we welcome the grandmother christine lagarde.er] carol: newly minted grandmother --francine: newly minted grandmother. tom: everyone fine and well? christine: everyone doing well, now we will look to the future. what is delicate at the moment is moving from what we had assumed would be a synchronized growth a year ago to what looks like a synchronized slowdown at the moment. you actually try to understand the roots of that and identify the policy that countries can apply in order to go back to roaring growth, which we are still hoping for in 2020 because we believe that while this year will be at 3.3% global growth, next year we will focus on 3.6%. francine: how much of a concern is it when they have to roll this back? christine: they will probably have to do that in a very gradual way. does that monetary policy which, remain view, should accommodative. at some stage when growth picks up, when the respective mandates are properly delivered upon, they will have to look at the balance sheets and start dealing with it. francine: we'

i'm christine romans. >> great to be with you this week, christine.'m boris sanchez in for dave briggs. we welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. it's finally here, after nearly two years the wait for robert mueller's report, the redacted version, at least, is over and now the fight over consequences and the implications begins, and more than 400 pages, the special counsel lays out extensive contacts between russia and the trump campaign, and of course the president's efforts to obstruct the investigation. the report sets out the obstruction case in minute detail. when president trump asked former fbi director james comey to let then national security adviser michael flynn off the hook when he fired comey later, when he tried to persuade former attorney general jeff sessions to not recuse himself and unrecuse himself. mueller describes episodes where the president tried to harm and hinder this investigation. >> in the end, the special counsel does not charge the president with obstruction, acknowledging that a sitting president

boris and christine. >> thank you.now on the finding that president trump tried to influence the probe mainly because subordinates would not carry out his orders. mueller goes into detail about him trying to fire him. in june of 2017 mr. trump made a phone call to the white house counsel. president trump called don mcgahn and told him to remove the attorney general. he decided he would rather resign than trigger what he regarded as a potential saturday night massacre. mcgahn left the white house last fall. >> one of the most fascinating aspects of this report. we have cnn reporter marshall cohen this morning. >> good morning. >> great to see you again. i have a question about credibility within the white house because right now the president and his allies are pointing to the report and saying this is the authority on what happened. this is the gold standard. there was no collusion, no obstruction even though we can debate the details of what mueller actually wrote about obstruction. list zwroen what president trump sa

i'm christine romans, 5:00 a.m. in the east.eller's findings today, most of them anyway, attorney general bill barr's redacted version of the special report goes public this morning. cnn has learned the section on obstruction of justice is expected to have relatively few redactions. that's because the obstruction probe is based on investigative work, unlike the russian interference probe which is relied on secret grand jury testimony. >> "the washington post" reports the obstruction section will also detail analysis of tweets, prooif

i'm christine romans. it's 32 minutes past the hour.et's begin with this amazing, stunning comeback for the man who once dominated the sport of golf. tiger woods clinching his 15th major title at age 43. he overcame scandal, serious back problems and a leader board. it's his first green jacket since 2005. it was just amazing to watch. cnn's don riddell has the story from augusta for us. >> reporter: christine, boris, can you imagine being world famous at something but your kids really have no idea. they can't imagine it. they have to take your word for it or watch it on video because they never experienced it for themselves. that was the case for tiger woods kids sam and charlie, and that was one of the reasons why he wanted to pursue this comeback to see what he was capable of but also so they could be a part of it too, and that is why the scene on the 18th green on sunday afternoon at augusta was just so special. we all know it was historic. we all know it may well be the greatest sporting comeback of all time given everything that he

good morning to you, christine. after more than 2487 days being holed up inside the ecuadorian embassy. julian assange has gone from one confined space to another. this one in a prison, waiting to find out his fate, and his fate will be sealed in three weeks from now on may 2nd. as you clearly outlined, one, he has been found guilty on one charge, that's skipping bail, where he could get as many as 12 months in prison. this one is one charge and this is one charge against him according to the oj and that is conspireing in 2010 with chelsea manning to steal military secrets, conspireing to assist in many ways manning in trying to crack a code in pentagon computers that led to one of the biggest leaks of government secrets and this is what he'll be finding out in three weeks from now. of course what we know is that authorities waiting for the prosecutors in 65 days. they have a 65 day period to get the papers across to them. they will be looking at several factors, whether this is politically motivated, whether he's i

