christine, dave? >> athena at the white house. thank you. >>> rain and flooding inundating the heart of america's oil industry forcing oil rigs and ten key refineries to shut down. look at the infrastructure if the path of this storm. exxonmobils, baytown refinery, second largest in the country shut down. texas gulf has a third of the oil refineries. this disruption means higher gas prices. u.s. gas future spiking 7% overnight to two-year high. experts say gas prices will raise 5 to 15 cents over the next week. especially in the south. southeast and mid-atlantic u.s. higher gas prices just one of the potential economic costs from harvey. the storm threatening texas's recoverying economy. just falling after spiking last year when oil prices fell and extended oil closures could hurt texas progress. as could the cost to rebuild which estimates put at $40 billion. that includes 200,000 homes hit by the storm. more than $20 billion of real estate in houston alone. one of the most densely populated areas in the u.s. look at the pictures

christine joining us in the studio. thank you. meantime, votes are being counted in kenya's general elections, including a neck and neck race for the presidency. turnout was high for the vote, which pits incumbent president uhuru kenyatta against opposition leader raila odinga. it is a battle between long time political rivals. reporter: here in the city, many waited hours for a chance to cast their ballot. and in this opposition stronghold, they will likely vote for change. despite steady economic growth under president kenyatta, 40% of kenyans remain unemployed. food prices are on the rise. many blame the government for failing to anticipate shortages resulting from an ongoing drought. many people here are supporting raila odinga. he and his national super alliance have pledged to stamp out corruption and improve the lives of kenya's poor. >> they are expecting it to be peaceful. we want our candidate to win. we want as president raila odinga. reporter: a stalwart of the opposition, odinga is making his fourth and likely final b

dave, christine? >> barbara starr, fascinating.nks. >>> you might think this would change president trump's plans for a rally in phoenix. that would be wrong. the president tweeting confirmation last night about the campaign-style rally next tuesday at the phoenix convention center. the news not fitting well -- not sitting well with the city's mayor who has his own message for the president. he says, "stay away." >> merritt greg stanton issuing a statement that said in part, "i am disappointed that president trump has chosen to hold a campaign rally as our nation is still healing from the tragic events in charlottesville. if president trump is coming to phoenix to announce a pardon for former sheriff joe arpaio, then it will be clear that his true intent is to enflame emotions and further divide our nation." last weekend president trump seemed to hint he might pardon arpaio, convicted of refusing to follow a judge's order barring him from racially profiling latinos. >> you might be surprised to find out who else is condemning white

christine? >> all right, jomana from amman. thank you. sorry, i misspoke when i said you were in baghdad. thank you very much. >>> navy and reaper divers now searching for ten sailors still missing after the "uss john s. mccain" collided with an oil tanker. we're live in singapore with the latest. megan's smile is getting a lot of attention because she uses act® mouthwash. act® strengthens enamel, protects teeth from harmful acids, and helps prevent cavities. go beyond brushing with act®. >>> a chinese automaker is setting its sights on jeep, but its bid for the iconic american brand will face political backlash. great wall motors is reportedly exploring an offer for the jeep brand. jeep is fiat chrysler's crown jewel. it accounts for most of its profits with low gas prices spurring demand. jeep sells 1.4 million cars globally. that's more than any other brand in the u.s. fiat chrysler tells cnn great wall has not approached the company yet. but fiat has been looking for a buyer, partner for yea

christine 0huruogu has picked up three. christine, congratulations.congratulations. wonderful to have your place on the podium. thank you. it isa your place on the podium. thank you. it is a bit sad, but at the same time, it is nice that we get a chance to come back together, to meet members who have had babies and retired. it is nice to have the bridge between the older athletes of the relay team and the newer ones. it is wonderful to have the team back together. and we are back in london for 2017. it is nice. did memories come flooding back? we are just listening to lord coe. of 2012? yeah, they do. i must admit, 2012 was a weird one because i really tried to shut everything away. but it is nice that i can come back and really savour the atmosphere, which i never got the opportunity to do while i was competing. now i can enjoy the wonderful ambience. we hope the ten fantastic days and hopefully, more british medals. congratulations. christine 0huruogu, who has become the most decorated athlete now. mo farah mightjump above her in the next ten days.

