robert mueller understands and i understand the specific scope of the investigation. no, it's not a fishing expedition. >> special counsel robert mueller can investigate any crime he uncovers in his russia probe. that clarity from the justice department after the president himself said his finances should be offer limits. and the vice president with a harsh rebuke to "the new york times" suggesting that he's preparing for a white house run. he slams it as offensive and object surrender. >> i think it's -- absurd. >> i think it's quite clear in terms of there being no daylight among the international community as to the expectation that north korea will take steps. and global pressure grows on north korea to curb its nuclear program after sanctions are slapped on unanimously by the u.n. security council. good morning and welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> good morning to you. >> nice to see you.

>> i'm miguel marquez in for dave briggs this morning. monday, august 7th, 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. the second in command at the justice department rejecting any suggestions robert mueller cannot dig into trump family finances. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein says mueller can look into crimes he might discover within the scope of his probe. rosenstein's remarks on "fox news sunday" come days after president trump said mueller would cross a red line if he digs into his family's finances. >> cnn reported last week that federal investigators are looking into potential financial ties between russia and the president and the president's associates, viewing any such ties as fertile ground for their probe. rosen stein authorized the special counsel after attorney general jeff sessions recused himself, of course. asked sunday about the limits of mueller's investigation, rosenstein said he would have to approve any expansion.

>> the special counsel is subject to the rules and regulations of the department of justice. and we don't engage in fishing expeditions. that order that you read, that doesn't detail specifically who may be the subject of the investigation. >> right. >> we don't reveal that publicly. robert mueller understands, and i understand, the specific scope of the investigation. so no, it's not a fishing expedition. >> questions about the russia investigation come as intrigue builds around the white house and who may open it come 2020. vice president mike pence emphatically denying a "new york times" report that he's laying the groundwork for a run for president if president trump does not seek a second term. all this with the president beginning what he calls a working vacation at his golf club in new jersey. that's where we find white house correspondent athena jones. >> reporter: good morning. vice president mike pence is pushing back hard on this "new york times" story, as are other white house officials. the vice president taking the unusual step of putting out an official statement on white house letterhead to respond to

this story. in the statement, the vice president called the story disgraceful, offensive, categorically false, laughable, and absurd. two pence aides, his spokesperson and his chief of staff, his chief of staff was mentioned in "the new york times" story, also taking to twitter to refute the story calling it fake news. and white house counselor kellyanne conway appearing on abc's "this week" called the story complete fiction. watch -- >> it is absolutely true that the vice president is getting ready for 2020 for re-election as vice president. >> no concern he's setting up a shadow campaign? >> zero concern. that is complete fiction. that is complete fabrication. i know that his advisers who had comments attributed to them pushed back strongly and so did the vice president. as am i right now unequivocally. vice president pence is a very loyal, dutiful, but incredibly effectively vice president, active vice president with this

president. >> i think the operative phrase on what kellyanne conway said was very loyal. white house officials want to make it very, very clear that the vice president has no designs on the president's job in 2020. i think it's important to note that president trump has made it clear that he plans to run again. that he hopes to be a two-term president. in fact, he filed the paperwork to do so very early in his presidency. he's held multiple campaign rallies. that is why we're seeing such strong pushback from the white house on this story. 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 on "the new york times." that's a part of the narrative we see coming out of the white house. i think pence has to be honest and acknowledge what many of us reporters talk and conservative voters should know. that's that their people in the republican party who have problems with president trump who would like mike pence to take a more prominent role in this administration, in the party as a whole, and maybe in the white house. >> i mean, the article also

mentioned senator sass, senator cotton. >> they've been to iowa, both of them. proving grounds for -- >> but what's interesting, pence started a pac. >> right. >> that's unheard of for a vice president. clearly the president will have his pac. everything must be -- why would a vice president start a pac? >> what they would say probably is that what pence is trying to do is use these funds to go to these states to rally the base on behalf of the president so that people who really are walking away from supporting him will stay on the trump train. i think what happens, though, is when you send someone like pence out to get people on the trump train, you'll rick the chance that some -- you'll risk the chance that some people say maybe it should be the pence train. >> meantime the president trying to control his message. he tweets -- that's how he speaks directly to millions. this is what he talked about, fake news. you heard mike pence slamming the fake news. "the fake news, border military, isis, and ms 13, et cetera" --