christine and dave? >>> backlog at the border. the white house reassigned hundreds of border agents away from customs and toward immigration duties. they say now there is a backlog at the border. >> the border security humanitarian crisis at the southwest border has hip l effects. suspended services negatively affect the supply chain. businesses that rely on the products and ultimately the consumer. >> wait time is monday for cargo processing in el paso, about four hours waiting to go through the legal lanes of traffic here. last year, wait times were less than 15 minutes. the bridge of america's cargo lane closed saturday. kfox said some businesses in el paso did not receive their imports because of the delays. they will be closed every saturday until further notice because of the reassignment of agents. truck and rail routes carry $1.7 billion in goods every day across the border. u.s. manufactures have supply chains that crisscross. any delay hurts american factories and workers. we are looking to see if the autoindustry has de

dave, christine, back to you. >> derek, thank you.s a monster. 107 miles per hour wind in colorado, thank you, my friend. >> i see the missouri and mississippi river, which are expected to flood all the way into may, and there's all that precipitation now coming too, so unbelievable. 20 minutes past the hour. something we have not seen since the great recession. the nation's top banking ceo's grilled by congress, ready to testify how well they are performing ten years after the financial crisis. instead these men faced scrutiny over their roles in income inequality or diversity or a rack of it. congressman al green asked if the next ceo of their bank would be a female or person of color, none raised their hands. >> the record has to be made, all white men and none of you, not one appears to believe that your successor will be a female or a person of color. >> these executives have now testified before congress as a group since 2009. missing from the group was tim sloan who stepped down as ceo for wells fargo. lawmakers grilled these e

i'm christine romans, 5:00 a.m. in the east. we'll learn robert mueller's findings today, most of them anyway, attorney general bill barr's redacted version of the special report goes public this morning. cnn has learned the section on obstruction of justice is expected to have relatively few redactions. that's because the obstruction probe is based on investigative work, unlike the russian interference probe which is relied on secret grand jury testimony. >> "the washington post" reports the obstruction section will also detail analysis of tweets, prooif private threats and other incidents. white house officials tell us quote the president is not worried, not fuming and any attacks on attorney general william barr will backfire. listen to president trump. >> see a lot of very strong things come out tomorrow, attorney general barr is going to be giving a press conference. maybe i'll do one after that. we'll see. but he's done -- he's been a fantastic attorney general. he's grabbed it by the horn. >> in the end, the public may se

good morning christine.00 days, julie juli juli julien assange has gone from one confined space to another, this time in a cell, waiting to be heard regarding mhis extraditio. there were two charges against him yesterday, one an extradition from the united states, the other one related to skipping bail which he could get as many as 12 months in prison. the date will be on the 2nd of may. what we know now is that authorities have until prosecutors have appeared, 65 days to present their case to authorities here and what the judge gets a hand of that paperwork, they will look at the aspect of whether to extradite him which will include could he face the death penalty if he is extradited. is this politically motivated. all of these factors will be considered. this is both a political as well as a legal aspect. both will play influence in this. i spoke to who we had from the wikileaks editor yesterday, who said this about the case. listen. >> legally of course the extradition would be fought in the courts here.

