oh, gosh. >> no. those poor people. >> breaking overnight. a summer adventure turns deadly in missouri. 11 people are dead. 6 others missing after a duck boat sinks in stormy weather. vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again? that's going to be special. >> special indeed. the director of national

intelligence was rather surprised by the president's invitation to vladimir putin. discussions with moscow are under way, but there is little support so far in washington. that remark stunning to see breaking news in the process there from dan coats. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is friday, july 20th. ten weeks of news in one week. we have gone through here. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. let's start with the breaking news. just a tragedy here. 11 people confirmed dead near branson, missouri, after the duck boat sank in rough waters at table rock lake. the moments of the tragedy caught on video. warning. you might find the video disturbing. the boat rocked as the winds picked up. the area was under a severe thunderstorm warning at the time.

winds reached over 60 miles per hour. 31 people on board including two crew members when the boat capsized. there are children, we are told, among the fatalities. >> at this time, we have 11 confirmed fatalities. of the 7 that were transported, one had serious injuries. there was heavy wind and it was having problems through the wind. >> six people remain missing. the search will resume in the mortgage -- morning. 14 people survived. there were life jackets on board. unclear if people were wearing them. a spokeswoman for the parent company of the ride the ducks branson says it is no cis in co with employees. other boats returned to the dock safely. in washington, a stunner. capping off a week where one surprise tops the last. president trump hoping to

welcome russian president vladimir putin to the white house this fall. the announcement via twitter. the latest sign that the president is sticking by his strategy in rebuilding relationship with russia. questions over exactly what he agreed to with the private meeting with putin. dan coats was at the security conference in aspen. he said he still has no idea. >> i don't know what happened in that meeting. i think as time goes by and the president mentioned some things that happened in the meeting, i think we will learn more. that is the president's per prerogative -- president's prerogative. if he asked me how that should be conducted, i would have suggested a different way. that is not my role and it's not my job. it is what it is. >> the visit to the u.s. this fall would be putin's first since 2005.

in another extraordinary twist, even coats was not aware the invitation was extended. more on that from white house correspondent jeff zeleny. >> reporter: dave and christine, the white house doubling down with the meeting with putin scheduling this fall. john bolton extended the invitation to come to washington. it was clear this was an attempt to the white house talking to a number of officials here that the president making the case he did not make a mistake in helsinki. never mind they have been correcting and cleaning up reversals all week long. one person was surprised by the announcement. the director of national intelligence dan coats. watch his reaction when he was told yesterday about the second invitation. >> the white house announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again?

>> vladimir putin coming to the white house. >> i heard you. i heard you. >> yeah. >> okay. that's going to be special. >> reporter: he alsos was asked if -- he also was asked if he would resign. he said he will stay in his position as long as he speaks the truth. dave and christine. thank you. white house aides are concerned that this will be a betrayal. one says coats has gone rouge. and donald trump is inn fire rafur rate -- infuriated. one says there is no invitation from congress. >> the senate took bipartisan action against russia voting

98-0 to oppose putin's proposal to interrogate u.s. officials. president trump said yesterday he opposes putin's suggestion after calling it an incredible offer earlier in the week. >> look at the sanction i put on. look at the diplomats i through out -- i threw out. look at all of the things i have done. obama didn't do it. obama was a patsy for russia. >> on fox news last night, pompeo called the idea absurd. >> this administration has been relentless in its efforts to deter russia from badherited a russia was running all over the

united states. trump gets it. he is trying to take opportunities where we can work together and put american position to do what he wants to do on behalf of the american people. >> pompeo said russia has been trying to undermine western democracy for years. he said i don't expect that will stop. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein making an announcement in aspen to alert the public to foreign operations targeting american democracy. it will inform private companies and individuals that they are could virtually attacked -- covertly attacked by foreign actors. rosenstein aftoffered a stark warning of the russian interf e interference in the american elections. more from evan perez. >> reporter: dave and christine, the deputy attorney general overseeing the russia

investigation says the russians are still trying to interfere in the elections. the 2016 elections was not a one-time event. listen. >> russian effort to influence the 2016 presidential campaign is one tree in a growing forest. focusing nearly on a single election misses the point. >> reporter: the deputy attorney jena announ-- general announced findings. he says this includes attacks on the infrastructure systems and ballot fraud attempts and targeting political organizations and campaigns. dave and christine. thank you. time for an "early start" on your money. futures are down after a lower close yesterday. dow down 135 points. snapping a five-day winning streak. the u.s. dollar dipped. here is why. the president criticized the federal reserve for raising interest rates.