christine? >> fred pleitgen for us in syria. thank you very much. >>> it's an annual showcase of russia's military might. this year, their international war games involving china -- they're international war games involving china, iran, and other countries, taking on added significance with north korean tensions running high and u.s./russia relations at the lowest point since the cold war. let's bring in cnn's oren liebermann live in moscow with more. good morning. how significant is this particular show of strength? >> reporter: from one perspective, this is a war games, a spectator sport. many families view it like that. they come out to cheer their country. of course on the home turf here, in most cases that's russia. from a different perspective, war games seem to be send a clear mayor-eleessage that russ its own allies. largely from the competitive list, mostly non-nato countries. russia showing off that it has its own countries, allies, and militaries that can work with. what's worth pointing out is that among the competit

for now i'm christine johnson. cbs news new york. >> for news, 24 hours a day, go >>> welcome back to mosaic. we have been speaking to frank and joe around scouting. frank mentioned that one of his mentors became a united methodist minister. united methodist church has been active with the boy scouts for years. many denominations have been. frank, the involvement of scouts with the community and with the church, has that been since the beginning. >> it has been. scouting was started 107 years ago with a partnership with community organizations. we felt we could serve more kid and serve more organizations in the community if we partnered with churches, other civic groups, schools. so the partnership has been going on for 107 years. >> that's great. that's been very intentional. >> absolutely. some groups probably have ownership of their scouting groups directly. we thought we could serve better if we partner with other organizations. >> how many scouts are in the country? >> currently, about 2.7 million approximatel

christine flowers, journalist and attorney.lad to have you again, chris. >> good morning, monica. >> donna gentile o'donnell, who is a nonprofit executive. good morning, donna. thanks for being here. and val digiorgio, gop state official. always great to have you, as well. >> good morning, monica. >> we're really talking about two competing visions of how to go about public safety and should we have sanctuary cities continuing as a policy, which has been an ongoing controversy with the federal government, whether they're getting the rights they deserve towards immigrants or whether cities, in fact, feel like they should provide a safe haven. chicago is now taking it to another level and filed a lawsuit saying, "you cannot stop our funding because we're just trying to keep public safety issues." philadelphia has some of the same rub. should we jump on the bandwagon? >> monica, you know, i do this every day. i'm in the trenches on immigration, and so i have sort of like a bottom-up view of this, and i have a problem with both ext

>> they are critically important, christine. anything the president says or writes becomes part of the dialogue and part of the diplomatic dance that goes on between the united states and north korea. although we don't want to recognize the regime in pyong gang, they a yang, they are, in fact, the rulers of that country. the rhetoric becomes a very critical component of this. it really becomes necessary for a strategy to be developed around the rhetoric so that not only does the rhetoric fit the strategy but the strategy fits the rhetoric if we want to go in a certain direction. that's the kind of thing that policymakers have to work with the president on in order to get a situation in the north korean state that would be more acceptable to us. i don't think it will ever be completely acceptable to the united states. at least we would be a bit safer if we pursued a coherent policy in that area. >> colonel, i would say you did a yeomans duty by being up so early but that would be a naval term. >> i will accept that. >>> lawmakers

christine?ep us up to speed if you hear any developments on the search for the missing sailors. thank you. >>> criticism this morning for president trump after his initial reaction to the "uss john s. mccain" collision. listen to the president respond to a reporter's question about the incident after arriving at the white house last night. >> what do you think about the "uss john s. mccain"? >> "that's too bad." he made the statement at 8:34 p.m. the navy released details 28 minutes later. it's not clear whether the president had been briefed before making his initial remark. shortly after 11:00 p.m. last night, he did finally tweet, "thoughts and prayers are with our u.s. navy sailors aboard the "uss john s. mccain" where search and rescue efforts are underway." >>> our other top story -- president trump set to unveil the new u.s. military strategy in afghanistan. he'll do it tonight in a primetime address. the president has a lot of options on the table. the speech coming after an extensive re

good morning, dave and christine. big story developing here in the weather center.rm harvey has now just formed across the gulf of mexico. this storm system has everything it takes to develop into a menacing disturbance across the region. in fact, some ten million people underneath a tropical storm watch, about two million people underneath a hurricane watch, as well. so you know the national hurricane center taking this seriously. all indications are we will have a first hurricane of 2017 approaching the united states. and of course, the storm soom -- coming in sometime friday into saturday morning. when you look at the model depiction, we think with the high pressure centered across the southwest, also a high pressure off the central area, this may stall across south and central texas. you put this together, could easily see seven to ten inches, some areas potentially up to 20 inches of rainfall when you look at the next five days. certainly a big story developing across parts of texas that have been very drought stricken. way too much to handle. a story to follow

