much. i will tell you that attack on children yesterday had a big impact on me. big impact. that was a horrible, horrible thing. and i've been watching it and seeing it. and it doesn't get any worse than that. it crossed a lot of lines for me. when you kill innocent children, innocent babies, babies, l litt babies, that crosses many, many many lines. >> -- blamed the attack in part on president obama, president trump says the responsibility is now his and he will quote carry it very proudly. he said it was a great opportunity missed. the syrian attack is not the president's only foreign policy priority t

welcome back to early start i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans, friday april 14th, 5 a.m. the u.s. biggest nonnuclear bomb nicknamed the "mother of all bombs" was dropped in afghanistan, 36 isis members killed, three tunnels destroyed along with weapons and ammunition. >>> but in an unusual twist the commander in chief won't say for sure whether he gave the command for the strike. >> did you authorize it, sir? >> everybody knows kpexactly wh happened and what i do is authorize my military, we have the greatest military in the world and we have given them total authorization and frankly that's why they have been so successful lately. if you look at what's happened over the last eight weeks and compare tod compared to what's happened over the last eight years you will see a tremendous difference. >> if he didn't give the order, who did? it's not clear whether the president knew of this exact military action, is it? >> reporter: no it's not and one of the issues here is that this weapon, had been requested by the commander general nicholson for some time an was authorized to

i'm dave briggs. >> and i'm christine romans. 11:00 in the morning in syria, we welcome all of our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. u.s. warships launched 59 tomahawk missiles at the same airfield where the chemical attacks were based. >> assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children. it was a slow and brutal death for so many. no child of god could ever such horror. >> this is the first direct military action the u.s. has taken against the assad regime in the country's six-year long civil war. what's the reaction from syria? moscow? what will be the next move by president trump who not long ago said the u.s. should stay out of syria? our coverage begins at the pentagon with ryan brown. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are learning now that the u.s. military has targeted several elements of this air base in order to render it inoperable, targeted the taxi ways, radar, anti-aircraft, so it was an emffort to deter similar action to the strike earlier this week. they are waiting to get the full assessments in how successful it was. given the number of miss

. >> i'm dave briggs. i'm looking for it in this cup of tea. i haven't found it yet. on this tuesday, april 25th. it's 4:00 a.m. in the east. the president showing some flexibility on funding for his promised border wall. white house officials signaling an offer from democrats, would be enough to satisfy the president. >> the president telling conservative journalists, he is open to delaying wall construction until september. there's no deal yet. a strong sign in the white house, may not have the showdown over the wall as the funding bill nears. the new wiggle room eases back demands that sounded like the white house was insisting on funding for the wall, as part of any deal to keep the government from shutting down. white house press secretary sean spicer put it this way toa acos acosta, who asked why the call funding is even an issue if mexico is supposed to pay for it. >> the president is clear, initially we needed to get the funding going. and there would be several mechanisms to make that happen. we feel comfort that the government is not going to shut down. the

. >> i'm dave briggs. this is a pivotal week for the president to reset everything. it's about foreign policy. move aside health care and wiretapping. it's april 5th. good morning. the white house facing renewed threats on two fronts from two of the world's most serious trouble spots. a new missile launch from north korea and a suspected chemical attack targeting civilians in syria. first, north korea, which fired a project tiile in the waters o its coast. >> mr. trump's first top agenda for the meeting is to curb pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. this launch came moments after an official issued a warning declaring the clock has now run out and all options are on the table. for the very latest let's bring in matt rivers who is live in beijing. matt? >> reporter: u.s. and south korean defense officials believe this missile was an intermediate-range missile. u.s. officials said they tracked it for under ten minutes for about 60 kilometers before it fell into the sea. this is the second test north koreans have made. they use solid fuel and were launched from the back of a

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm alison kosik. breaking overnight from georgia's sixth congressional district the only thing settled there this morning is nothing is settled just yet. a special election to fill a seat held for decades by republicans now headed to a june 20th runoff between 30-year-old democratic first timer john ossoff and republican karen handle. this is a widely republican seat since the carter administration. >> it's been held by newt gingrich and tom price whose departure to become health and human services secretary set off this special election. now in a race viewed as a bellwether for how republicans are in trump couldn't it's seen as a victory for the ages. now for more. >> reporter: good morning. now john ossoff the democratic candidate here in the sixth district of georgia, falling just short of the 50 plus 1% that he needed to win this seat outright meaning there's now going to be a runoff in two months against the republican candidate karen handle former georgia secretary of state who will try to conso

