it is finally here. robert mueller testifies today. will the testimony help democrats ignite anger or end with a thud? boris johnson becomes the u.k. prime minister today. he's already facing stiff blow back from the opposition. they were considered missing, now they're murder suspects. a bizarre twist in the search for two teenagers in canada. i will follow you whatever your next adventure shall be.

[ applause ] >> it took 18 years, but health care for the heroes of 9/11 finally taken care of. jon stewart delighted. good morning, everyone, welcome to "early start," i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is wednesday, july 24th, 4:00 a.m. in new york. let's begin here with robert mueller. on the record once and for all. the special counsel testifies today for three hours in front of the house judiciary committee and, too, before the house intelligence committee. democrats on the judiciary plan to focus on obstruction of justice. dems on the intel committee will hone in on russian election interference. >> as for republicans on both panels, expect them to divert attention and focus on the origins of the investigation. the democratic chairman is laying out what they expect. >> i'm i think very realistic in my expectations. people are pretty dug in on not just trump and russia, but they're just dug in on this

president. if that appalling display of racism over the last two weeks wasn't enough to move people, is there anything that bob mueller can say that will? >> the president and the attorney general have systematically lied to the american people about what was in that report. i know they've said no obstruction, no collusion, he was totally exonerated. all of those three statements are not true. it's important that the american people understand what was in that report, and then we'll go from there. >> remember robert mueller's mission was to investigate russian interference in u.s. election. his report accused russia of waging a sweeping and systemic influence campaign. and just yesterday the director of the fbi testified that the problem persists. >> the russians are absolutely intent on trying to interfere with our election through the foreign influence. >> at mueller's request, there's

been one last-minute change. the special counsel will have a top aide at his side. that has president trump voicing his displeasure, calling the move a disgrace and very unfair, adding twice it should not be allowed. more this morning from cnn's manu raju on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning. now in just a short time, finally the special counsel will be in public answering questions after weeks and months of discussions, deliberations, the reluctant witness robert mueller will be there to answer questions. and we're told alongside him will be a deputy, aaron zebly, someone who the republicans objected to to being sworn in. mueller made a last-minute request for him to be sworn in to answer any potential questions. we're told that he'll be there in the judiciary committee hearing as a counsel for the special counsel himself in case he needed -- needs to consult with him in any event. regardless, behind the scenes both sides are preparing for this dramatic moment. millions of people will be watching this.

republicans and democrats know that. this will likely be the only time we will see the special counsel because senate republicans, they control that chamber, they have no desire to bring in the special counsel. lindsey graham, richard burr who chairs two key committees who would hold hearings for mueller, ruled that out. the question today is how much does this move the dial on questions about impeachment, what to do next, and how do the american public view that, we'll know that in just a matter of hours. back to you. >> okay. thanks. trump has apparently been phoning friends and allies and is said to be more irritated than anxious about mueller's testimony. last week the president said he was not going to watch, but one day he said he might watch a little bit. the president's schedule has nothing official on it this morning. meanwhile, criticizing the mueller probe during a speech at a teen summit in washington, he said this -- >> i have an article two where i have the right to do whatever i

want as president, but i don't even talk about that because they did a report, and there was no obstruction. >> two lies here. first, the mueller report did not say no obstruction. it did not say no obstruction, no matter how many times the president said it, that is not true. mueller said he could not clear trump and that charging him was not an option. his office could -- not an option his office could consider. article two grants executive power, not total power. article two also describes some of the oversight powers of congress, oversight powers of congress, including over the office of the presidency. >> drama already building ahead of next week's cnn democratic primary debates. two candidates looking to jolt their campaigns are firing salvos at the front-runners. presidential candidate and hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard taking aim at rival kamala harris. >> kamala harris is not qualified to serve as commander in chief. and i can say this from a

personal perspective as a soldier. she's got no background or experience in foreign policy, and she lacks the temperament that is necessary for commander in chief. >> the harris campaign offering this terse response -- "definite hard pass on taking national security advice from assad's cheerleader." a reference to gabbard's controversial meeting with syrian dictator bashar al assad in 2017. >> meantime, senator cory booker going after joe biden over the former vice president's newly announced criminal justice plan. biden says his new plan correct key parts of the 1994 crime bill he championed. biden's plan includes a $20 billion grant program for states to move from incarceration to crime prevention. it also calls for legislation to end the death penalty. booker's campaign reacted by saying joe bide hen more than had -- joe biden had more than 40 years to get this right.