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. 32 minutes past the hour.dent trump finally responding after two days of harsh criticism from all directions in the wake of the hate-filled violence in charlottesville that left three people dead. the president issuing a brief statement monday. he began with a boast about the economy, stock market records, the job market, and then delivered a full-throated condemnation of hate groups. >> as i said on saturday, we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence. it has no place in america. racism is evil. those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs. including the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. to anyone who acted criminally in this weekend's racist violence, you'll be held fully accountable. justice will be delivered. >> strong statement there. but as a reminder, this was president trump's initial response on saturday to the charlottesville violence -- >> we con

christine, dave? >> miguel, thank you for that. global stock markets, stock futures are falling overnight after north korea launched a missile over japan. the dow currently down about 125 points. more in a bit. >>> flooding devastating the texas gulf coast. trying to assess how much damage this will cost. it's too early to tell. early estimates put property damage at $40 billion, making it one of the costliest storms to ever hit the u.s. only three hurricanes cost more. typically high winds caused the most damage. in harvey's case, it is flooding. many, many homes in the area do not have flood insurance. there's also damage to the oil industry. beyond the costs for the current shutdown of many oil refineries and rigs, the storm could damage $20 billion worth of infrastructure. eventually, texas needs federal help to help fund the cost. fema's 2017 relief fund only has $3 billion left. congress would be able to pass a large aid package when it returns next week. another possible complication, government funding runs out september 30

dave, christine? >> sure looks that way. nick valencia, thanks for that.s morning in the predawn hours there in corpus christie. >>> let's look at the latest here from the forecast and bring in meteorologist karen maginnis live in the weather center. category two this hour. what are we expecting? >> yes. it is a strong category two. we bump it up a few more miles per hour, and we've got a category three. we'll see the central pressure deepen. and we'll start to feel the effects even more powerful along the coastal areas. look just how broad this is -- it covers the entire coastal area from brownsville all the way up to beaumont, port arthur, and into coastal regions of louisiana. if anything changed from the last report coming out of the national hurricane center, it slowed down a little bit. and as you said earlier, that is a bad sign. when they slow down, a lot of times they're gaining some strength. and they are pouring all of that tropical moisture just on shore. that northeastern quadrant, upper right quadrant. that's where we're looking for particula

still plenty more to look forward to and we have been speaking about mo farah with christine 0huruoguqualifying also in the women's long jump. sara proctor —— shara proctor in beijing got a silver medal. she is hoping to relive some of those memories. jazmin sawyers, and lorraine ugen also going in that. still absolutely tipping down, that is what we can see there and very 5°99y is what we can see there and very soggy for the long jump over far side of the stadium. so shara proctor and coe will be hoping that they can nail a couple of decent distances to night to get through to the final. a couple of events up in the final. a couple of events up in the air actually because of the rain. the men's hammer warming up and the steeplechase, we have not yet heard if that will go ahead. because the hurdles would get very wet indeed. but this is the timetable as it stands this evening on the sixth day. no morning session, wejust had on the sixth day. no morning session, we just had the early sessions and we can see if the women's 3000 metres steeplechase will go ahead. i do not think that it w

christine and miguel?> thanks. >>> republican lawmakers' failure to repeal and replace obamacare appears to be driving a wedge between president trump and the senate majority leader. the president is pushing back on a critique from mitch mcconnell who said this week the president had "excessive expectations in pushing his agendas," pointing to artificial deadlines set by the trump white house. >> the president fires back on twitter saying, "senator mitch mcconnell said i had excessive expectations, but i don't think so. after seven years of hearing repeal and replace, why not done?" >> that followed a tweet from the president's social media director who said, "more excuses. the senate majority leader must have needed another four years in addition to the seven years to repeople and replace -- repeal and replace obamacare." tep tensions have at the white house have ramped up since the measure crashed and burned. >>> and ron johnson expressing regret about comments about john mccain. he told a radio show tha

. >> christine carlisle took a trip to morocco. she called verizon and set up a pay as you go cell phone plan. this means she was charged every time she sent a text or used data. she only used the internet while connected to wi-fi at her hotel. but on day four of her trip, she received a text from verizon saying she had accrued $500 in data charges. christine called verizon and learned her phone and iphone was set to wi-fi assist, which switches to cellular data when the wi-fi signal is weak. christine was upset because she didn't even know about wi-fi assist and thought verizon should have told her to turn it off. she asked verizon to forgive the $500 bill, but it said no. instead it offered a $100 credit. christine didn't think that $100 credit was good enough so she reached out to us for help. we contacted verizon and it wiped away christine's data charges. in a statement, verizon said, we are grateful for the opportunity to assist ms. carlisle with this issue and will work to earn her loyalty going forward. if you want to see i

christine and dave? >> all right. thank you very much for that. >>> so the mother of the charlottesville victim, heather heyer, talking to cnn. here's what susan breau told cnn she would say to james fields, the driver who plowed into the crowd of protesters, killing her daughter. >> you took the child from me. i'm going to be the voice that she can no longer be. you gave us a national forum, and maybe i should thank you for that, but i can't. i would rather have my child. >> just heartbreaking. she also told us how she wants her daughter to be remembered. >> she would want that spark of self-examination, of the honest discourse of being able to explain yourself, to make yourself accountable, to continue on. if anything is ever to come of this, say her name, i want it to be that say her name means you hold yourself accountable. you check your actions before you do something. you explain yourself to god, to yourself, to another person, whatever you have to do. you hold yourself accountable before you go after somebody.