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. that election could determine the future of the european union. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. a lot to get to. start with the return to washington with only a few working days to strike a budget deal. the order is from president trump are clear, though, avoid a government shutdown when federal spending authority runs out at the end of the week. it is true that the message coming from some of the president's top aids is a bit muddled. more on that in a moment, but senior white house and republican officials say the president has made it clear the government will not shut down. the likely scenario here, a short-term band aid-type of deal to continue spending at current levels for say a week or so until an overall long-term deal could be reached. >> you know, much of the debate hinges on president trump's promised border wall and how to fund it, just how far this president is willing to go to get that funding for the wall depends on who you ask. the wall is just one item on the president's

. >> that is what worries david briggs who lives in arlington and has seen them on the road before. >> we need to take it off the street. >> they are doing a lot of things to battle the problem and they can't make it public but they are battling. if you come up against them, don't confront the riders. call 911. >> a courtroom filled with shock after a judge praised convicted rapist. >> a great man sometimes do bad things. >> the reason for the praise and the problem the judge faces. larry: another problem on an interstate. look at that. what happened this time and the timeline for prepares on this. >> the clouds and showers. clearing out. nice evening ahead. we check out the wakeup forecast in ten days still to jonathan: the road this buckles. a motorcycle crashed into this. he was critically injured. the repairs are expected to be completed tomorrow. but all of this is unfolding 12 miles from interstate 85 in atlanta which collapsed after the fire under the bridge last month. the repairs won't be completed until june. nancy: -- michelle: after a failed missile launch north korea is g

here in the east. >> i'm dave briggs. it is friday, april 7t

. >> and i'm dave briggs. >>> amid the constant drip, drip between the trump administration and russia has gotten a lot of attention, now the president taking a leap doing his best to make unmasking sounding illegal, aimed to cooking up a scandal from potentially a real one. >> all this that a high ranking obama official requested unmasking, blumburg news -- sighting susan rice requesting the unmasking. >> unmasking is not the same as leaking because unmasked identity is only revealed to officials au officials authorized to know. let's bring in cnn's jim sciutto in washington. >> reporter: dave and christine a source close to ambassador susan rice tells me the claims she improperly unmasked the names of u.s. citizens caught up in surveillance is in a word false, coming from ambassador rice, but i've also spoken to former senior intelligence officials from both democratic and republican administrations to ask them about the process of unmasking, is it unusual, illegal? their answer is unanimous, not unusual, not illegal, the law allows this, and two for it to happen the official request

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm alison kosik.an will get better and ber better. >> if they pull it, they are in trouble. >> will the president's first 100 days end in victory or government shutdown? >> we will keep the government open. don't you agree. i think we will get both. >> freed egyptian-american prisoner comes home. >> in case we are in doubt, we are behind president el sisi. >> a terror attack rocks paris. >> a french national. known to authorities. >> wasn't a spontaneous or rapid attack. very deliberately targeted. >> in the face of the evil, we have to be strong and vigilant. >> 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, april 21st. 6:00 here in new york. up first, a race against the clock for president trump and the gop desperate for a legislative victory ahead of the president's 100th day in office. mr. trump turning up the heat. is there any proof there could be a vote by congress on a revamped health care b

i'm briggs business. >> heavy morning. busy heavy morning of news today. i'm christine romans. it wednesday, april 5th. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. white house facing two threats. a new missile launch from north korea and a suspected chemical attack targeting civilians in syria. first north korea which fired a big projectile into the waters off its coast. this ahead of president trump's florida summit with president xi. >> his top agenda item for the meeting persuading china to curb pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. the moments came moments after a u.s. official issued a dire warning about north korea's nuclear program declaring quote the clock has run out all options are on table. for the latest we want to bring in matt rivers live for us in beijing. any reaction from beijing on this yet and how does this launch differ from those we've seen recently? >> reporter: pretty standard response this frarch the chinese saying that the launch clearly violates u.n. sanctions, u.n. resolutions that were put on the table by the united nations. the chinese rejected the notion this launch had