the proud architect of a failed system is not the right person to fix it. he spoke at an event for youth in new orleans. all four will be on the stage next wednesday. part two of nights of debates live from detroit tuesday and wednesday here on cnn. president trump telling republican senators he does not want to sanction turkey over its purchase of russia's s-400 anti-krafl missile system. the s-400 gives turkey the stealth jets and russian system to detect them. that is raising serious questions about turkey's commitment to nato. the president also limiting his administration's decision to cut turkey out of the f-35 program. administration officials and lawmakers have been warning for weeks that turkey will face sanctions if it purchased the russian system. boris johnson officially becomes prime minister of the united kingdom today after he visits the queen. the british tabloids greeting the conservative party leader with a mix of shock and snark.

the biggest challenge, brexit. he spoke about the need to balance self-governance and future collaboration with the european union. >> of course there's something we see that they're irreconcilable, and it can't be done. and indeed, i read in my "financial times" this morning, devoted reader that i am -- syr seriously, a great brand. i read in the "financial times" that there are flow incoming leader -- me to incoming leader, no incoming leader has faced a daunting set of circumstances it said. i look at you and ask myself, do you look daunted? do you feel daunted? i don't think -- i don't think you look remotely daunted. >> all right. that's vintage boris johnson, right. >> it is. >> let's go live to 10 downing street and bring in anna stewart. should boris johnson be daunted? >> reporter: yes, absolutely.

he should be daunted. i would say i think that joke fell slightly flat. i think some people in the audience did look a little bit daunted. hoarse why. he says that -- here's why. he says that he can deliver bric brexit even though theresa may didn't and there's a threat of a no brexit at the end of august in the e.u., and they don't want that. however, the e.u. refuses to reopen the agreement to make any fundamental changes. even if they did somehow, parliament is divided. and they're going to holiday tomorrow. they haven't got much time to do it either. the stats are really stacked up against him. and parliamentary math has not changed. in terms of what we expect today, i mean, that's the next few weeks ahead. i think it's 99 days until that brexit date. today, however, will be quite smooth. what we'll see is theresa may leaving number ten fairly soon. she'll be going to parliament to do her last weekly prime minister's question time. she will come back and deliver her final speech before going to

buckingham palace to formally tender her resignation to the queen. it's only then that boris johnson is summoned in a tradition called the kissing of hands. then he will leave her as prime minister. the 55th for the u.k., come back and deliver a speech where we hope to get mother nature detail on how he will deliver -- get more detail on how he will deliver brexit. >> winston churchill, manager represent thatcher -- margaret thatcher, boris johnson. >> can't make that stuff up. two teenagers in canada believed to be miss regular suspects in the deaths of three people. police say 19-year-old cam mcleod and another 18-year-old are dangerous and should not be approached. they were last seen in saskatchewan. it's believed they're wanted in the murders of an american and a canadian. the bodies were found nine days ago in northern british columbia. the suspects are suspected in

the death of an unidentified man whose body was found in a lake in british columbia. the justice department launching a formal antitrust probe of big tech. lawmakers, as you know, have increasingly focused on compliance of anti--- complaints of anti-competitive behavior concerning amazon, facebook, google. those companies were not specifically named by the justice department, but the agency indicated it will look into areas where they are dominant players. the review tells a week of congressional hearings that were simply bruising for the tech industry. lawmakers slamming facebook over its digital currency plans, libra. amazon faced tough questions about its relationship to third-party sellers on its own platform. google was asked about fake listings on google maps. the news also comes as facebook braces for a multibillion dollar fine from the federal trade commission. the doj announcement also signals a deeper look at the tech industry, has the backing of the attorney general, bill barr, who has voiced concerns about silicon valley. amazon and apple did not immediately respond to requests for comment. facebook and google declined to