for now i'm christine johnson. cbs news new york. >> for news, 24 hours a day, go it is sub kay august 27th i'm jan carabao. more on harvey in just a moment but first back here at home if you liked yesterday weather you'll love today. we're in for a repeat of great conditions here's meteorologist matt peterson with the forecast, hi there matt. >> it is another fantastic day for us here across the delaware valley waking up to temperatures that have a little bit of my in the air, it is to the point where we are out early on, or even now as we push through early parts of the 8:00 o'clock hour you'll want a sweat shirt. check out lehigh valley we will see 50's there. it was in the 40's until the last her or so, and down the shore, a quick look for 60's there. it is warm in barnegat at 67 degrees. not too much happening in the lehigh valley, we did have fog , starting to dissipate though. we will get up to a high later this afternoon of 81 degrees, looking good. >> looks great, thanks matt. >>> 8:06. back to the afterma

>> a lot of things, christine, frankly old in this strategy.ion in many respects of what the obama administration had put out there, the idea of not rebuilding the -- me to natino nation-building. that is what president obama said when he gave his first speech about afghanistan in 2009. so these are some of the tenets that are part of really a continuation of policy. what is new is perhaps tone and emphasis. both administrations, the obama and trump administrations want a more regional approach. the question is one of enforcement. are you going to actually get pakistan -- afghanistan's main neighbor to comply with many of the efforts that we have in place to prevent their intelligence service from financing a major terrorist organization that is, frankly, wreaking havoc in large parts of pakistan. is the intelligence service in pakistan also supporting elements of the taliban, and potentially even isis? those are the kind of things that i think president trump wants to go after. the words are good. the question becomes how much can you enforce

vonnie, christine has not gone the family mafia, but i did love christine's haven chart, but vonnie,story of initial jobless claims. so by the slimmest of margins, the winner today is vonnie quinn. vonnie: i can never read your mind anymore, mark. there is distance created. i used to be able to read -- the able to. mark: i like to surprising. brilliant job by christine. coming up, a big interview you will not want to miss. this is bloomberg. ♪ so new touch screens... and biometrics. in 574 branches. all done by... yesterday. ♪ ♪ banks aren't just undergoing a face lift. they're undergoing a transformation. a data fueled, security driven shift in applications and customer experience. which is why comcast business delivers consistent network performance and speed across all your locations. hello, mr. deets. every branch running like headquarters. that's how you outmaneuver. vonnie: it is in new york, 5:00 p.m. in london and midnight in hong kong. i am vonnie quinn. welcome to bloomberg markets. ♪ from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, here at the top stories. the staggering tot

kicking things off today, here is christine. christine: thank you, mark.eing and earl early sin of investors's fear of missing out? you can see that in treasuries features with the white line here rising from july lows. that is also spilling over to some of its other haven peers. the correlation between treasuries and the yen as well as gold and german featured on the bars appear. zero, which around is near 2017 highs for those repairs. the exception is the swiss franc. the correlation between the swiss franc and treasuries is not that high. it is around 0.4 currently. we will see if that will follow the rest of the trend, but the question is whether we will see a bearish take over in markets after a summer filled with record low volatility and a relentless stock rally. if you want to keep track of this trend, make sure to download this chart. mark: big question there. have you got an even bigger question for me, vonnie? vonnie: i might have. that will be up to you to decide. i have a question. this is a chart of investment grade and high-yield indices. th

christine, missional? >> athena jones in new jersey for us. >>> to help break it down, political reporter eugene scott joins us in new york. good morning. >> good morning. >> nice to see you. >> you, as well. >> let's talk about the fallout from this "new york times" report. the headline was "republicans shadow campaign for 2020 takes shape as trump doubts grow." vice president mike pence took issue with this, issuing a statement basically saying that the article is disgraceful, offensive, is absurd. the allegations in this article are categorically false and represent just the latest attempt by the media to divide this administration. whatever fake news may come our way, my entire team will focus to add efforts to advance the president's agenda and see him re-elected in 2020. mike pence does not want to be seen by this president as trying to step out ahead of him, as trying to measure the drapes prematurely. what do you make of this development? >> it's not surprising to see him push back so aggressively