>> we have stories on this all of the time. >> i would like to say every day i talk about the economy, every day i talk about jobs. interestingly, the president's job record at 1.24 million jobs is slightly below the last six months of last year when president obama had slightly more jobs created than that. >> true. >> that's the real numbers. you hear kelly mcnerney, used to be a contributor here, posting on the president's facebook page. her version of news, like the good news stuff the president would like to see. the real news, she says. this is the president trying to control the message again. >> absolutely. and i think what he risks is having someone who i think was so effective at communicating the trump agenda to people who already aren't are on team trump. you take that voice away and put them in a space where people who you need to get on board just aren't likely going to watch. >> interesting. >> i think another thing that's

worth paying attention to, two demographics -- white evangelicals and white working class voters without a college degree have dropped in their approval of donald trump a bit. i think perhaps she wants to get -- she on behalf of the trump administration -- wants to get the message to them that trump is doing great. >> is that a re-election issue? part of a reelection bid? >> isn't everything that's positive about president trump now? >> everything i hear from trump supporters out there is that the real news of this administration is not getting out. it's not breaking through. we're too mired in russia. there is a real split among republicans out there. and a growing split among republicans out there about sort of the news they want out there and what republicans want to focus on. great frustration that with republicans controlling everything in the capitol they can't get anything done. the big-ticket items. >> when i watched that report and every single thing she reported we report on cnnpolitics.com, cnnmoney.com, cnn u.s., cnn international -- >> she didn't mention the russia probe. >> exactly.

i think that's the concern. you want to get a certain part of the message. not the message that we have polls saying many people care about -- >> this is called propaganda. >> it's certainly not fair and balanced news. >> right. interesting. euge eugene, thank you very much. >> come back again. >> see you soon. time for "your money." the benefits of charitable giving might change if lawmakers push through tax reform, according to new analysis from the congressional budget office. most people don't donate to charity just because of the tax breaks they get. they donate because it's the right thing to do. the republican plan to double the standard deduction, loafer overall income tax rates, and appeal the estate tax has charity experts concerned. they think donations could drop. by how much? between $5 billion and $13 billion a year according to one study. here's why -- increasing the standard deduction would mean fewer people could itemize and claims the breaks. lowering tax rates would make the deduction less worthwhile for those who still take it. those in favor of these tax proposals say this could lead to

people actually giving more to charities. they say if a person has to pay less to the government, they're more likely to give more money to charity. more money means more do-goed. -- do-gooding. interesting because the things that are sacred in tax reform, we're told, are the mortgage interest deduction and the charitable giving. >> right. >> this analysis would suggest that even if you keep that sacred, it still could hurt charitable giving. north korea facing steep penalties for its nuclear program. we are live in manila where world leaders are speaking with a unified voice. >> we've not had an extended period of time where they have not taken some type of provocative action. that would be the first and strongest signal they could send to us is just stop these missile launches. (burke) at farmers, we've seen almost everything

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tillerson says countries are united in urging north korea steps to demilitarize. he's ramping up the pressure on north korea just days after the u.n. security council unanimously approved the toughest sanctions to date against the kim jong-un regime. >> the next steps obviously are to see that the security council resolution sanctions are enforced by everyone. we will be monitoring that carefully and certainly having conversations with any and all that we see who may not be fully embracing not just the spirit of sanctions but the operational execution of those sanctions. >> all eyes now on china, north korea's largest trading partner. the chinese voted for the u.n. sanctions and will be key to implementing them. we want to go manila and bring in cnn's ivan watson. the north koreans moving ahead with developing the missile technology and their nuclear weapons. the sanctions come, but they are