comment. suffering heroes of september 11th can finally breathe a sigh of relief. yesterday the senate passed a bill 97-2 that will fund the 9/11 victim compensation fund for decades to come. the bill will extend the expiration date through 2090 and fund whatever cost is deemed necessary. estimated to be about $10 billion over the next ten years. comedian jon stewart and surviving first responders including john feel pushed congress to pass the extension before the fund expires next year. >> passing this legislation, there's no joy, there's no comfort. yes, i cried with jon, but that was to exhale, that was to get 18 years of pain and suffering out, and i believe it's out. what i'm going to miss the most about d.c. is nothing. [ laughter ] to mitch mcconnell, he kept his word to me. he kept his word to those men

that were with me. and my -- while always agree with his politics, he was honest, he was sincere, and everything he said he did. >> yes, i think we can all agree i'm the real hero. [ laughter ] >> we can never repay all that the 9/11 community has done for our country, but we can stop penalizing them. and today is that day that they can exhale. unfortunately, the pain and suffering of what these heroes continue to go through is going to continue. there have been too many funerals, too many hospices. these families deserve better. >> well said. the bill named after two new york city detectives and a firefighter who died of health complications from their work at

ground zero. >> gosh. 72 years of fung. it shouldn't have -- 72 years of funding. it shouldn't have been so difficult. >> well there was a lapse. new york city police officers show restraint after being doused with water. so why are they being reprimanded? do you want me to go first or do you want to go first, brea?

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it's finally here. robert mueller testifies today. will the testimony increase calls for impeachment or end them for good? boris johnson becomes the u.k. prime minister today. already facing stiff blow back from the opposition. they were considered missing, now they're murder suspects. a bizarre twist in the search for two teenagers in canada. i will follow you whatever your next adventure shall be. [ applause ] >> it took 18 years but health care for the heroes of 9/11 finally taken care of for good. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> well done, jon stewart.

i'm dave briggs. 4:32 eastern time on a wednesday. it's mueller time again. robert mueller on the record once and for all. the special counsel testifies today for three hours in front of the house judiciary committee and, too, before the house intelligence committee. democrats on judiciary plan to focus on obstruction of justice, specifically five instances of. dems on the intel committee will hone in on russian election interference. >> as for republicans on both panels, expect them to divert attention and focus on the origins of this investigation. now the democratic chairman of the committee's laying out what they expect. >> i'm i think very realistic in my expectations. people are pretty dug in on not just trump and russia, but they're just dug in on this president. if that appalling display of racism over the last two weeks wasn't enough to move people, is there anything that bob mueller

can say that will? >> the president and the attorney general have systematically lied to the american people about what was in that report. they've said no obstruction, no collusion. he was totally exonerated. all of those statements are not true. it's important that the american people understand what was in that report, and then we'll go from there. >> you remember robert mueller's mission was to investigate russian interference in u.s. elections. his report accused russia of waging a sweeping and systemic influence campaign. and just yesterday, the director of the fbi testified that problem persists. >> the russians are absolutely intent on trying to interfere with our elections through foreign influence. >> at mueller's request, there's been one last-minute change. the special counsel will now have a top aide at his side. and that has president trump voicing his displeasure, calling the move a disgrace and very unfair, adding twice it should