. >> i'm christine romans. we're awaiting a fresh update from the national hurricane center on exactly what tropical storm harvey is doing. it's churning over the houston area. three miles per hour and now heading back toward the gulf. a devastating situation for the folks there in southeastern texas. it is monday, august 28th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. it is 4:00 a.m. on the nose in houston this morning. this morning, america's fourth-largest city is mostly under water, and it's going to get worse. the national weather service calls the flooding unprecedented and beyond anything experienced before. this catastrophic flooding from now-tropical storm harvey stretching government resources. in some cases past the breaking point. >> authorities in and around houston scrambling to save those trapped by the high waters after 24 inches of rain fell there in just 24 hours. officials say at least two people were killed by the storm, and the death toll is likely to rise. houston's mayor warning that some 911 calls are goin

t the. >> absolutely, christine. thank you for the question. as isis loses big and iraq and syria -- in iraq and syria, isis will most likely carry out attacks outside of the middle east itself even though there are daily attacks, almost daily attacks in cairo, baghdad, and other places. we need to remind our viewers. as isis goes down, you would expect more attacks overseas. why? because of capacity. these are really force multipliers. basically isis would like -- isis and al qaeda would like their fellows to believe that they're still standing. they're still strong. my take on it -- and i could be wrong -- in the short term and midterm as isis loses the so-called caliphate in syria and libya, we're going to see more attacks in the west, not just directed by isis but people who subscribe to this twisted ideology of jihadism. we have to show resilience, not accept it. we have to realize that these attacks are designed to terrorize us. yes, it's painful, it's insiduous, but sadly -- insidious, but sadly in the past years, six attacks have taken

thanks, christine.reat from riskier assets that we have seen on friday. japan's mckay fell to a three and a half month low and posted its fifth weekly drop —— japan's nikkei. month low and posted its fifth weekly drop ——japan‘s nikkei. there isa weekly drop ——japan‘s nikkei. there is a weaker dollar due to doubts about whether president donald trump will be able to push through economic policies to boost us economic policies to boost us economic growth, as we discussed earlier. that comes after us stocks sold off on thursday with the s&p 500 lodging its biggest daily percentage drop in months, because of the fiery rhetoric between pyongyang. concerns remain that tensions in the region could flare up tensions in the region could flare up again in the peninsular, traders say the market will likely stay cautious in the meantime. here in europe on friday markets also opened on a negative note. we will have to see whether they all end the session and the week in the red. meanwhile, michelle fleury has the de

i'll start with christine. do you want to say anything today, ma'am? >> that's me. apologize for my action. i'm still grieving. >> you're still grieving you said? >> yes. >> i understand you are grieving. >> and my emotions just got over me. but i do apologize. >> and ms. lott, ms. daniele lott? >> yes, ma'am. i'm so sorry for doing that in the courtroom. my emotions took over. and i should have never disrespected you. you are the judge. i should have respected you. this overnight stay has literally -- i work. we was in the jail. i'm so sorry that -- i'm so, so sorry. >> what is it about this experience overnight in jail that has caused you to calm down today? >> i never. there was a lot of drug addicts and a lot of different type of things around me. and i just -- that is not the life i want to live and i should have respected what you said. i have five children. i have no respect like this at all. >> i appreciate that. so at this time i'm accepting your apologies. i think in the future if you are ever in a courtroom you will be respectful. i'm going to give you cr

christine romans you want to jump in? >> i wonder what it means for rt president's agenda where he was going to use the business people for helping to get tax reform. there's a real fear tax reform is dead: will there be tax cuts? if the companies were trying to advocate for tax cuts wouldn't it be better to stay at the president's side. wouldn't that be a sign tax cut the won't happen either. >> i hope not, christine. i think this is a vital thing for trump to get done this fall. they struck out on obamacare. the they've either got to deliver this, if they don't, trump will essentially have had no major legislative victories in the first year in office. it is critical. i think you're right, christine. he would need a lot of these ceos. a lot, by the way, these companies, would greatly benefit from a business tax cut. so we'll see. by the way, workers about benefit too because when companies do better, workers do as well. the we'll see whether that impairs that business agenda that trump has for the fail. >> all right. ma

mark: i'm going to go for christine. christine is the winner.tioned gary cohn and jobs and wages. well done, christine. i loved emma's preview of retail next week. "real deal" with jonathan ferro is next. ♪ we check our phones 85 times a day. so it only made sense to create a network that keeps up. introducing xfinity mobile. it combines america's largest, most reliable 4g lte with the most wifi hotspots nationwide. saving you money wherever you check your phone. yeah, even there. see how much you can save when you choose by the gig or unlimited. call, or go to xfinitymobile.com. xfinity mobile. it's a new kind of network designed to save you money. city to: from new york our viewers worldwide, i'm jonathan ferro with 30 minutes dedicated to fixed income. this is "bloomberg real yield." ♪ jonathan: coming up, the u.s. payrolls report delivers. jobs increase more than expected and unemployment drops to a 16 year low. former fed chair alan greenspan says there's a bubble, but not in equities. it's in bonds. hertz leaves investors flying. the auto