. >> i'm dave briggs. it is 30 minutes past the hour.administration not backing off the tough talk in several fights it is waging around the world with iran, north korea and russia. on the iran nuclear deal, president trump is asked for a multiagency review to determine whether lifting sanctions in exchange for tehran curbing the nuclear program is really in the national interest. >> secretary of state rex tillerson saying the deal forged by the obama administration and u.s. allies completely ignored all of the serious threats that iran poses. >> iran is the leading state sponsor of terrorism and responsible for multiple conflicting and under mining u.s. conflicts in syria, yemen, iraq and lebanon and continuing to support attacks against israel. unchecked iran has the potential to travel the same path as north korea and take the world along with it. >> tillerson's comments coming a day after he certified to congress iran is complying with the deal, but questioned if sanctions shouldn't be reimposed because of iran's alleged sponsorship

i'm alison kosik. >> i'm dave briggs. alisyn camerota and chris cuomo starts right now. >>> this is already a victory for the keeping the seats in the hands of republican is bigger than any one individual. >> we will be ready to fight on and win in june. so bring it on. >> u.s. show of force against north korea wasn't everything. >> the united states presence in the asian pacific is strong and under president trump's leadership it will be stronger still. >> the administration cannot afford to make mistakes like this. did you see a direct negotiation with the u.s. and north korea? >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day." 6:00. a wake-up call for deep red georgia. the democrat jon ossoff coming close to win the seat vacated by dr. tom price. falling short with 99% of the vote in. that means there will be a run-off election in june against republican karen handel who finished second. the district has been a gop stro stronghold

. >> i'm dave briggs filling in nor john berman on this good friday. much to get to. first, some new video. president trump's second military action in a week. a massive bomb kills isis fighters in afghanistan, but just like last week's missile strike on syria, it may be more symbolic than strategic. >> neither strike will have a lasting impact on those conflicts, but both may reverberate much farther. will north korea pay a lot of attention to this? and this is as north korea is just a few potentially hours away from a new forbidden nuclear test. it is its confrontational dictator listening? >> i don't know if this sends a message. it doesn't make any difference if it does or not. north korea is a problem. the problem will be taken care of. i will say this -- i think china has really been working very hard. >> our barbara starr begins for us this morning at the pentagon with more. a very significant development, barbara. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning to both of you. as you say, poppy, always worth remembering that military action can only go so far

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. "new day" starts right now.ot of really good things happened in the first 100 days. >> 44% approve of the president. >> this should be his high water mark. it could be downhill from here. >> this is going to be the biggest tax cut and largest tax reform in the history of our country. >> the proposals we have seen are proposals to help the wealthy in the nation. >> he is handing the democratic opponents a sword. he will ask people to cut taxes for the rich and show how he will benefit. >> there is a lot of work left to do. this unified government has a solid start. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> welcome viewers from the united states and around the world. this is "new day." 6:00 in new york. up first, the 100-day mark doesn't matter. the white house is pushing to get a big win. the president's tax cut wish list. not a plan because it is unclear how it would work and paid for and whom it would help. agrees to renegotiate nafta with mexico and canada and pushing for a vote. >> there i

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs.right now. >> health care is coming along well. >> the democrats do not support the wall. the wall is in my view immoral, expensive and unwise. >> we will get paid for it one way or the other. >> it is a political stunt and an obsession for the president. >> health care may happen next week. it is not something that has to happen to define our success. >> he has never held public office. there is a big learning curve. >> historic accomplishments by the administration. all anybody wants to talk about is health care. >> the last thing we can afford is send a message that the united states government is partially functioning. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> welcome viewers president bush welcome viewers from around the world and the u.s. now congress is back to work with deadlines looming. first, they have to pass a spending bill by friday to keep the federal government open. the president wants to include a big downpayment on the border wall. >> the top of t

to find out, we have robin bennett and susan briggs. they call themselves the dog gurus. they're also the author of the book off leash dog play. welcome. - thanks, we're happy to be here. - it's great to be here with you today. - so susan, we can't assume that a wagging tail is always a good sign, can we? - no, you can't. we love our dogs and they communicate a lot to us and the tail is an important part of that. but just because it's wagging its tail doesn't mean it's friendly and you should approach it. - do you have to worry about speed or where they're holding their tail? - yes, you look at what position is the tail, whether they're holding it high or low, and you look at how fast that wag is. - robin, can you give us some specific examples? - well, sure, let's say you're going to pet that dog and he ends up turning mean, you might've noticed the dog's tail was wagging but he might've been protecting his owner. so that tail wag might've been way up over his back really high because that's a really good sign that the dog is protecting something. or maybe you have a dog

