a book that you're ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! the president is exploring the mechanisms to remove security clearance because they political the public service. >> the president accused of distracts the russia investigation by silencing his critics. new satellite imagery showing north korea dismanlt ti a key facility. you have three seconds to

attract attention. >> [ bleep ]. >> you should have that viewer warning. drop your pants and scream the "n" word. a georgia lawmaker put that argument on camera. what he is saying to defend himself. >> so that happened. >> bizarre. >> good morning. you are welcome. welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. it would be an extraordinary use of presidential power, by president trump is considering stripping a half dozen former security officials of security clearances. sarah sanders cites the public criticism of the president in the russia investigation. >> it includes members of the cia and fbi. two of them sources say are andrew mccabe and james comey no longer have security clearances having been fired from the trump

administration. normally, top officials keep clearance so successors can consult with them. take the case of michael flynn. the president's former national security adviser. he was fired by the obama administration, but allowed to keep clearance even as he led those lock her up chants. >> the president's plan seems to be unplanned likely at the suggestion of rand paul. he is considered a big vote in the supreme court battle. we have more from cnn's jeff zeleny on what "the wall street journal" calls a dumb idea. >> reporter: dave and christine, the officials have been critical of him and his presidency. this has never happened before. it is something we are told the white house is considering. in the briefing room, sarah sanders acknowledged the president was considering it

when she said this. >> the president is exploring the mechanisms to remove the clearances because they mondetie security clearances of being influenced by russia which is inappropriate. >> reporter: the white house is considering it. it is unclear if they will do it. a senior administration official tells me the president likes this conversation and debate, but has not decided if he will go ahead. it served to change the subject. certainly the russian investigation in all of the entirety is weighing heavily on the white house. dave and christine. >> jeff zeleny, thank you. creditics were quick to seize o the retall -- retaliation from the white house. that losing the security clearance may have. >> i think it is off the top of

my head a sad commentary who wherefore political reasons -- commentary where for political reasons, sad for the president because it is petty retribution. this is an abuse of the system. >> former nsa director mike at hayden says it could have no affect on what he says or writes. they are both cnn contributors. no comment from john brennan. paul manafort trial has been delayed until next tuesday. it was supposed to start tomorrow. a federal judge granting a delay allowing manafort's lawyers to review 120,000 pages of documents turned over by prosecutors in the last month. the judge also granting immunity to five witnesses who are

expected to testify at the trial. all work for banks or financial firms linked to manafort. satellite images appear to show north korea has started dismantling facilities at the key nuclear test sidte. this has been the site of launches since 2012. we are joined by will ripley in hong kong this morning. will? >> reporter: it is significant according to analysts. it is a good confidence building measure. the launch facility is symbolic. this is where north korea launched a satellite in 2012 after signing a deal with the obama administration. that deal was dead on arrival because north korea launched the satellite which they came was a peaceful operation. most believe it was a ballistic missile in disguise.

i interviewed members back in 2015 after the launch. at that time, they insisted to me it was peaceful work they were doing. >> what can you say to the world to prove this is not a ballistic missile program in disguise? >> translator: why on earth would we drop nuclear bombs on people of the world? including the united states. >> reporter: that was 2015. there were lots of threats on the united states. at the launching satation, they a were developing liquid fuel. north korea has moved on to solid fuel technology with with the mobile missile launchers which can deliver the ballistic missile just as far, but rolled out with little notice. there is no indication that north korea is destroying the solid fuel facilities. this is a step, but small step. >> president trump tweeting

yesterday he is very happy about the progress in north korea. will ripley live for us. thank you. the trump administration says 463 parents separated from children aged 5 and older have been deported from the united states without their children. administration officials claim those parents had an opportunity to bring their children with them, but immigrant advocates question if they fully understood the process. the federal judge ordered all families to be reunited by thursday. the administration says there have been 879 families reunited. nearly doubling the total since friday. and ted wheeler is warning people to peacefully leave the facility they have occupied or face removal from police. now is the time to focus on the immigration policy. unclear when police will enforce orders to evacuate. president trump travels to kansas city today to address the