. >> christine took a trip to morocco. she set up a pay as you go international cell phone plan which meant she paid a flat rate whenever she sent a text, placed a call or used data. she says she rarely used her phone and only used internet while connected to wi-fi at the hotel. on day four of her trip she received a text from verizon saying she had accrued $500 in data charges. christine called verizon and learned her phone, an iphone, was set to wi-fi assist, which switches to cellular data when the wi-fi signal is weak. christine was upset because she didn't know about wi-fi assist and thought verizon should have told her to turn it off. she asked verizon to forgive the $500 bill but it said no. init offered a $100 credit. christine didn't think that $100 credit was good enough so she reached out to us for help. we contacted verizon and it removed the charges. verizon said they're grateful for the opportunity to assist miss carlyle and will work to earn her loyalty going forward. if you want to see if you have wi-fi ass

welcome to "early start" i'm christine romans. >> i'm miguel marquez. in north korea is threatening an attack on the u.s. president trump warning of fire and fury. pyongyang warning of a preemptive retaliatory operation of justice. >> in a statement, the north korean military threatens to strike the u.s. territory of guam and specifically mentions andersen air force base, home of two american bombers, prompting the latest north korean rhetoric. >> the north korean threats came hours after they learned that u.s. intelligence has determined that pyongyang has a miniature warhead. this prompted a harsh response from president trump. our coverage continues with ryan brown in washington. >> reporter: the

christine? >> all right. fascinating.h for that, ivan watson in manila. >>> secretary tillerson also met with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov in manila. the two men agreed the u.s. and russia can keep an open dialogue and still work together on a number of complex issues. the secretary of state says he made it clear a lot of harm has been done by the kremlin. >> russian meddling in the elections was certainly a serious incident. trying to help them understand just how serious this incident had been and how seriously it had damaged the relationship between the u.s., the american people, and the russian people. that this had created serious mistrust between the countries, and we simple have to find some way to deal with that. >> the kremlin has ordered the u.s. to cut its diplomatic staff 60% in retaliation for sanctions. tillerson said he would respond to that request by september 1. >>> time for an early start on money. a phenomenal run for stock market investors who have generally ignored the political headlines i

christine hart is in singapore for us. christine hart is in singapore for us. has paid off. it's paid off in a very spectacular way. pre—tax profits at just paid off in a very spectacular way. pre—tax profits atjust over 1.1 billion, the second highest profit the airline has seen in its entire 97 year history. that's saying quite a bit. they also onjet star. qantas credits those result to effective cost—cutting measures and a very robust domestic travel market. its loyalty business has seen very strong growth. going forward, improving the customer experience, we talk about wi—fi, better wi—fi, lounges and services, all those offerings will be more important in its strategy. it will also expand offerings for trips. it will have perth to london direct next year. it will also be working on sydney to london by 2022. for now, alanjoyce has said the turnaround is complete and that's what we have to go on. thank you, christine. let's take a look at how the markets are doing. asian stocks advanced on friday. 0nce asian stocks advanced on friday. once again shrugging of

christine romans brings us your "before the bell report," christine? >> hi, ana.da is in peril. the worst day for stocks in three months last week after business leaders broke ties with the pro-business president. and. an exodus from his blue ribbon advisory panels after he blamed, quote, both sides for the violence in charlottesville. >> this breakup could risk his economic agenda. a powerful ally in the quest for tax reform, concern he could lose support inside the white house. stocks fell when rumors surfaced that gary cohn, trump's economic adviser would resign. ana, this week marks the end of earnings season. retailers, lowe's, staples and sears all report it's been a rough season for brick and mortar as shoppers go online especially stores. the annual jackson hole conference begins thursday. the head of the u.s. and eu central banks speak and watch as fed chief janet yell en for future policy and the fed's july minutes shows officials are split over whether to boost rates this year. christine romans, cnn, new york. >>> thanks, christine. >> while the eclipse

i am glad. >> reporter: christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> tonight google could be facing a new lawsuit. dozens of women come forward saying they are being paid less than men. in a report they say the department received evidence of significant discrimination against women in the most common positions at google headquarters. discrimination against women in google is extreme. google fired back with two posts saying we were surprised when the ofccp accused us. we were taken aback by this assertion. our analysis shows no gender pay gap at google. they have not taken steps to learn how our systems work. and may not have accurately understood them. >>> tonight the google engineer who was fired for his manifesto is breaking his silence and he is not sorry. kpix 5's maria medina is live outside google headquarters with the story. >> reporter: james damore said he values diversity but because of his memo the ceo of google plans to hold a town hall with employees tomorrow. >> i decided to create the document to clarify my thoughts. >> reporter: james damore was just a google engineer who decided