earlier in washington i spoke to imf managing director christine lagarde. she had a few surprising things to say about president trump's economic policies. we'll have that for you. talks about how he gets it right on certain issues. you will find out exactly what she had to say later on in the hour. start it off with kevin hassett, kind enough to join us on what is a very nice washington afternoon. on the north lawn on of the white house. i will start you out with breaking news. four republican senators would be opposed to herman cain's nomination to the federal reserve board. that means he wouldn't have enough votes if things hold up like that. what is the reaction, do you know, from the white house? >> i've known herman for a long time. i first met him in the presidential campaign. president likes herman a lot. he has ample experience in the federal reserve space. on the board of kansas city fed. we're on the process, everyone gathering their paperwork, do it, send it up. i think senators should wait until the nomination is sent, until they get to see all

christine, take us back to that moment and how shocked you were. to understand about that. >> you know, until this day i'm still numb about it. i had no symptoms at all. i mean, i hurt myself. thought it was just a regular pain. i feel to let everyone know, if you feel something, go get it looked at. you just never know. it can happen to anybody. if you have lungs, you are at high risk. because it can happen to you. >> martha: absolutely. and, you know, when you look back and you -- i'm sure your reaction was i don't think you were not a smoker, right? so you are thinking don't people who smoke get lung cancer? >> it can be anybody. it can be anybody. and, you know, i feel like it doesn't matter if a person smoked or doesn't smoke, you can get it from radon and environment in the air. everyone can get it if they have lungs. it's hard. it's hard. >> martha: how are you doing now? >> in october, i had my you were left lobe removed. i do a couple o cycles of chemo. i had 35 treatments of radiation. right now i'm feeling good. i'm feeling good right no

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs, 5:30 eastern time.oured mount vernon, and remarked he was spized spi surprised he didn't put his name on it. >> that's why no one remembers george washington. >> we start in washington, d.c. this morning, bill barr dropping a bomb shell telling lawmakers he thinks the trump campaign was spied on and he will be looking into it. >> i think spying on a political campaign is a big deal. it's a big deal. >> you're not suggesting, though, that spying occurred? >> i don't -- well, i guess you could -- i think there's a spying did occur, yes, i think spying did occur. >> barr provided no evidence for that claim. a source familiar with his thinking later telling us he meant spying in the classic sense of intel collection. a source said barr wants to find out whether there was a proper basis for any surveillance. cnn's sara murray has more from washington. >> reporter: good morning, christine and dave. bill barr, the attorney general was back in front of lawmakers yesterday with a very surprising claim. he hinted

good morning, and welcome to "early start," i'm christine romans. >> good morning, everyone, i'm dave briggs. my nuggets got a win, if you're wondering in the nba playoffs. we start with the ongoing immigration battle in this country. president trump taking direct aim at migrants seeking asylum in the united states in a new plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system in a memo to the attorney general and homeland security, the president calls for asylum applications to be adjudicated within 180 days of filings. the president also wants a fee imposed for all work permit and asylum applications. he wants migrants barred if they have attempted to enter the u.s. illegally. >> even though dhs reports a 2,000% increase in migrants claiming credible fear, the first step in the asylum process over the last five years. >> the asylum program is a scam. some of the roughest people you have seen, people look like they should be fighting for ufc. they are met by the lawyers and they say say the following phrase, i am very afraid for my life. i am afraid for my life. okay. and then i look at t

cnn's rebecca buck has more from washington. >> good morning, christine and dave. multiple 2020 candidates are responding to these allegations against the former vice president saying lucy flores should be believed but those same democrats are also stopping short of saying this disqualifies joe biden from running for president. leaving that judgment to the voters. she says she's coming forth now because she thinks it's disqualifying for joe biden. do you think it's disqualifying? >> i think that's a decision for the vice president to make. i'm not sure that one incident alone disqualifies anybody, but her point is absolutely right. this is an issue not just the democrats or republicans, the entire country has got to take seriously. >> i have no reason not to believe her, jonathan, and i think we know from campaigns and from politics that people raise issues and they have to address them, and that's what he will have to do with the voters if he gets into the race. >> i think that's why we have an election. that's that process, but certainly it's very disconcerting,