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it is focused in on central iowa and parts of missouri. that was yesterday. today we see the same batch of thunderstorms move further south and east. we are focusing on kentucky, tennessee and southern indiana. stretching into lower michigan. potential for large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes exists once again. in fact, the storm prediction center has a moderate risk across western kentucky. you see how the storms fire up this afternoon and evening. the other story we are monitoring is how the millions of americans across the south impacted by extreme heat in dallas. check out the temperatures. well into triple digit territory for dallas. quite the contrary for new york city. comfortable and temperatures in the low 80s. back to you. >> thank you, derek. police in texas say a 3-year-old boy died after being left in the back of the

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oh, gosh. >> no. those poor people. >> breaking overnight. a summer adventure turns deadly in missouri. 11 people are dead. others are missing after a duck boat sinks in stormy weather. vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again? that's going to be special. >> even the director of national intelligence surprised by the president's invitation to vladimir putin. discussions with moscow are under way, but there is little support so far in washington. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans.

>> i'm dave briggs. we start in missouri with the breaking news. at least 11 people confirmed dead near branson, missouri after the duck boat sank in rough waters at table rock lake. the final moments of the tragedy caught on video. warning, you might find these images disturbing. you can see the boat rocked in all directions as the winds picked up. the area was under the severe thunderstorm warning at the time with winds over 30 miles an hour. 31 people on board including two crew members when the boat capsized. there are children, we are told, among the fatalities. >> at this time, we have 11 confirmed fatalities. of the 7 that were transported, one had serious injuries. there was heavy wind and it was having problems through the wind. >> six people remain missing. the search will resume in the morning. 14 people survived.

seven being treated at a local hospital. there were life jackets on board. unclear if people were wearing them. a spokeswoman for the parent company of the ride the ducks branson says it is in contact with employees. other boats returned to the dock safely. the ntsb is launching a go-team to investigate. in washington, a stunner. capping off a week where one surprise tops the last. president trump hoping to welcome russian president vladimir putin to the white house this fall. the announcement via twitter. the latest sign that the president is sticking by his strategy in rebuilding relationship with russia. this is all over the issue of bipartisanship after the helsinki summit. questions over exactly what he agreed to with the private meeting with putin. dan coats was at the security conference in aspen. he said he still has no idea. >> i don't know what happened in that meeting.

i think as time goes by and the president mentioned some things that happened in the meeting, i think we will learn more. that is the president's prerogative. if he asked me how that should be conducted, i would have suggested a different way. that is not my role and it's not my job. it is what it is. >> the visit to the u.s. this fall would be putin's first since 2005. in another extraordinary twist, even coats was not aware the invitation was extended. more on that from white house correspondent jeff zeleny. >> reporter: dave and christine, the white house doubling down with the meeting with putin scheduling another meeting this fall. john bolton extended the invitation to come to washington. it was clear this was an attempt to the white house talking to a number of officials here that the president making the case he did not make a mistake in helsinki. never mind they have been

correcting and cleaning up reversals all week long. one person was surprised by the announcement. the director of national intelligence dan coats. watch his reaction when he was told yesterday about the second invitation. >> the white house announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again? >> vladimir putin coming to the white house. >> i heard you. i heard you. >> yeah. >> okay. that's going to be special. >> reporter: he also was asked if he has plans to resign. he says as long as he can seek the truth and speak the truth he will stay in his position. dave and christine. thank you. white house aides are concerned

that this will be a betrayal. one senior white house official says coats has gone rogue and the president is likely to be infuriated. don't expect vladimir putin to visit capitol hill because there is no invitation from congress. >> the senate took bipartisan action against russia voting 98-0 to oppose putin's proposal to interrogate u.s. officials. president trump said yesterday he opposes putin's suggestion after calling it an incredible offer earlier in the week. the white house said they were looking into the offer. no, the president now opposes it too. the president yesterday had this reminder of who he blames for the trouble with russia. >> look at the sanction i put on. look at the diplomats i threw out.

look at all of the things i have done. nobody else did what i have done. obama didn't do it. obama was a patsy for russia. >> secretary of state mike pompeo rejecting the claims that donald trump showed any weakness at the summit with putin. on fox news last night, pompeo called the idea absurd. >> this administration has been relentless in its efforts to deter russia from bad behavior. we inherited a situation where russia was running all over the united states. the president has been resolute. he understands who we are dealing within russia. trump gets it. he is trying to take opportunities where we can work together and put american position to do what he wants to do on behalf of the american people. >> pompeo said russia has been trying to undermine western democracy for years. he said i don't expect that will stop. deputy attorney general rod

rosenstein making an announcement in aspen to alert the justs advertise department policy -- justice department policy to alert the public of foreign operations targeting american democracy. it will inform private companies and individuals that they are covertly attacked by foreign actors. rosenstein offered a stark warning of the russian interference in the american elections. more from evan perez. >> reporter: dave and christine, the deputy attorney general overseeing the russia investigation says the russians are still trying to interfere in the elections. the 2016 election was not a one-time event. listen. >> russian effort to influence the 2016 presidential campaign is one tree in a growing forest. focusing nearly on a single election misses the point. >> reporter: the deputy attorney general announced the findings. he says this includes attacks on