i am christine romans, tuesday, august 8th.nt trump has a problem -- the american people do not trust him. that is one key finding of a brand-new cnn poll showing the president with his approval rating at just 38%. that's its lowest point in cnn polling. only one other newly elected president has held an approval rating below 50% at the six-month mark since modern polling began. that was bill clinton. still ahead of president trump at 44%. >> the trust issue, it's telling. fewer than one american in four says they trust most of what they hear from the white house. 60% say they don't trust the commander in chief. now even president trump's base is starting to erode, including whites who did not graduate from college. a core group that helped put him over the top in november. only 53% of them now support him, down from 59% in april. despite the president's monday twitter claim that his base isn't going anywhere. 73% of people say the president's tweets send the wrong message to world leaders. the tweets on the economy and nationa

with make the grade, i'm christin. - the chinese have their great wall, and so do the british. coming up, i'll take you to hadrian's wall. - robert frost's poem mending walls starts with the line, "something there is doesn't love a wall." by that he means that unless a wall serves a true purpose, there's no reason to build and maintain it. in nicole's uk ok report, she tells us about a wall that helped the ancient romans define their empire. ("rule, britannia!" by thomas arne) - it stretches like a stone snake over the hills and fields of northern england. it was built by roman soldiers during the reign of emperor hadrian in the second century c.e., and ever since it's been known as hadrian's wall. it runs east to west for about 70 miles, starting almost at the north sea and ending at the irish sea. the height of the wall varied. at it's highest point, the wall rose up 20 feet above the grassy land. it took 16,000 roman soldiers 10 years to build. historians argue over just why the wall was built. some believe it was a barrier to separate roman-controlled britain on this side f

for so long, christine taylor has been threatening —— christian taylor has been threatening jonathandouble world champion, double 0lympic champion. he loves this champion because he won here in 2012 as well as in rio. he qualified very co mforta bly. as in rio. he qualified very comfortably. not the furthest, but he didn't really have to expend too much energy. i'm not sure if we can show you that qualification from christian taylor, the american, he is such a lovely fellow. it was two yea rs is such a lovely fellow. it was two years ago at beijing in the world championships that he came within eight centimetres of jonathan edwardss putt record. world record. i got edwardss putt record. world record. igot up edwardss putt record. world record. i got up with him earlier. today i'm going for a wr, if i don't want to let you down, but made that promise to myself. he's made a promise to himself, a lovely fellow, a real thought head for the sport of trouble jumping. watching tonight with some trepidation, no doubt, will be jonathan with some trepidation, no doubt, will bejonathan edwards,

city council member, christine nagle, the target of a graphic threat. she reported it to prince george's county police. meanwhile, the mayor says town leaders have been deluged by insults in the wake of the news coverage of the proposal. the town is considering whether to allow nonu.s. citizens to vote in local municipal elections, about 20 of the city's 32,000 residents were born outside of the united states. residents say wherever you >> it's just, you know, people trying to intimidate others for some type of reason, and you know, suppress others' voices. it's really sad. really controversial. >> i do think they need a safe place, someone to talk to. >> reporter: in an email, bill sponsor, christine nagle wrote we make decisions for snow pick up, and parks. i think we have shared concerns with our residents, regardless of whether they are u.s. citizens. after all the controversy, this afternoon, the mayor says it is likely that action on this controversial proposal will be delayed with no vote, or action tonight. some councilmembers say they want to c

why should mitch mcconnell, missionen and christine, be -- miguel and christine, be different from anybodyhe does something that the president saw as political opposition, why wouldn't the president take a shot at the senate majority leader? i know he's in his party. i know that he's very important. but why should mcconnell be any different than anybody else? the president only treats opponents one way. so we'll get into what the thinking is here. >> chris, you have your work cut out for you. >> yes. >> thanks. every damn day. >> we'll see you later. all right. >>> as google deals with a p.r. crisis over a memo criticizing diversity, it faces sexism charges from the u.s. government. that's on cnn "money stream" next. alzheimer's disease the fi is out there.survive and the alzheimer's association is going to make it happen by funding scientific breakthroughs, advancing public policy, and providing local support to those living with the disease and their caregivers. but we won't get there without you. visit alz.org to join the fight. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis,... ...isn