to help us learn to speak dog we welcome back robin bennett and susan briggs, the dog gurus. hi. - hi! - hi, it's great to be with you. - susan, so where do we start? - well let's start with the mouth. is the mouth open, which means usually the dog is loving the interactions, or is the mouth closed, which is your first clue that they may be tolerating or moving towards hating an, an encounter. the other thing is, you know when we get uncomfortable we kinda have signs that we're stressed a little bit, well so do dogs. so they may lick their lips or they may even yawn. those are clues that the dog may just be tolerating the situation that they're in right now. - robin, how about when a dog jumps on you, does that just mean he's happy to see you? - well if you just came home from school, it might mean he's just happy to see you. but if he's in a new environment and he's jumping on you a lot and you've been with him the whole time, it might be him saying, hey i really need help, can you get me out of here. it might mean that he's really starting to get upset with the situation an

and i'm dave briggs. it is april 3rd, 5:00 a.m. in the east. looming questions about russian interference in the u.s. campaign. the president meets with three world leaders this week. >>> former national security adviser flynn's offer to tell his story in exchange for immunity, let's go to brian nobles. >> reporter: good morning, we said this a lot, but this could be one of the biggest weeks of president trump's presidency. he has a whole host of meetings with important leaders, capped with the president of china xi jinping. donald trump lays it on the line for china telling them they need to get involved to deal with the

welcome back early start everybody i'm dave briggs. >> and i'm christine romans, 30 minutes past the hour this april 3rd. >>> looming questions about russia's alleged interference in the election. >>> the white house hoping to turn the narrative away from last week's big story the russia connections and former national security adviser michael line's offer to tell his story in exchange for immunity. >> reporter: we've said this a lot, but this could be one of the biggest weeks of donald trump's presidency, he has a whole host of meetings with important foreign leaders that's going to be capped with the summit of the president of china xi jinping. this after an interview with the financial times telling them that china needs to get involved with the problems in the upper peninsula, also a opportunity for a big win as neil gorsuch the nominee for the supreme court, republicans confident they're going to get him confirmed. the question is will they do it with the 60 votes customary for a vote like this. all this as the cloud of russia continues to overshadow it. schiff said his committe

welcome to early start i'm christine romans >> and i'm dave briggs.clock has flip flopped and so too has the president on virtually everything. >> good to be back. a stunning display of

. >> briggs is the biggest loser in the home weighing 150 it pounds these days down from 300 couple yearsy mason also over a hundred pounds. saying those weights are normal. >> they grow until their five tip iggally i've seen typically. i've seen 300 pounder. >> but what's normal in the hills the restriction comes from old guide line. >> sadly some zoning is running with an unrealistic figure. >> the california pot belly pig association she runs with her husband has more than a thousand members around the globe. here's what she tells potential big owners. >> they're always trying to get into things. can become very deinstructive. can be very gentle and loving. >> i find i relate to them better than i relate to dogs or cats or anything else. >> say would be better off adding more substantive ideas. >> if they want restrictions mandatory yearly licensing and spay and nueter. >> could be hard on lawns and homes and rack up expensive medical bills and are totally unsuitable for apartments. they plan to be there to share tips with the city that they had to learn the hard way. abc 7 news. >>> o

. >> briggs has seen them before and he doesn't want to see it again. >> it needs to be controlled. there needs to be a better police presence. if you see a group of the illegal a.t.v.'s or the riders get out of the way. coming up at 6:00, we will tell you how the authorities do all they can to stop the rides before they begin. live in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. larry: covering method row. buses remain the lines on the greenbelt station. it's closed until may 14. the college park is closed until april 29. nancy: some work on the silver line could mean delays as the crews are going to install storm drains on route 7 and the dulles toll rode. this is a breakdown of what to be aware of. the two right lanes are closed on route 7 to springfield road. tomorrow look for left lane of the westbound toll road to be closed between i-66 and idylwood road. wednesday and thursday the left lane of the toll road is closed from idylwood to just before route 23. larry: part of the interstate before they could close it a motorcycle rider hit the damage and flew 50 feet. they thought a gas le