i'm christine romans. tax day, it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. file your taxes or file an extension, but don't forget. we begin with an absolutely stunning comeback for the man who once dominated the sport of golf. tiger woods clinching his fifth masters, 15th major title at age 43. he overcame scandal, serious back problems and a tightly packed leader board to win by one shot, the first major title in 11 years, in his first green jacket since 2005. cnn's don riddell has the story from augusta. >> reporter: christine, boris, can you imagine being world famous at something but your kids really have no idea. they can't imagine it. they have to take your word for it or watch it on video because they never experienced it for themselves, that was the case with tiger woods kids sam and charlie. that was one of the reasons he wanted to pursue this comeback to see what he was capable of and so they could be a part of it too. that was why the scene on the 18th green sunday afternoon in augusta was so special. we all know it was historic. we all know it ma

christine you're going to stay with me. michael cohen tells congress he has more evidence against trump as he tries to delay going to prison. and joe biden jokes about the personal space controversy and then tries to explain the joke. >> by the way, he gave me permission to touch him. >> it wasn't my intent to make light of anyone's discomfort. >> bit cringe worthy there. we're going to talk to attorney general suing trump over border policy. trump is already planning for the memoir he'll write after leaving office. i'm in for ari melber and you're watching "the beat" on msnbc. we'll be right back. k. no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on our car insurance with geico. we could have been doing this a long time ago. so, you guys staying at the hotel? yeah, we just got married. oh ho-ho! congratulations! thank you. yeah, i'm afraid of commitment... and being boiled alive. oh, shoot. believe it. geico could save you 15% or more on car insurance. that guy's the worst. was a success for lastchoicehote

christine watched him.e of confidence or optimism we are going to get that transparency? come on. you saw him. >> no, i made notes to buy ink stock. >> sharpies. >> the mueller report, remember, investigations don't list things -- a wonderful president, here's a list of all his accomplishments. i know we're going to analyze it to death legally. it's a political document because it involves the president. and it's really -- it's tantamount to an oppo research document. the president knows this because he tweeted this morning very specialingly, the mueller report, the investigators have exonerated me, no collusion, no obstruction. and then he goes on to say, investigate the investigators. what does that mean? we're going to investigate the people who just exonerated you? the only way to investigate it is to release the report. let congress and the american people decide how the president behaved. but that's a political -- it may not rise to a criminal conspiracy but impeachment is not based on political consp

coming up, christine lagarde and managing imf director.g to fail, so would she support consolidation in that space? 10:30 a.m. in new york, 3:30 p.m. in london. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg surveillance. at and francine in d.c. today for the imf spring meeting. grappling with uncertainties, that is the message from the most recent fomc minutes. the next rate move could be in either direction and they suggest u.s. growth is going to slow to around 2% this year. and that will put the fed at odds with president trump. he says expansion at 3% is unacceptable. tom, talking about central bank independency and the trump remarks and the administration's dealings with the fed it, whether it makes -- with the fed, whether it makes jay powell good at his job or not. should we worry about central bank independence? >> what we're talking about will be notable. my old days of the board, the board staff pretty much sets the framework and the set -- and sets the tone of the discussion. i think we can keep these guys on track. tom: it is mass pol

i'm christine romans. >> and i'm boris sanchez.>>> it was just horrible. >> the tower was full. people screamed. it is so sad. >> what was in my mind was the burning. >>> the redacted report will go to congress and to the public thursday morning. >> the fact that they are unwilling to release everything shows a consciousness of guilt. >> democrats believe the president's financial transactions hold the keys to some of the unanswered questions. >> announcer: this is "new day" with allisisyn camerota and joh berman. >> it is tuesday, april 16th, 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. john and alisyn are off. i'm poppy harlow. notre dame cathedral. after nine hours, firefighters have extinguished the blaze, capturing the world's attention for all the hours as it raged. look at notre dame this morning. look at these before and after images from inside the blackened cathedral. you can see the crucifix illuminated amid the destruction. macron is pledging to rebuild the cathedral that is at the heart of paris and soul of light for more than 850 yea