vfw convention. the president should take this opportunity to do something he has not known for and that is to listen. we mean really listen. some of the heroes will be there to hear him. they will have something to say to him about the reality of war and horrors of combat. those insightis would be good a he continues to rattle his saber at foes around the world. this was the first time since v.a. secretary was a cabinet position that senators voted against confirmation. president trump threatening european cars at made in america event yesterday. >> the european union has been very tough on the united states, but they are coming in to see me

on wednesday. we'll see if we can work something out. otherwise we have to do something with respect to the millions of cars they send every year. >> he meets with eu leaders tomorrow. eu leaders failed to stopimport. automakers around the world criticized tariffs. every car sold in the u.s. uses imported parts. that means higher costs or raise prices. they say a car with imported states would cost $2,000 more. the eu vows to strike back at tariffs on bourbon and motorcycles. that caused harley to shift production overseas. it could hurt harley bottom line. earnings reports are expected this morning. >> u.s. cars are imported cars

because of how much they use from mexico in particular. >> all of the global supply chain for the cars over the 25 years is sprawling. you look at the german automakers. they export cars made in the united states. exported out. >> massive. >> not so simple. >> it is not. the president's all caps tweet on iran is a silly diplomacy says a top official in tehran. how they responded after severe consequences.

the president's been, i think, pretty strong since day one in his language toward iran. he was responding to comments made from them. he will continue to focus and safety on the american people. >> the white house defending president's all caps tweet to iran warning of dire consequences if the u.s. is threatened again.

the president calling on the iranians to be cautious. the foreign minister firing back with color us unimpressed. world heard harsher plbluster months ago. channelling the warning to be cautious. let's bring in nick paton walsh. nick, this is how we do it in 2018. >> reporter: what a marked difference from five years ago when the obama administration were gently and carefully putting together a complicated nuclear agreement. the trump administration pulled out of that and now 48 hours later, distraction again made to bar some of the critics for security clearances. now we are still talking about the possibility of this conflict with iran. on three separate occasions the white house stood by the tweet

that was put out on sunday. donald trump had not sorconcern. sarah sanders said they started it and we heard from john bolton raising the threshold for any military actions. the national security adviser says if iran does anything negative at all, it could spur a. the u.s. would like -- spur action. the u.s. would like to see iran do several things. we heard the iran officials calling it silly diplomacy and this is a sign of the withdrawal of the nuclear deal and hopelessness of the u.s. policy in the region. this will not turn into military conflict in any stretch of the imaginati imagination. day two, it looks more like a shouting match. the ratcheting up of pressure and exchange capital letters

over twitter shows how far things have slipped in diplomacy and the room for it in the months ahead. >> wrojohn bolton has advocatedr military strikes. thank you. to greece where 50 people have been killed by wildfires burning near athens. more 100 others have been injured. fires along the three fronts in the atica region. one near the seaside resort. the winds are creating an unprecedented challenge in greece. this bizarre, strong troubling story. a georgia lawmaker with a display you have to see to believe. >> if you want to win, you show some skin. >> okay. >> show it to me. >> this man was convinced to fight off terrorists as he drops

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cnn's calls for comments. they convinced him to participate by playing on his fear that he or his family would be attacked. fears sparked by death threats after proposing legislation from barring muslim women from bearing birka. he lost the latest state primary and will be out of office by year end. bizarre story. >> sasha is trying to punk people in the show. that is what he is doing. it does appear -- let us know what you think about it. the conservative editorial page calls it the dumb idea of the week. the white house standing by the move to strip former intel officials of security clearances although some already have given up their clearance. ahh... summer is coming.