already under a very heavy sanctions regime. how is this going to happen, and will this really pressure the north koreans? >> reporter: what this latest round of sanctions does is it bans north korea's exports of coal and iron and even seafood, and the u.s. government estimates that it generates about one-third of its export revenues from those activities. so this could have an impact on the ability to earn hard currency for the north korean regime. north korea's made it clear it doesn't care. it's responded in the last couple of hours via the north korean state news agency, calling the new sanctions a violent violation of north korean sovereignty and saying the international community must be delusional if it thinks that sanctions can convince north korea to give up its commitment to develop nuclear weapons as what it sees as a vital weapon

of self-defense. this is despite the fact that china, as you mentioned, the chinese foreign minister, is here in manila. he met face to face with north korea's foreign minister, and he urged him to follow, abide by united nations security council regulations and stop firing intercontinental ballistic missiles. that's also what southeast asian nations, ten said, in a joint communique here saying that the two icbm tests that north korea carried out last week were a threat to world peace, and they were gravely concerned about that. the big question is, is that message getting through. and judging by the messages from pyongyang today, no, it's not going to convince north korea to stop. another question here is how will secretary of state rex tillerson, will he potentially shake hands or meet with the north korean foreign minister when they're all under one roof? they've had a series of meetings today as part of the asia

regional forum. there are more than 20 top diplomats who were under one roof for that. the state department says there's no plan for the two diplomats to meet. it will be interesting to hear from people who were in the room if there was any interaction whatsoever between the diplomats from the two rival states. >> the north koreans have long wanted that direct official contact with the u.s. ivan watson in manila, thank you. breaking news this morning. a u.s. on, spray -- on, spray aircraft has been located. a navy ship locating the aircraft off of australia's east coast. the military says it will survey the crash site with a submersible before beginning diving operations. three u.s. marines remain missing since the crash. 23 marines were rescued. not much of a retirement for jay cutler. the former bears quarterback was supposed to begin his broadcasting career of the season.

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robert mueller and i understand the specific scope of the investigation. no, it's not a fishing expedition. >> special counsel robert mueller can investigate any crime he uncovers in his russia probe. that clarity from the justice department after the president himself said his finances should be off limits. the vice president with a harsh rebuke to a "new york times" report that he's laying the groundwork for a white house run. he slammed the suggestion as disgraceful, offensive, and absurd. >> quite clear in terms of there being no daylight among the international community as to the expectation that north korea will take steps. >> global pressure growing on north korea to curb its nuclear program after sanctions are

slapped on its unanimously by the u.n. security council. welcome back to "early start." i'll miguel marquez in for dave briggs. >> nice to see you. >> good to be here. >> nice to have you here all week. i'm christine romans. good morning, everyone. the second in command at the justice department rejecting any suggestions special counsel robert mueller cannot dig into trump family finances. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein says mueller can look into any crimes he might discover within the scope of his probe. rosenstein's remarks come days after the president, president trump, said mueller would cross a red line if he was to dig into his family's finances. >> cnn reported last week federal investigators are looking into potential financial ties between russia and the president and his associates, viewing any such ties as fertile ground for their probe. rosenstein, who authorized a special counsel, said he'd have to approve any expansion of mueller's probe. >> the special counsel is subject to the rules and regulations to the department of

justice. we don't engage in fishing expeditions. that order that you read doesn't detail specifically who may be the subject of the investigation. >> right. >> we don't reveal that publicly. bob mueller understands and i understand the specific scope of the investigation. and so no, it's not a fishing expedition. >> also this morning, intrigue around the white house and who may occupy it come 2020. vice president mike pence emphatically denying a "new york times" report that he is laying the groundwork to run for president if president trump doesn't seek a second term. all this with the president beginning what he calls a working vacation at his golf club in new jersey. that's where we find cnn white house correspondent athena jones with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. vice president pence is pushing back hard on this "new york times" story, as are other white house officials. the vice president taking the unusual step of putting out an official statement on white house letterhead to respond to this story. in the statement, the vice president called the story disgraceful, offensive,

