headlined by dave matthews. >> so let's vote and continue to fight so that we can try and turn it righthe people that are being affected by this law in north dakota are people who have lived on this land for thousands of years. ♪ come out, come out, no use in hiding ♪ >> the state is named after them. and they're being asked to prove, again, that this is their home. it is despicable. and i find it unforgivable. but it's the law. so, we have to deal with it. >> reporter: matthews began working with standing rock before the dakota access pipeline conflict, adopting the local elementary school he says now twice in recent years this community has had to lead by example. >> people brought their disappointment and their hopelessness here to stand with them, which is a weight which lifts you up and also is a burden, and it's remarkable how successfully they've and how gracefully they've come out of that so far. >> introducing the great white ruffalo. >> reporter: actor mark ruffalo is also putting his star power behind the issue. >> these people have a reason, plenty of reasons not to vote, an

a little dave matthews "satellite" we're explaining why.onference this morning i'm with host of the event ron baron. we thank you for having us also want to bring in the ceo o meridian communications. welcome. >> great to be here. >> meridian has had a long history of ups and downs but more recently ups. now getting a number of things in the sky we were talking about how you're a big customer, by the way, of elon musk when it comes to spacex >> yes i'm his largest commercial customer and he's made it possible for us to get all our new satellites into space at a low cost >> let's talk about what iridium is doing or at least the modern day version of iridium >> we bought 10% of the company. $6.10 a share. it's now $20 >> and we appreciate it. >> speak to the point of what the vision of iridium looks like. >> it's still the most amazing satellite network. 66 covers the whole planet we're the only with 100% coverage of the planet people think of us from the satellite phone and the early pager. people call the internet of things, connecting asse

. ♪ >>> been on a dave matthews kick welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc live at the nasdaq marketries front and ter right now, apptio is being bought at $30 a share. 53% premium to friday's closing price. >>> president trump just tweeting this this morning just returned from france where much was accomplished in my meeting with leaders bringing up the fact u.s. must be treated fairly, it hasn't here's the rest of it now. hundreds of billions of dollars for the great privilege of losing hundreds of billions of dollars with these same countries on trade i told them this situation cannot continue. it is and always has been r ridiculously unfair to the united states. now we're onto the third tweet money spent on protecting other countries. we get nothing but trade deficits and losses. it is time these very rich countries either pay the united states for the great military protection or protect themselves and trade must be made free and fair the debate and conversation over the weekend in paris continuing on the role both of the united states and the rest of the world and that what rel

matthew whitaker. welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. 1:00 a.m. in california. we start with california with the wildfire and 200 people still missing and 29 killed in the camp fire in northern california and two killed by the woolsey fire. two found in their car trying to flee the flames. six firefighters injured statewi statewide. >> i've never been so scared in my life. >> in northern california, terrifying drive through flames and heavy smoke as the entire town of paradise of 30,000 people was forced to evacuate at a moment's notice. that fire is the most destru destructive in california history destroying 6,700 buildings since it started on thursday. high winds and tinder dry weather in the state putting 25 million people, 1 in 13 ameri n americans, under a red-flag warning. we have cnn's scott mclean with more. >> reporter: dave and christine, the woolsey fire has lost the strength and intensity it once had. that doesn't mean the danger is over in malibu. the worst has come and gone. there are still hot spots and smoldering areas. in this home, there is no

help develop strategies to fight wildfires.sot jackson yip/stdent sot matthew brewer/studentin sanjose rob fladeboe kron4news ( davesara) and we're following the very latest on the the camp fire as it continues to burn..... im standing by with a live look. (ácommercialá) (áámichelleáá)breaking news this morning... the death toll in the camp fire has risen to 23 people, following the discovery of 14 additional bodies on saturday. 109- thousand arces have been burned.... and the fire is now 25-percent contained. kron 4s sara stinson joins us now live with the latest details. the camp fire has now swelled to 105-thousand acres and is just 20 percent contained.officials say winds could gust as high as 30 to 40 miles per hour sunday, making it difficult for firefighters to control the blaze.new evacuations are in place as the camp fire spreads. cal fire says evacuation orders have also been issued for. the communities of berry creek, brush creek, mountain house and bloomer hill. those areas are listed on your screen. (michelle) thanks sara. (michelle) here is a live look at the embarcadero. (dave)very low humidity and g

matthew whitaker as acting attorney general of the united states after forcing the resignation is unconstitutional. that means anything they try to do is invalid. cnn's pamela brown has more. >> reporter: good morning, davelison. we learned the acting attorney general matt whitaker is unlikely to recuse himself from sources at the white house. that is the thinking of the officials at the white house. no legal conflict of interest that would make it necessary for him to recuse himself. now there's also the thinking that the president would put him in this role as acting attorney general if he was going to recuse himself. as you recall, he was upset when his predecessor jeff sessions recused himself which include -- which clue the ire of the president and that led to the president to fire him recently. now matt whitaker has taken the reins of the russia probe despite be critical of it in the past at the justice department. even calling it ridiculous. as this is all going on, the president and his team are reviewing the questions that mueller's team have given them. this is viewed as one of the final pieces of the puzzle. that is all ongoing. it is unclear when mueller will wrap up the probe. the president