not be allowed. more now from manu raju on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning. now in just a short time, finally the special counsel will be in public answering questions after weeks and months of discussions, deliberations, the reluctant witness robert mueller will be there to answer questions. and we're told alongside him will be a deputy, aaron zebly, someone who the republicans objected to to have being sworn in. but robert mueller made a last-minute request for him to be sworn in to answer any potential questions. we're told that he will be there in the judiciary committee hearing as a counsel for the special counsel himself in case he needed to -- needs to consult with him in any event. regardless, behind the scenes, both sides are preparing for this dramatic moment. millions of people will be watching this. republicans and democrats know that. this will likely be the only time we will see the special counsel because senate republicans, they control that chamber, they have no dire to

bring in the special counsel. lindsey graham, rich burr, who chair two key committees ruled that out. this is about what to do next and how does the american public view, that we'll know in a matter of hours. back to you. >> manu, busy day for you. thank you. president trump is telling republican senators he does not want to sanction turkey over the purchase of the s-400 anti-christie missile system. the s -- anti-missile system. that's raising serious questions about turkey's commitment to nato. the president's lamenting his administration's decision to cut turkey out of the f-35 program. officials and lawmakers have been warning for weeks that turkey will fates sanctions if it purchased the russian systems. boris johnson officially budgets prime minister of the, night kingdom today after -- the

united kingdom today after meeting with the queen. the party leader was elected with a mix of snark. he spoke about the need to balance self-governance and future collaboration with the european union. >> of course there's something we see that they're irreconcilable, and it just can't be done. indeed i read in my "financial times" this morning, devoted reader that i am, seriously, it was a great, great, great british brand. i read in my "financial times" that no incoming leader, no incoming leader has ever faced such a daunting set of circumstances it said. i look at you this morning and ask myself do you look daunted? do you feel daunted? i don't think -- i don't think you look remotely daunted. >> quite a day there it was. let's go live to ten downing and bring in anna stewart.

and anna, let me just read these letters, d-u-d-e. deliver united energize. good morning, dude. >> reporter: yes. boris johnson, i think we can expect many more entertaining speeches like that to come, not least today. he has a really daunting task ahead of him, trying to deliver a brexit deal by the end of october where theresa may tried and tried and failed. what is different about him? well, he is a brexit believer. he has been from the start. he's optimistic and has certainly a can-do attitude as he likes to tell us. nothing's really changed in parliament. it's divided. the e.u. still doesn't want to renegotiate the deal. so if boris johnson stresses a no-deal brexit by the end of october and even if the e.u. is worried, i'm not convinced that much of change. we'll have to see what he says. the turbulent few weeks ahead, but today at least should run like clockwork. theresa may still prime

minister, of course, for now, will be leaving number ten in just a short few hours. she'll be going to parliament for her last prime minister question time. i suspect the opposition still won't go lightly on her. she'll be back here for a speech before she then goes to buckingham palace. tendering her resignation to the queen who has seen plenty and plenty of prime ministers come and go, of course. and then boris johnson will be summoned. he will enter buckingham palace as mr. johnson. he will leave as a prime minister. after the tradition of the kissing of hands of her majesty the queen. once back here, he will deliver that speech. this is the speech we are waiting for. we expect to see a podium outside number ten before he enter the doors. will he deliver any more clarity on how he expects to deliver this deal, or are we going to hear just more optimism and possibly a few more jokes? back to you, dude. >> thank you. and will he then exit on a jet pack or a hot-air balloon? it should be an entertaining day. thank you. some breaking news right now just in to cnn. a source --

>> this is cnn breaking news. >> a source tells cnn puerto rico governor ricardo rossello will resign following two weeks of protest. sunday he said he would resign as the head of the new progressive party but would not run for re-election. rossello has been losing support. his chief of staff resigned yesterday. the secretary of state would normally succeed the governor but the seat is vacant. he resigned a week ago over the leaked chats that showed top officials making homophobic and sexist remarks. again, ricardo rossello will resign as governor of puerto rico today. more on this throughout the day on cnn. a texas-born high schooler has just been released from i.c.e. detention after three weeks behind bars. >> translator: i just want to go home and see my mom, my family. >> the lawyer for the 18-year-old says border patrol officers refused to believe the teen was a u.s. citizen.