categorically false, laughable, and absurd. two pence aides, his spokesperson and his chief of staff, his chief of staff was mentioned in "the new york times" story, also taking to twitter to refute the story, calling it fake news. and white house counselor kellyanne conway appearing on abc's "this week" called the story complete fiction. watch. >> it is absolutely true that the vice president is getting ready for 2020 for re-election as vice president. >> no concern -- >> and 2018 -- zero concern. that is complete fiction. that is complete fabrication. and i know that his advisers who had comments attributed to them pushed back strongly and so has the vice president, and as am i now unequivocally. vice president mike pence is a very loyal, very dutiful, but also incredibly effective vice president, active vice president with this president. >> and i think the operative phrase in what kellyanne conway said was very loyal.

white house officials want to make it very, very clear that the vice president has no designs on the president's job in 2020. i think it's important to note that president trump has made it quite clear that he plans to run again. he hopes to be a two-term president. in fact, he filed the paperwork to do so very early in his presidency. and it he's held multiple -- and he's held multiple campaign rallies. that's why we're seeing such strong pushback from the white house on this story. >> thanks to athena jones. helping to bring clarity to all this is cnn politics reporter eugene scott. good morning to you. >> mr. clarity. good morning. >> you better have your best clarity with you this morning. >> i'll try. i'll try. >> look, there's reports that the vice president has started this political action committee, that that indicates perhaps a certain willingness or positioning himself. ben sass, senator, tom cotton, also a senator, john kasich also making similar moves to sort of reach out, figure out what's going on. in a statement about "the new york times" article, the vice

president said this -- "today's article in the new york times is disgraceful and offensive to me, my family, and the entire team. 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, our entire team will continue to focus all our efforts to advance the president's agenda and see him re-elected in 2020. any suggestion otherwise is both laughable and absurd." does he protest too much? >> it seems like it. the media isn't dividing this administration. the administration seems divided, and the media's reporting on it. the reality is that those of white house are covering conservative voters regularly meet people out in all parts of america who are dissatisfied with the president who look at mike pence more favorably. i think it would be a bit less than honest to suggest he's not aware of that message, and there may be some people in his world who are looking into seeing whether or not he could be received more favorable than trump is. >> whispers in washington for some time, they expected ohio

governor kasich to mount a bid against the president, primary running against the president. that's a crowded field when you look at the names they're talking about. talking about there. meantime, you have the president tweet i tweeti tweeting about his 200 days, he said, "the fake news reports to report the success of the first six months. the military, jobs isis, ms 13, et cetera." things you have reported on. that i have reported on. we talk a lot about the economy, of course, and how strong it has been. we talk about job creation and the millions of jobs created in the first six months this year that just about matches the 1.5-plus in the final six months of the obama administration. the president takes to twitter to try to get his mention across. there's now a new way that the white house is going to be getting news about. tell us about that. >> yeah. we're seeing the white house release videos that they call real news. the real news features positive trump news that some have called propaganda on social media in response because it doesn't feature the criticism that the

president is receiving. the low poll numbers. it doesn't feature news regarding russian investigation. and i think the desire is to keep people on the trump train amid record low approval ratings of people who perhaps have unfavorable view of the president. >> his base, not necessarily all republicans -- >> sure -- >> are incredible upset that the media isn't getting the story out of all of the great things that he's done. you look at his approval ratings now. >> there's no question that there's a pro-business climate that this president has unleashed, right? there's no question about that. where were you this last week? >> michigan, wisconsin, eastern united states -- >> is that a pro-business stock market high, the president tries to credit that, the strong economy. at what point does it go to the working class, the people who elected him, and at what point is there disconnect.