thanks for joining us, i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs.mer vice president headed to iowa. >> we got to choose hope over fear, unity over division, truth over lies. >> maybe trump voters in his mind he can win over. he's got to play it moderate. >> the trump organization and the president's family suing deutsche bank and capital one to block congressional subpoenas. >> trump is going to fight on all fronts to keep his financial records private. >> the president and his family have a right to contest it and we'll have a court bat and will see who comes -- battle and see who comes out on >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day." tuesday, april 30th, the last day of april. 6:00 here in new york. we begin with breaking news. a brand-new cnn poll releasing this second, and it shows a huge opening weekend for former vice president joe biden. think "avengers: endgame" here. >> that huge? >> that big. in a crowded field of 20 candidates, joe biden has broken away from the pack. he's at 39%. of poten

welcome back to "early start," i'm christine romans.ou're against the monday night schedule. >> if it's at six. the kids missed the game. and we encourage people to celebrate tonight. happy monday, breaking news overnight. homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen is out. nielsen has become the face of president trump's hard line stance on immigration. they were together at the border friday. he has been increasingly frustrated with the crisis at the border and the influx of migrants. the president abruptly withdrew the nomination to head up i.c.e. and cut aid to honduras, el salvador and guatemala for fail to go stem the tide of migrant. >> nielsen believed the situation was untenable with the president. one person close to nielsen said she felt in loimbo for the last week and it wasn't her choice to leave. we turn to boris sanchez. >> reporter: a source close to kirstjen nielsen said she did not resign willingly. she was under pressure to hand in her resignation letter. she didn't fight to keep the job and didn't grovel or beg the

. >> good morning, and welcome to "early start," everyone, i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. i'll give you this spoiler, you do not need to wait for the post screen, there's not one. happy monday, april 29th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. we begin with defiant words in the face of hate. >> a young man standing with a rifle pointing right at me, and i look at him, he had sunglasses on. i couldn't see his eyes, i couldn't see his soul. we need to battle darkness with light. no matter how dark the world is, we need to think of light, a little bit of light pushes away a lot of darkness. >> a wounded rabbi from california describing what it was like to stare down a gunman who one day after another a deadly hate crime. three people wounded one killed in the synagogue shooting. >>> there will be a funeral for 60-year-old lori kaye, witnesses say her husband, a doctor, tried desperately to save her. >> we start to do some cpr, we saw the hole in her chest, his wife, and he can not do anything. it is very very difficult. >> she was friendly. she was welcoming. she was one of those people tha

i'm christine romans, it is tuesday, april 16th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. it is 10:00 a.m. in paris, and this is what paris is waking up to. a realization that something is the core, literally the center of paris is right there. that has been gutted, a historic calamity for france and the world. a huge fire engulfing notre dame cathedral in paris, a symbol that has stood for 800 years, threatening a powerful emblem of the catholic faith as holy week begins. this fire burned for hours. look at that, destroying the cathedral's iconic fire before firefighters got this under control. >> it's horrific. we had the tower full, and it was the worst sound and people screamed. it's so sad. everyone is so sad. >> visitors brought literally to their knees. some of the crowd hugging, others crying. many bearing witness. you hear them singing as the news broke on screens big and small, people around the world were united essentially in helplessness. >> turned around and looked back and gasped, saw the spire engulfed in flames, and wed watched -- we watched as the rest of paris watched. >

stephen: so no recession, but we are at a delicate moment, the words christine lagarde is saying.nuary, i mentioned them cutting the outlook, they lowered growth projections to 3.5% for 2019, 3.6% for 2020. it was the imf's second cut in outlook in three months. as i said, the new outlook is out on april 9. the wto also slashing its outlook for growth, to the lowest level in three years. the intact, of course, of what it called rising commercial tensions and tariffs. that's trade war. it will slow to 2.6%, world merchandise trade growth, according to the wto in 2019, and 3% in 2020. it was 3% in 2018. director said it is increasingly urgent we resolve tensions and focus on charging -- charting a positive path forward for global trade. haidi: in the meantime, we are seeing signs of stabilization. too earlyonomy, is it to talk about whether authority should stop easing? stephen: that's the question leading to debate. we have had economic indicators showing the growth decline, if you will, has pretty much bottomed out. we are also later, on april 17 be get first quarter gdp figures t