let's bring back in christine 0huruogu to talk about that race. the whole crowd loved that.m. doing those push—ups again! he made it look easy but in those conditions it must‘ve been tough. made it look easy but in those conditions it must've been toughm must‘ve conditions it must've been toughm must've been tough i think, what a stage to running! i could imagine doing a time trial with all these people and he has the whole stage to himself and he delivered. i'm so happy for him. well something else to look forward to this evening. sir mo farah, let's talk about him. he said it was the toughest race of his life, the 10,000 metres on the opening night. he was bleeding, his legs, he really was hurting after that. he wondered if he would make it back to the 5000. he has had four days to rest and hopefully he will just cruised through and finish in the top five in his heat. just cruised through and finish in the top five in his heatlj just cruised through and finish in the top five in his heat. i think he found the 10,000 hard but he is a seasoned professional. ithink found the

here is kpix 5's christin ayers. >> reporter: tonight oakland police are facing back lash for assisting i.c.e. investigatorsane human trafficking raid. -- investigators in a human trafficking raid. . >> reporter: by evening activists gatheredind front of the -- gathered in front of the house. >> release the folks free. >> reporter: our cameras captured one of the men taken by law enforcement. a blanket over his head. video fromheadhead showed the -- from chopper 5 showed the home surrounded. police officers were dispatched to handle traffic and security. >> we are appalled, the oakland police department working with i.c.e. >> reporter: she has been working to try convince oakland's latino community officers do not engage in deforitation efforts. -- deportation efforts. he said the optics of the raid under cut the message. policy is clear, members of opdtial not use personnel or resources to discover whether an individual is in violation of an immigration law. >> reporter: did oakland police follow the policies? >> we don't know. that is the question. this was a civil immigration matter.

christine and miguel? >> all right, thanks for that. >>> let's bring in political analyst julian zeletzer, historian and princeton professor. good morning. we finally heard from the president at length yesterday. you know, there have been clammering for media availability, and he did. and he criticized his predecessors on north korea and was pretty tough still on his -- in his analysis of -- and threats for north korea. i don't see where the red line is, the red line keeps moving a little bit this week. am i wrong? >> it's not clear what the red line is for president trump. it's not clear that there's a thought-through strategy other than being bellicose and issuing threats. so that becomes a problem. you don't know what exactly it will be that north korea does that triggers some kind of military response. and that is creating jitters all over washington. >> tuesday he said if they continued to threaten, i will act. yesterday he said if they attack guam, i will act. the secretary of defense saying we are r

christine is calling from richmond -- oh, did we just talk to christine? are you still there? sorry, sorry, i was moving on to the next caller. jesse is calling in from michigan. jesse, how confident are you in the government to handle natural disasters like harvey? caller: not very much. host: why not? caller: because you know that and te money on defense, cost overruns on these military budget they got, and people here are hurting, and we go in other countries, building schools, building roads, and people here, seem like they don't care about them. give you one example. they sent messages to south korea that people doesn't even want, and we paid for that. and it seems like this government is more concerned about what's going on in other countries, and i'm going to end a message to the democrat. if you don't run for president for peace, probably never vote again, the democrats and republicans are the same, we just blow up money in other countries, the military always blode up, and when people here need help, that's my comment, ma'am, thank you. host: and texas department of t

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christine romans joins us before the bell. how did overnight markets look?u know, it's been a pause in the rally because of the north korea tensions. so another night of sour mood around the globe. dow futures down a little bit. they call it, as you know, risk off. meaning, you know, don't buy stocks. you buy the safety stuff like gold. gold at a two-month high. volatility is up. historic highs -- that's the fear gauge. there's more nervousness out here. it's all about context and perspective. still has been a fantastic year. i'm going to show this chart of how the three major averages have done very, very well. so investors have had fantastic returns in stocks. watching the north korea situation with a little bit of trepidation. also, disney earnings weren't you have to snuff. disney a big component in the dow jones industrial average. so when one company falls on earnings, it could hurt the whole market. as you often see, when there is international turmoil and concerns about saber rattling with north korea, that's good news for anybody invested in the def

i'm christin helping you to make the grade. ♪ >> northern ohio borders part of lake erie.when it comes to protecting their fish, ohioans don't kid around. at least i don't think they kid around. after all, they passed a law making it illegal to get a fish drunk. even if the fish is over 21. guess in ohio you can lead a fish to water, but you can't make it drink...alcohol. and i think that's a fin -- i mean fine thing. >> it's time for another important message, brought to you by the national road safety foundation. >> this is kati. and i'm -- well, you know who i am. life's going great for kati. class president, captain of her soccer team, and just aced her sats, and she loves to text. but i know something she doesn't. see that intersection? a car will be going through it in precisely three seconds. i'll give her today. but tomorrow, who knows? >> coming up next, how to be a hero...at your next bake sale. >> while many of us like to bake, for some of us, it doesn't come easy...until now that is. katie explains. >> what's the history of bake sales? >> well, katie, bake sale