>> i find there's a huge disconnect between what he promised, what they've seen, and where we feel the republican party is going. the most ire i hear from trump supporters is at the republican party itself. >> really? >> indeed. i think you have people who are on treatment trump who aren't -- on team trump who aren't necessarily republican. we see that rift in the white house among people who voted for trump as a whole. i think that's what interesting, what the president ricked in put something of his -- risked in putting some of his better voices on his network is that he takes these people off of mainstream media who could be useful and helpful in getting people who aren't already voting for trump to look at him more favorably. >> true. >> i think what you need do is have your message in a place that can reach new people. >> speaking of message -- >> speaking of message, which message, the kelly effect -- >> he's got a new chief of staff. >> do it. >> i think this could probably be the most important, the most important thing we've seen here in some months here. this is what we're expecting. you can only get into the oval office by appointment. no more dropping by and sliding

a, you know, a copy of a -- something that you printed on the internet in front of the president. wrangling his twitter account, patching up with congress -- this is what we expect him to do. >> yeah, what's interesting -- we all know that the president has respect for jernlts. i think what we're -- for generals. i think what we're seeing is this is a new general who's taken charge in some of the ways that donald trump likes to see leaders take charge. it may be that he's even honoring that himself. >> a little less twitter. a little less twitter is all i'm saying. >> yes. we'll see. >> there may be an effect. >> we'll see. >> right. nice to see you, eugene. >> happy monday. >> monday. a phenomenal run for investors who generally ignored the political headlines in washington over the first 200 days of president trump's tenure. two things driving the gains here -- this pro-business climate, the hope for tax reform, and -- and stellar corporate profits. companies are making a ton of money. let's look at how the stock market has reacted to the president's first 200 days. u.s. stock futures now slightly

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secretary of state rex tillerson says the united states is united in wanting north korea to take steps to denuclearize. he's at a forum of nations wrapping up the toughest sanctions to date against the kim jong-un regime. >> so the next steps obviously are to see that the security council resolution sanctions are enforced by everyone. we will be monitoring that carefully, and certainly having conversations with any and all that we see who may not be fully embracing not just the spirit of the sanctions but the operational execution of sanctions. >> the attention now on china. north korea's largest trading partner. the chinese voted for the

sanctions. the chinese will be key to implementing them. want to bring in ivan watson in manila. the gathering of leaders there in manila. what are we hearing from the chinese? >> reporter: they had a bilateral one-on-one meeting between the chinese foreign minister and north korea's foreign minister on sunday. and the chinese diplomat did say you guys do need to follow these united nations security council resolutions. you can't be firing all these missiles. that is a message that i think the u.s. secretary of state was delighted to hear because the state department says its real goal was to try to diplomatically isolate north korea at this meeting. and so the american delegation arrived with the wind at its sails, with this new u.n. security council resolution banning north korean exports of coal, of iron, of seafood. that in theory could really hurt north korean export revenues. the question will be, will it be

fulfilled in practice. the message was also backed up by southeast asian nations that expressed grave concern over north korea's two intercontinental ballistic missile launches that took place just last month. again, by that message that came from the chinese, as well. but the statement that came out of pyongyang today suggests that the north koreans remain defiant. they called the u.n. security council resolution a gross violation. they said nothing can convince north korea to stop with its nuclear weapons program and added a warning to the u.s. saying, "there is no bigger mace take than the u.s. believe -- bigger mistake than the u.s. believing that its land is safe across the ocean." christine? >> that's quite a threat. thank you very much for that, ivan watson in manila. 48 minutes past the hour. a google engineer's sexist memo saying women are not suited for

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32-year-old brandon lee powell, a rape suspect, was restrained by leg shack elms and handcuffs in the back of a transport van. he managed to jump over a seat, put the deputy in a headlock, and caused the van to crash. powell then got hold of the deputy's gun, forced him to unlock the restraints, handcuffed the deputy to the steering wheel, making off with his wallet and weapon. >> crazy story. the governor of minnesota declaring saturday's bombing at a minneapolis area mosque a cowardly act of terrorism. about a dozen men were praying nearby when an improvised device detonated and set the imam's office on fire. no one was injured. the islamic center suffered extensive damage. the fbi's special agent in charge of the investigation says he will not speculate on a motive. let's check cnn "money stream." u.s. futures slightly higher now. the dow gaining 66 points friday after the stronger-than-expected jobs report.