christine? boris?> in 24 hours, the justice department will release the redacted version of the mueller report. president trump is already putting his spin on it, sight unseen, tweeting something you may have heard before, no collusion, no obstruction. though, some current and former white house officials aren't sure the report is going to be flattering. few are predicting bombshells. >> they believe it will provide the most credible account of chaos inside the west wing. it will notd be based on the anonymous sources the president likes to attack. this will be attributed to current and former officials, allies, witnesses who could face felony charges if they lie to investigateers. caitlin collins has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: christine and boris, sources tell cnn the president is eager for the mueller report to come out on thursday. he thinks it will back up the claim he's been exonerated. people surrounding the president are not so sure. they are worried even though the report is

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sara eisen is on stage right now with the imf's christine lagarde.is profit warning out of walgreens alliance shares of lyft under pressure today after a brutal second day of trading yesterday. >> walgreens boots alliance lowering its 2019 outlook. >> as we said, imf managing director christine lagarde with us for a first on cnbc interview ahead of next week's world bank spring meetings. the second quarter kicked off with the dow saying the best day in about six weeks joining us, jonathan goll leb. good to see you both you're among the most bullish on the street i don't know if we'll get much of a debate. >> having me with jonathan is a waste of time. when i get bearish, i listen to him. the bottom line is, everything is playing out according to plan the second half, up hift we're looking for, you're seeing the green shoots or green sprouts as fred smith of fedex would say, all over, and policy remains supportive >> jonathan, you recently tripled your earnings for the year, but lifted your target is this on the fed pivot or something else >> first of

. >> i'm christine romans. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. did the attorney general go easy on president trump when he summarized the mueller report. "the new york times" is reporting some of the special counsel's investigators have been complaining to associates that bill barr did not fully convey just how damaging their findings were for the president. the times quotes government officials and others saying investigators are concerned barr was able to shape the public's initial views before any version of the report comes out. those interviewed by the times declined to fully explain what they believed was held back. it's unclear just how widespread this frustration is on robert mueller's team. >>> barr wrote in his four page summary to congress mueller did not establish anyone connected to the trump campaign conspired with russia. barr quotes mueller saying he did not have sufficient evidence to prove obstruction of justice but did not exonerate the president either. the "times" reports a lack of a firm decision frustrated the attorney gene

i'm christine window while come to be news africa i'm glad. we begin in ethiopia where investigators have a u.s. jet make a boeing to review its flight control system a report released by the ethiopian government states that the pilots off ethiopian airlines jet that crashed sixty minutes after takeoff last month performed all procedural duties recommended by boeing when the plane started to nose dive but still could not save it i'll be talking to an aviation expert in the days of about first this report. march tenth was a clear morning ethiopian airlines flight three zero two had just left at this abu buffer in nairobi when it plummeted nose first into a field outside the capital a disaster that killed all one hundred fifty seven people on board. a preliminary report now rules out human error as the cause of the tragedy suggesting the crew did everything in their power to avoid the crash. the crew perform it all the procedures. repeatedly provided by the manufacturer but was not able to control. the boeing seven three seven max eight reported

i'm christine window while come to news africa i'm gadget. it is one week since the sudanese military ended the thirty year role of president omar al bashir following four months of street process the army now say as it has detained the ousted president in a prison but share once used to hold political prisoners but if the army generals who threw out the shia believe that would end the open opposition to the ruling elite they've been proven wrong demonstrators are demanding the military hand over rule to a civilian administration and have maintained a picket at the army headquarters. the army complex in khartoum reverberates with the sound of protesters demanding the dissolution of the military council that replaced omar al bashir. medical professionals from across the capital mom. to join the blockade of the headquarters many women among the much as. my mother i need them because the women are asking for their rights because they're always oppressed in everything they are pressed by society oppressed in education are oppressed and that they