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the president is exploring the mechanisms to remove security clearance because they politicize the public service. >> the president accused of directing the rushds -- distracting the russia investigation by silencing his critics. new satellite imagery showing north korea dismantling a key facility. you have three seconds to attract attention. >> [ bleep ]. >> screaming the "n" word to

help fight against a terrorist attack. what he is saying to defend himself. bizarre. sasha baron cohen strikes again. i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. it would be an extraordinary use of presidential power, by president trump is considering stripping a half dozen former security officials of security clearances. press secretary sarah sanders cites the public criticism of the president in the russia investigation. >> it includes members of the cia and fbi. two of the sources say, andrew mccabe and james comey, no on longer have security clearances having been fired from the trump administration. normally, top officials keep clearance so successors can consult with them. take the case of michael flynn.

the president's former national security adviser. he was fired by the obama administration, but allowed to keep clearance even as he led those lock her up chants. >> the president's plan seems to be unplanned likely at the suggestion of rand paul. he is considered a big vote in the supreme court battle. we have more from cnn's jeff zeleny on what "the wall street journal" calls a dumb idea. >> reporter: dave and christine, president trump taking the unprecedented step of talking about revoking security clearances from old obama administration officials. the officials have been critical of him and his presidency. this has never happened before. it is something we are told the white house is considering. in the white house briefing room, sarah sanders acknowledged the president is considering it when she said this. >> the president is exploring the mechanisms to remove the clearances because they monetize and politicize

security clearances of being influenced by russia which is inappropriate. >> reporter: the white house is considering it. it is unclear if they will do it. a senior administration official tells me the president likes this conversation and debate, but has not decided if he will go ahead. it served to change the subject. certainly the russian investigation in all of the entirety is weighing heavily on the white house. and that security clearance is just the latest sign. dave and christine. >> jeff zeleny, thank you. critics were quick to seize on the retaliation from the white house. even as those on the president's enemies list downplay that losing the impact of the security clearance. >> i think it is off the top of my head it is a sad commentary. for political reasons this is a petty way of retribution for

speaking out against the president and if he chooses to do it for political reasons, well, that's a terrible precedent and sad commentary. this is an abuse of the system. >> former nsa director michael hayden says it could have no affect on what he says or writes. they are both cnn contributors. no comment from john brennan. prosecutors have their hands on 12 audio recordings seized by the fbi from the personal attorney michael cohen. some of the other 11 contain conversations between cohen and members of the media. court filings do not specify the parties. a former judge who reviewed the material says all parties have waived attorney/client privilege. prosecutors must see if they are useful in a criminal case.

satellite images appear to show north korea has started dismantling facilities at the key nuclear test site. this has been the site of launches since 2012. we have will ripley joining us live from hong kong. there is a search for anything from the north koreans. is this finally it? >> reporter: it is a step according to analysts. the launch site was significant in the north korea claimed launching satellites from there. a lot of analysts believe it was a testing facility for the ballistic missile which could deliver a nuclear warhead to the u.s. weeks after kim jong-un had signed a deal with the obama administration that they attempted to launch a satellite and launched one later that year to scuttle the deal. people were saying north korea was doing this for peace. i spoke with a scientist years

ago and they insisted back then the work was peaceful. >> what can you say to the world to prove that this is not a ballistic missile program in disguise? >> translator: why on earth would we drop nuclear bombs on the people of the world? including the united states. >> reporter: since then, they made many threats to drop nuclear bombs on the united states. one important point, the sohae launch site is a liquid facility. you can see from satellites. north korea has moved on to advanced solid fuel technology. you can move them on mobile launchers and launch them low level low level -- them with little notice. this is a small step toward denuclearization. >> will ripley in hong kong. thank you. the president travels to kansas city to address the vfw

convention. greeting him there is the response to the president's rhetorical combat with world leaders. the president should take the opportunity he is not known for and that is to listen. we mean really listen to the heroes who will be on hand to hear him. they will have something to say to him about the reality of war and the horrors of combat. those insights would be good for trump to hear as he continues to rattle his saber around his foes. and the vote for veterans affair secretary robert wilkie was confirmed. 463 parents separated from children aged 5 and older have been deported from the united states without their kids. administration officials claim those parents had an opportunity to bring their children with them, but immigrant advocates question if the parents fully

understood what was happening. the federal judge ordered all families to be reunited by thursday. the administration says there have been 879 families reunited. nearly doubling the overall total since friday. in portland, the mayor is warning people to leave the facility they have occupied for weeks or face removally police. now is the -- removal by police. now is the time to clear out. thousands of pages of e-mails show interior secretary ryan zinke dismissing tourism benefits and discoveries in favor of shrinking national monuments for logging and energy development. the documents the interior department released this month and were retracted a day later. president trump significantly reduced two of utah's largest