they detained him at a check point 100 miles from the border. he was carrying his texas birth certificate, but officers refused to accept it as legit. apparently because he also had a mexican tourist visa that incorrectly listed his birthplace as mexico. his lawyer says the case shows homeland security is, quote, overwhelmed and can't give each case proper attention. cvp and i.c.e. have not so far responded to cnn's request for comment. >> his attorney says that he just wants to get ready for his senior year in high school. >> yeah. a bizarre twist in canada. two teenagers who were believed to be missing are now suspects in the deaths of three people. police say 19-year-old cam mccloud to and 18-year-old briar mcgood gelski are dangerous. they were last seen in northern saskatchewan. they're wanted in the deaths of chynna deese and lucas robinson fowler. their bodies were found nine days ago. the two are also suspected in

the death of an unidentified man whose body was found near a lake in british columbia. ahead here, leaders in afghanistan are not pleased after the president said he could wipe the country off the face of the earth. i'm alex trebek here to tell you

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suffering heroes of september 11th can finally breathe a sigh of relief. a bill passed 97-2 that will fund the victim compensation funds through 2090 at whatever cost is deemed necessary. that's estimated to be about $10 billion over the next ten years. comedian jon stewart and surviving first responders including john feel pushed congress to pass the extension before the fun expires next year. >> passing this legislation, there's no joy, there's no

comfort. yes, i cried with jon, but that was to exhale. that was to get 18 years of pain and suffering out, and i believe it's out. what i'm going to miss the most about d.c. is nothing. to mitch mcconnell, he kept his word to me. he kept his word to those men that were in the meeting with me. and while i don't always agree with his politics, he was honest, he was sincere, and everything he said he did. >> yes, i think we can all agree i'm the real hero. [ laughter ] >> we can never repay all that the 9/11 community has done for our country, but we can stop penalizing them. today is that day that they can exhale because unfortunately the pain and suffering of what these heroes continuing to through is going to continue.

there have been too many funerals, too many hospices. these families deserve better. >> indeed. the bill named after james adroga, luis alvarez, and ray pfeifer, two new york city detectives and a firefighter who died of health complications from their work at ground zero. it's deal there week to raise the debt ceiling and lock in trillion-dollar deficits for the next two years is a dead bomb, unprecedented in a good economy. contrary to the president's campaign promise to get rid of the national debt in eight years. remember that? once trump raged against a washington that spent more than it earned. here he is in 2011. >> now we owe $15 trillion, going to $22 trillion, and they didn't cut enough. this doesn't solve the problem. and that's the big thing. it doesn't solve the problem. >> fast forward, the u.s. national debt is $22 trillion, and the party of fiscal

responsibility is shrugging at a deal that extends the debt ceiling and sets new spending levels for two years. >> from a military point of view, it's much needed. it's the best we could do. democrats exist. they run the house. >> it wouldn't be the one i would have written, but you have to in a place like this where you have a divided government try and get the best possible deal you can. >> lock flooding deficit spending in a -- locking in deficit spending in a good economy. this from the president's top financial adviser. >> and the president himself has said if he's re-elected he will probably come down much tougher on spending. >> probably. pushing off another fight over the budget and the debt until after the 2020 election to keep wall street happy today, but a debt crisis will come. maybe not today, maybe not in three years, but guys, someone has to pay back all that debt and all the interest. afghan officials are demanding a clarification of this off-the-cuff comment by

president trump. >> to fight a war in afghanistan and win it, i could win that war in a week. i just don't want to kill ten million people. does that make sense to you? if i wanted to win that war, afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth. >> that threat raised in a confrontational meeting between -- in kabul between a u.s. state department official and the afghan president. an official calling the president's comments in unacceptable and showing he show more respect. a previously unplanned followup meeting is going to take place today. u.s. has been pursuing a diplomatic strategy to end the 18-year war in afghanistan. holding on again-off again talks. there's a mash-up for your summer picnics, chee-zits and box ed wine. don't worry, they're just packaged together. cnn business next.