dave and christine. >> thank you for that. nielsen says she will stay on the job until wednesday to ensure an orderly transition. president trump announcing customs and border protection kevin mcaleenan will become acting secretary. skipping over claire grady who is legally next in line for the post. she will have to go in order for mcaleenan to assume the role. >> if mcaleenan becomes temporary dhs secretary, there would be five acting cabinet number officials, a quarter of the cabinet. one of the reasons nielsen stayed on the job was to repair her image. she felt she had become the face of the administration's child separation policy, even though that was jeff sessions's idea. it could take two years to identify potentially thousands of additional immigrant families that u.s. sports separated at the southern border and late last night, more threats by the president to shut down the border, tweeting mexico must apprehend all illegals or we will have no other choice. our country is full. >>> president trump threatening tariffs

welcome back to "early start", i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs.ne and done for zion williams, it would appear. 4:32 eastern time on a monday. >>> former vice president joe biden responding for the first time to allegations made that a nevada politician that he kissed on the back of her head. biden was saying it was not his intention to act inappropriately, but one time democratic nominee for lieutenant governor lucy flores said the kiss left her feeling uneasy, gross and confused. >> very unexpectedly and out of nowhere i feel joe biden put his hands on my shoulders, get up very close to me from behind, lean in, smell my hair, and then plant a slow kiss on the top of my head. and that in and of itself might not sound like it's a very serious thing. that in and of itself might sound like it was innocent and well intentioned. but in the context of it, as a person that had absolutely no relationship with him afterwards, as a candidate who was preparing to make my case for why i should be elected the second in command of that state, to have the vice p

. >> i'm christine romans, april 2nd, 4:00 a.m. in the east. security clearances and the mueller report. first on clearances, a white house whistle blower tells house investigators, senior officials overruled concerns raised about 25 individuals whose clearances were initially died. house oversight chairman elijah cummings. trisha newbold, she has worked on democratic and republican administrations. >> she told investigators, 25 individuals had a wide range of disqualifying issues, concerning personal conduct, financial problems, drug use and criminal conduct. a source tells cnn both jared kushner and ivanka trump are on the list of 25. important to note the president is legally entitled to order a security clearance for anyone he wishes. chairman cummings comparing the clearance overrides to hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server as secretary of state. >> if the violations are accurate, and i do think they are, as ms. newbold has told us, i think this is a million times worse. what you have here are people who literally have the top

that sounds pretty darn good, so is christine lagarde just wrong? she think we are really hanging in the balance. peggy: the reports covering the imf team last week showing that there is some concern. trump is basically saying to other parts of the world got to do more for us and america first, but at the same time, because he's picking battles on multiple fronts when you're in europents between , china and japan, it is causing concern among investors. out: steven mnuchin coming during those imf talks and saying i would expect that the enforcement mechanism works in both directions, and we would expect to honor our commitments. this also coming out of the china/u.s. trade negotiations. at the end of the day, the u.s. understands they are also going to face repercussions. how much is this a positive step in moving towards some sort of agreement? peggy: i think it is an indication of a deal potentially coming because each side has to feel like they are getting something. it seems like there's a door open to the u.s. saying if you agree to have potenti

shoes or furniture private new terrorists and trade barriers are threatening free trade according to christine lagarde of the spring conference of the international monetary fund. so we need to better addressed unfair trade practices and distortions in the system including through a w t o. system reform. and we need to avoid self-inflicted wounds including tar ifs and all the barriers. it would be on those areas are having a real effect on trade the i.m.f. expects the world economic growth rate to decline this year to three point three percent but god also warned the developing countries are not benefiting from growth in industrial nations to the same extent they have in the past. as to our top story here are. issuing documents ahead of its much anticipated i.p.o. and let's get more on that where our financial correspondent conrad who isn't in frankfurt conrad is poised to be one of the biggest i.p.o. zynga years yet is not making any money how does that go together. that's job dropping kristoff that's jaw dropping in particular for conservative market people conservative investors who are use