. >> we still don't understand what briggs it will mean for the u.k.t dialogue with the theresa may administration and we asked what are our intentions and our intention is to stay and watch. david: let's bring in the bloomberg executive editor for international politics. we have a chart looking at other cities throughout europe. seeing where the other jobs might be going. while we have government uncertainty, what are banks doing? is what larry fink is describing emblematic of the financial sector? yes, we are getting to a situation where we can see that for some banks, they are turning into having to do something pretty soon. we are getting to the point where we know for sure that the u.k. will leave the european union in two years time. snap election the changes the game to a certain extent. there will be hope among the bankers that teresa may will show her hand a little bit on the kind of brexit she is pushing for. having said that, she was clear today after making that announcement yesterday that she is not boxed in on brexit. she will be a little

. >> i'm dave briggs.ertainly a changing of the guard at fox news, we start this morning with the trump

i'm dave briggs. >> and i'm christine romans. it is thursday, april 27, 5:00 a.m. in the east. breaking overnight, president trump announcing that he will not withdraw from the north american free trade agreement after all. the president repeatedly slammed nafta as a raw deal for american workers, but in phone

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans, thursday april 6th,

let's start with dave briggs on bill o'reilly's demise. we should mention, dave, of course, worked at fox news. >> with the lady you are sitting next to. >> i'm sandwiched by you. >> guys, it is a stunning turn of events for the king of cable news. these events started with a "new york times" piece three weeks ago. here are the facts which led to the departure of the man that changed our industry. bill o'reilly's two decade reign as the king of fox news coming to abrupt end. >> bill o'reilly, the biggest star in the history of the network leaving amid sexual harassment. >> his show cancelled among the sexual hars asment allegations from women associated with the network. removing the anchoanchor's name rupert murdoch announcing the decision. after a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the company and bill o'reilly have agreed that bill o'reilly will not be returning to the fox news channel. this decision follows review done in collaboration with outside counsel. bill o'reilly has been on vacation for a week overseas dismissed i

. >> i'm dave briggs. it is friday, april 7th. 3:00 a.m. a dramatic breaking news, and what appears to be a massive evolution. a turn from president trump, as we launch 59 tomahawk missiles from a pair of navy warships in the mediterranean, aimed at the base that launched the chemical weapons attack in syria. >> the president explaining his reasons for green lighting this air strike in a brief statement. >> assad broked out the lives of helpless men, women and children. it was a slow and brutal death for many. >> this is the first direct military action the u.s. has taken against the assam regime. what's the direct reaction from syria? from moscow? and what is the monext move for president trump? our story begins from ryan browne. good morning or late evening, ryan. it's been a fast-moving developments since about 8:40 eastern time last night. >> that's right, christine. we're learning more details about the strike. it was 59 tomahawk cruise missiles launched against this airfield. the pentagon briefed reporters showing some of the evidence

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>>> welcome back to "early start," i'm dave briggs. >> i'm alison kosik. and yes we've heard this before, republicans insisting they're getting close to a breakthrough on a bill to repeal and replace obamacare. but the devil, always in the details. getting enough republicans on the same page remains the big challenge, especially since most house members haven't even seen the reworked bill. the leader of the conservative freedom caucus, mark meadows, and the head of the more moderate tuesday group, tom mcarthur, have been working on a compromise agreement that they believe will deliver 18 to 20 new "yes" votes from republicans. >> but a republican house member familiar with the talks tells cnn they are skeptical the freedom caucus can deliver those votes. president trump sounding hopeful the third time around will be the charm for health care reform. >> the plan gets better and better and better and it's gotten really, really good. and a lot of people are liking it a lot. we have a good chance of getting it soon. i'd like to say next week, but it will be --

a brigg i big priority for the president. we will get tax reform done. it will be sweeping. it will be significant and it will create a lot of economic growth. >> and gary cohn says he does believe that any tax cuts should be permanent. he was also very clear he does not support a carbon tax. both cohn and mnuchin says she out on the border adjustment tax. we we heard from the omb director nick mulvaney for the potential of a set back. lawmakers are setting a deadline of friday to keep the government running. guys, we will see what happens when lawmakers come back next week. >> anyone from mnuchin's comments sound likes he was okay with the tax plan not being revenue neutral. he said any loss revenues could be made up by quicker growth in the economy. >> well, that's right. it depends on how you define revenue neutrality, mellissa. they believe in dynamics scoring. that's what they believe will help them achieve that neutrality in their plans. >> elon, thank you. just like we saw the markets. some of the biggest rallies of the year have been on comments from d.c. about speci