a refresher here -- the u.s. added 209,000 jobs in july. the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.3%. that matches a 16-year low. wage growth the missing piece of this, still sluggish. wages grew only 2.5%. the federal reserve would like to see wage growth up to 3.5%. and snapchat's parent company snap reporting wednesday. in may snapchat revealed a $2.2 billion loss in the first quarter. also a big week for retailers like make -- macy's, nordstrom, and kohl's. more bad news for wells fargo. there could be even more unauthorized accounts created than wells fargo originally reported. that was 2.1 million fake accounts. the bank says it expanded its investigation to review accounts opened between 2011 and 2015. wells fargo has been trying to

fix its battered reputation since the scandal hit in september. the bank was hit with $185 million fine and fired more than 5,000 employees tied to the scam. an engineer at google circulating a 3,300-word sexist memo. the male engineer says women are not suited for tech jobs based on biological reasons. the document has been circulating inside google for some time but was made public this weekend. cnn tech hasn't been able to identify the author just yet. he is reportedly a rank-and-file software engineer at google. what does he say in the memo? that google doesn't have more female engineers because men have a "higher drive for status." that google's commitment to hire more women will make the company less competitive. and that the gender wage gap is a myth. in a letter to employees this weekend, google's diversity vice president said this -- "like many of you, i found that

the document advanced incorrect assumptions about gender. it's not a viewpoint that i or this company endorses, promotes, or encourages." what i can tell you is everybody is talking about the sexist google engineer this morning. >> i wonder if he still has his job this morning. >> we shall see. thanks for joining us. i'm christine romans. >> "new day" starts now. president trump spending his 200th day on the job on a working vacation as the vice president pushes back against a report he's positioning himself for 2020. >> that is complete fiction. that is complete fabrication. >> face it, i don't think anybody should count anything out. >> it's in president trump's interest for robert mueller to continue this investigation to its conclusion. >> we've been doing this for a year now. what is there to show for it? >> robert mueller understands his specific cope of the investigation. it's not -- scope of the investigation. it's not a fishing expedition. >> this was a gut punch to north

korea. >> these resolutions are not going to change the calculus in pyongyang. >> we have to provide options, and that includes a military option. this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day." it is monday, august 7th, 6:00 here in new york. our friend, briana keilar, joining us. thank you as always -- >> of course. >> and you bring with you news. the starting line -- president trump marking 200 days in his presidency with downtime at his new jersey golf club. the president insists his 17-day trip is not a vacation and that he has piled up a list of accomplishments that have been ignored. we will test that for you this morning. meantime, vice president mike pence slamming a report that he's positioning himself for a run in 2020 if president trump does not seek a second term. the vice president making his loyalty clear and calling "the

new york times" report disgraceful and offensive. >> and all of this coming as president trump dismisses the russia investigation as a "total fabrication." in a new interview, the deputy attorney general says special counsel robert mueller can investigate any crimes that he might uncover within the scope of his probe. and the war of words is escalating again between north korea and the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says the reclusive regime must stop missile launches to begin negotiations. the north is vowing to bolster its nuclear arsenal and says it will retaliate against the u.s. after tough new sanctions. we have all of this covered for you. we want to begin with joe johns live for us from . >> reporter: good morning, brianna. normally at this time with control of both houses of congress, a new president would expect to be fully in control of his own agenda. but at this time there are a lot of legislative challenges for

president trump, and there are even a few questions about whether he'll be on the ballot in the next election. president trump waking up on his 200th day in office at his golf club in new jersey where he'll be spending his next two weeks on a, quote, working vacation, as the white house undergoes renovations. the president expressing on twitter that he'll still be taking meetings and calls while spending time at his resort, while touting the successes of his first six months in office. this as vice president mike pence pushes back against a "new york times" report that some republicans have begun 2020 shadow campaigns, some says he would plan to run if trump did not. pence calling the report, quote, disgraceful and offensive and dismissing as laughable