. >> i'm christine romans. the white house and democrats gearing up on two fights, the mueller report, and president trump's tax returns. jerry nadler demanding communications between the justice department and robert mueller's office about the special counsel's report. >> nadler wants to clear up discrepancy of two different summaries of the 400 page report. bill barr's four-page summary and the secret summaries written by mueller's team. >> i think it's inevitable that mr. mueller is going to testify at some point. the first thing we need is the release of the report and the documents. >> do you think it's inevitable that mueller is going to come before your committee. >> at some point yet. >> several investigators are frustrated with the way mr. barr sm summarized the findings. the doj is defending the handling of the report, saying every page of the report was marked as possibly containing information that should not be publicly released. >> every page. >>> now, the president you might recall has encouraged

. >> i'm christine romans, it's 4:00 a.m. in the east. let's get started. house democrats gearing up to fight each over on the mueller report and president trump's tax returns. house judiciary chairman jerry nadler demanding communications between the justice department and robert mueller's office about the special counsel's report. >> nadler wants to clear up discrepancy. attorney general bill barr's widely discussed four-page summary and the still secret summaries actually written by mueller's team. >> i think it's inevitable that mr. mueller is going to testify at some point. the first thing we need is the release of the report and the documents. >> you think it's inevitable that mueller is going to come before your committee? >> at some point, yeah. >> sources tell us several of mueller's investigators are expressing frustration with the way barr summarized. it is defending the attorney general's deliberate pace in releasing some version of the report. the justice department saying every page of the report was marked as possibly containing information t

. >> and i'm christine romans, it is monday, april 29th, it is 4:00 a.m. in the east.owerful words in the face of hate. >> a young man stand ing with a rifle, pointing right at me. i looked at him. he had sunglasses on. i couldn't see his eyes. i couldn't see his soul. we need to battle darkness with light. no matter how dark the world is, we need to think of light. a little bit of light pushes away a lot of darkness. >> a wounded rabbi from california describing what it was like to stare down a gunman one day after the nation's latest deadly hate crime. three people wounded. one killed in the synagogue shooting near san diego. >> there will be a funeral today for 60-year-old laurie kay. witnesses say her husband, a doctor tried desperately to save her. >> we start to do some cpr, you saw the whole in her chest. his wife and he can not do anything, it's very very difficult. >> friendly, she was one of those people that you want to want as a friend. which i think of her, all i can say to the community is they lost a great soul. >>> 8-year-old noya dehad was honored at a

. >> as christin ayers shows us his new prize is his life of service. >>reporter: when we first met students rising above scholar eddie williams he was a teenage football star with big dreams of going pro. his baby face -- >> to me it seems like all these things happening and you're learning about life a little bit earlier than you should have to. you want to play outside with your friends and ride your bike. >> instead, eddie was coping with the problems that might have crushed others. a father not around and a mother who died of cancer when eddie was in middle scol. speaking at last month's student rising above gala, eddie reflected on those times. >> i promised my mother before she died i would go to college and work hard and i promised her, looked her dead in the eye and told her i'm going to play in the nfl. >> a promise fulfilled when eddie left the university of ohio and drafted to the nfl in 2009 but eddie told students even then he knew something was missing. >> finding success and finding purpose is not the same thing. as fun as the nfl was, i

earlier, i spoke to christine mccracken from rabobank and i asked her who had been hit the worst fromthe small farmers have been hit obviously very badly, primarily because it has been spread to the feeding of pork products back to those animals, scraps off the table, but it is also hitting the larger operations unfortunately, so it is really hitting all sectors of the chinese industry. 50 what kind of damages at having not only in china but on the rest of the industry in asia? it is early days in terms of the rest of asia, i think everyone is trying to adjust to the expectation that there will be a lot less pork available in china and as a result, trying to increase production of other protein. they are looking to import products from other parts of asia into china, but again, we expect this to spread into other regions, given the movement of animals and people. agriculture and livestock expert, christine mccracken, joining us earlierfrom new york and it has been 15 days after deadly blast rocked shall anchor on easter sunday. there are now concerns about the effect it could have on