we have cnn's dave briggs with more. >> good morning.00 soldiers and police officers involved in the ongoing rescue effort trying to find survivor ones when the city of mocoa was effectively washed away. in southern colombia scenes of devastation. avalanche of flood waters in mocoa sweeping away cars and homes and trees as residents slept saturday morning. >> the flood waters stuck up in the mountain. when it came down, people did not have time to react. >> reporter: the violent mudslides killing over 250 people and injuring hundreds of others. rescuers seen here searching through the mud and rubble for survivors. while heart broken families line up outside a cemetery waiting for answers. >> translator: i am looking for my daughters and a tiny granddaughter. they disappeared when it happened. i haven't been able to find them. i ask the world and society to help me. i need help. >> reporter: the colombian presidents says the organization save the children said 70 were separated from the families. the scramble to reunite the families to ge

i worked literally 500 yards from west minister briggs. i was there within hours of that happening. was struck by the immediate raised by religious figures to come talk about this in public there but where are they now after what happened in egypt? why is that not deemed to be hugely significant? the death toll was far higher? the number of wounded was far higher. it seems to be, in the eyes of global media and global religious leaders not to be as important as these kind of want to be jihadis who spent too much time on the internet, getting in trucks, mowing people down. yes, they are dangerous people, they are hideous atrocities. our thoughts go to the people they kill and maim and the rest of it. but actually what happened in egypt to me with these attacks on these two coptic churches were hugely more significant in the overall -- it looks very technical by isis. it look like they sent in highly trained people to do this. and it looks far more coordinated part of a much more bigger thought by them to take on christianity. as was the attack in st. petersburg. they set it! like i s

we have early start anchor dave briggs joining us with breaking details.ou covered this team. aaron hernandez. tragic story. the worst of it for odin lloyd's family. another pain. >> this is a bad guy to the core. not to be sympathetic. there were executives that knew they were drafting a bad guy. gang affiliations and drug. he was a tremendous talent, but bad guy to the core. massachusetts officials say hernandez was found dead in his cell at 3:05 a.m. hernandez was rushed to the hospital and declared dead just after 4:00 a.m. officers say hernandez hung himself with the bed sheet attached to the window sill in the single unit sell in the general population. hernandez tried to block the door so officers could not enter the cell. hernandez's suicide comes five days after acquitted on a 2012 double murder in boston which was a drive-by. inconsequential because he was serving a life sentence for the murder of the semi pro football player odin lloyd. some feel, chris, that was more of an execution. this was not a guy that got caught up with the wrong group. h

"early start" anchor dave briggs has more. >> good morning, chris.ade by united ceo oscar munoz vowing to avoid a repeat of what happened to dr. dao. that includes limiting the use of law enforcement personnel on planes and limiting to safety and security. no longer requiring passengers on the plane to give up the seat voluntarily unless there is a security risk. also increasing customer compensation for passengers who voluntarily give up seats. now offering up to $10,000 per person. that's the real eye candy that is up from 1,3$1,350 per passen. dr. dao suffered a concussion and broken nose and two lost teeth. he plans to sue the airline. some of united's procedures are set to take effect immediately. some will be implemented by the end of the year. one we did not mention, crew members have to be booked 60 minutes before flight which would have prevented this entire fiasco. >> a lot of things could prevent. >> if you have those booked before the passengers on the plane. that $10,000 is what the passengers are thinking about. >> absolutely. >>> sourc

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i'm dave briggs in for john berman on this good friday. >> i'm poppy harlow. happy friday to all of you. new this morning, moment of impact. the pentagon released this dramatic video of the largest nonnuclear bomb ever deployed by u.s. forces. the 10-ton bomb took out dozens of isis fighters in afghanistan and destroyed their tunnels and hiding caves. that blossoming mushroom cloud you see visible from some 20 miles away. >> but the intended audience may be all the way across the continent with north korea maybe just hours away from a new nuclear test. is this confrontational dictator paying attention to president trump's second military action in a week? >> i don't know if this sends a message. it doesn't make any difference if it does or not. north korea's a problem. the problem will be taken care of. i will say this, i think china has really been working very hard. >> reporter: cnn's barbara starr is at the pentagon for us. good morning to you, barbara. the thought being this sends a signal, the dropping of this moab bomb to north korea. is north korea send

. >> i'm dave briggs filling in nor john berman on this good friday. much to get to. some new video. president trump's second military action in a week. a massive bomb kills isis