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a classmate has been raftd in the killing of university of mississippi student allie k casti castile. authorities say the suspect, 22-year-old brandon thiesfell has been charged with murder. a spokesman said he was studying in the same business administration school as kostial but had been suspended. the investigation is ongoing. police say a motive is still unclear. nuclear city police officers who were douse -- new york city police officers who were doused

with water were drenched and hit with some sort of ball while making an arrest. a senior official tells cnn they were wrong for not taking action. officers are expected to endure a high level of offensive language, but they're not supposed to tolerate conduct that interferes with their duties. one person is in custody. pregnant woman killed trying to shield her son during a shooting at an apartment complex in georgia. the victim, 24-year-old airyell calloway was four months pregnant. her sister is devastated. >> she was beautiful. she a heart of gold. she would give when she didn't have it. all she cared about was her son. >> calloway's son was not injured. police are still trying to determine who fired the fatal shot. the idaho national laboratory evacuating all nonessential employees as a wildfire approaches. 90,000 acres burned in less than

24 hours by what officials are calling the sheep fire. the active nuclear reactors are there, but even if fire breaks around the facility they are safe. the main reason for evacuation is heavy smoke. to cnn business. a look at markets around the world. gains in asian markets and a little mixed performance in european markets as they have opened. on wall street leaning down a little bit, just i would almost call it directional. we'll watch to see what happens today. yesterday stocks were higher, approaching record highs. the dow finished up 77, ten points below the most recent record. the s&p 500 had a strong day, the nasdaq closed up, as well. on the trade front, trade negotiators are expected to travel to china next week to resume working level talks on a trade deal. it will be the first face-to-face talks since president trump and chinese president xi met at the g-20 last month. harley-davidson's sales are hurting, placed by tariffs and

declining interest in motorcycles in the u.s. it delivered nearly 69,000 bikes for the quarter, down 5% from last. overall sales fell 6%. it's trying to keep costs lower by shifting some work to thailand. the growth is in international sales and new bikes there is where they're trying to rev up their business. everyone loves wine and cheese. wine and cheese, sounds so fancy. how about wine and chee-zits? not chee-zit-flavored wine. house wine and kellior are teaming up -- keller are teaming up to sell a box of wine and box of chee-zits. the goal to get people excited about the chee-zit brand. last year it announced chee-zits would become a multiyear sponsor of the cactus bowl now called the chee-zit bowl. people can find the mash-up on the house wine website starting tomorrow while supplies last.

>> it's hot out so i understand other combinations they recommends are rose and white includar. how does that sound -- recommend are rose and white cheddar. how does that sound? not for me. >> thanks for joining us. i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. that's all we got. "new day" starts right now. it's finally here, robert mueller testifies today. will the testimony help democrats ignite anger or end with a thud? >> the whole collusion narrative that adam schiff and jerry nadler keep talking about was really not there. >> they did their jobs with courage, grace, tenacity, humility. 18 years later, do yours. the bill has passed. >> john said i moved mountains. he's respected. >> i think you roled some boulders up some hills. >> what he did he didn't have to do. >> this is "new day" with alisyn

camerota and john berman. >> you talked to jon stewart yesterday in front of the capitol. >> i did, it was first sit-down wide-ranging interview. they were processing what had happened at the end of their 18-year fight to get this funding. you'll see they go through the range of emotions. i mean, there was gratitude, there was still residual anger, and they really shared it with us. >> what an accomplishment that they did. not just for themselves either. good morning, everyone. welcome to your "new day." wednesday, july 24th, 5:00 here in washington. and this is a day that people have been waiting for for months if not year. robert mueller testifies in pair of hearings beginning in three hours. after years, again, years of twists and turns in his investigation into president trump and russia, this is the first time that robert mueller will answer questions in public. he goes first before the house judiciary committee where democrats.