the infrastructure systems and ballot fraud attempts and targeting political organizations and campaigns. dave and christine. thank you. the trump administration has less than a week to reunite migrant families. it has located 1,606 parents who are eligible for reunification, but some require further evaluation. others waived reunification or have criminal records. >> according to the latest estimates, more than 2,500 children between 5 and 17 years old were separated from parents at the border. so far, just 364 of the children have been reunited. last month, the judge ordered all children 5 and older to be reunited by july 26th with their parents. the administration, as you know, missed the deadline last week

for children under 5. okay. major clean up after the string of tornadoes hits the heartland. parts of iowa left reeling with buildings literally torn apart.

clean up is just beginning after a series of tornadoes pummeled towns in iowa thursday. part of the same weather system that sank the duck boat in missouri. the roof of the agriculture equipment company ripped off. 400 people were inside at the time. seven were taken to the hospital in the southeast part of iowa. marshall town, a city of 27,000, in the distance, you can see the top of the courthouse building blown off by a twister. trees toppled over on to roads.

as you can see, ten people were treated at the hospital by that storm. many customers without power this morning. let's see what is in store for the country with meteorologist derek van dam. >> good morning, christine and dave. severe weather threat yesterday focused on the central plains. today, the same threat of storms moves to the south and east. storm prediction center has indicated a moderate risk of storms from southern indiana and western kentucky and northwestern tennessee. the severe threat all the way from mississippi and alabama into the great lakes. look at the storms firing up later this afternoon and evening once we get the daytime heating from the sun. the other story we are monitoring is extreme heat from texas to the west coast. look how it buildis through the weekend. triple digit heat from los angeles right to dallas. in fact, the national weather service issued extreme heat warnings from dallas to

shreveport. that includes southern oklahoma and southern arkansas. temperatures today easily breaking triple digit heat from oklahoma city to little rock. comfortable along the east coast. daytime highs for new york city is 82. cooling off with chances of rain over the weekend. back to you. >> derek, thank you for that. terrible story from texas. 3-year-old boy died after being left in the back of the sweltering day care bus following the field trip. the child was unresponsive when his father picked him up at the academy in northwest houston. the temperature was 113 degrees in the bus. deputies are interviewing the driver and chaperon on the field trip. the 3-year-old was listed as accounted for when they returned to the facility. randi zuckerberg is speaking

out after her brother mark zuckerberg spoke out against the holocaust. saying that deniers are not intentionally getting it wrong. in a statement provided to cnn, randi zuckerberg forcefully calls holocaust deniers hateful and disgusting. she said her brother could have chosen his words more carefully, but banning people from social media cannot make them go away. >> she said i don't think living in a sterile community where we press the delete button is helpful. she said it is important for a healthy debate over the role of tech companies play over policing content. the condemnation of the statement prompted mark zuckerberg to walk back his statement hours later. time for an early start on your money. stock index futures are down after a lower close yesterday. dow snapping a five-day win

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walkouts across the country. we looked into it. teachers still do qualify for the $250 tax credit when they buy their own supplies. that credit survived the chopping block in the tax reform bill. teachers get the 2$250 tax credit. until tomorrow at target, 15% discount. i don't like to weigh in on stuff like this, but every retailer should give a break on back-to-school. >> i know parents like to pitch in as well. if you want your french fry fix, mcdonald's is helping you out. free fries for the rest of the year. but there is a catch.

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>> we have hours to wait. president trump's invitation for vladimir putin to visit washington did not just shock the director of national intelligence, but surprised late night comedians. >> everybody around trump has spent the week trying to put distance between trump and putin. so this whole sorted thing can be behind us and the administration can go back to the people's business of caging toddlers. >> i look forward to our second meeting. it's just like the exciting sequel coming out this summer. "titanic 2:here we go again." >> he told vladimir putin not to meddle in any u.s. future elections. good news. there will be future u.s. elections. >> the white house announced that president trump plans to invite russian president vladimir putin to washington this fall in what is sure to be

the worst ever episode of "undercover boss." >> well done. "early start" continues with reaction from the national director of intelligence and breaking news from missouri. oh, gosh. >> no. those poor people. >> breaking overnight. a summer adventure turns deadly in missouri. 11 people are dead. others are missing after a duck boat sinks in stormy weather. vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again? that's going to be special. >> special indeed. the director of national intelligence was rather surprised by the president's invitation to vladimir putin. discussions with moscow are under way, but there is little support so far in washington. good morning. welcome to "early start."