national monuments. 40 minutes past the hour. are you looking to buy a snohou? existing home sales fell in june. sales fell. the third straight month in a row. the problem is tight supply. for months a shortage of homes on the market. not enough new homes built to make up the difference. that is driving prices to record highs. locking out many potential buyers. especially for starter homes. sales fell 18% from last year. prices and mortgage rates rise, there is concern making the housing market a weak spot in a strong economy. unemployment at an 18-year low. second quarter growth is expected to exceed 4%. we get that number on friday. the gdp for q-4. all indications will be a hot quarter. all right. president trump's all caps tweet on iran is just silly diplomacy and the thoughts of the corrupted person says a top official in tehran.

how the president responds after warning iran of severe consequences. are you a christian author with

a book that you're ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! the president's been, i think, pretty strong since day one in his language toward iran. he was responding to comments made from them. he will continue to focus and safety on the american people. >> the white house defending president's all caps tweet to iran warning of dire consequences if the u.s. is threatened again. the president calling on the iranians to be cautious. the foreign minister firing back with color us unimpressed. world heard harsher bluster months ago. channelling the warning to be cautious. let's bring in nick paton walsh. live from london. duelling messages from world leaders threatening war.

unheard of. >> reporter: it is not the high art of diplomacy. five or six years ago, john kerry was talk in coded messages trying to establish a complicated nuclear agreement. they pulled out of that and developed a 12-point wish list of what they would like iran to do. this is about pressuring the iranian government to concess n concession. sanctions are slowly wound up again. european allies pressured to honor them since the u.s. pulled out of the nuclear agreement. iran is struggling to work out how to respond to president trump's all capitals message. yes, president trump was responding to hassan rouhani. saying they should not pull the lion's tail and mother of all wars. and sarah sanders said it was iran that started it. i cannot imagine how we are

dealing with this on matters so important as iran. that was backed up by president trump saying he had no concerns at all about potentially inflaming the situation with iran. then john bolton who is national security adviser who said if anything negative was tried by iran to provoke military consequences. we heard about silly diplomacy. we heard the foreign spokesperson say this is the sign of the utter helplessness. the 48 hours later and we are no calmer to what is coming after the pulling out of the nuclear agreement. >> thank you, nick. toronto police identified the suspect in the shooting rampage that left two dead and 13 others injured. the suspected gunman was killed by police faisal hussain.

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>> good. one more time. louder with america. >> america! >> good. >> jason spencer on sasha baron cohen's showtime series. he said he was punked into bl g believing he was making an anti-terrorism video and duped. >> because of who you are, you could be the victim of kidnapping by isis. you have two seconds to attract attention. how do you attract attention? >> screaming. take your clothes off. >> in america, there is one forbidden word. the "n" word. i will be the terrorist. you have three seconds to attract attention. >> [ bleep ]! [ bleep ]!

>> are you crazy? the "n" word is no-no. this word is disgusting. >> spencer has not returned the calls from cnn. he says the series convinced him to participate by playing on his fear of being attacked. he proposed legislation barring muslim women from wearing burqas. he will be out of office by the end of the year one way or the other. bizarre story. let's get a check on cnn money. global stocks higher after u.s. stocks closed mixed. the best performing sector is tech companies. alphabet shares jumped 4%. that offset the $5 billion fine from the eu. europe claims google pushed its app on phones to push out

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the site plays a big role in pyongyang's missile program. you have three seconds to attract attention. >> [ bleep ]. >> drop your pants and scream the "n" word. a georgia lawmaker put that argument on camera. what he is saying to defend himself. >> i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. 5:00 a.m. in the east. "the wall street journal" calls the dumb idea of the week. extraordinary use of presidential power. the white house says president trump is considering stripping a half dozen former national security officials of the security clearance. press secretary sarah sanders cites public criticism of the president in the midst of the russia investigation. >> the list