this stuff really hits home. you realize i don't want this to happen anymore. what do we do about it? >> to find out how dr. gore is working to end violence in his brooklyn community, go to cnnheroes.com. and while you're there, you can find out how to nominate. that's it tonight. i'll see you right back here tomorrow. ♪ special counsel has dozens of questions for president trump. those questions are now public. and they have a major focus on obstruction of justice. the white house delays new steal and aluminum tariffs on europe, canada and mexico. what is the president's next move as he seeks better trade deals. the president loves a good show. he's suggesting the north korean summit at the dnz kim jong-un is on board. the president producing this pay per view.

>> talk about the visual. well aware of that. >> good morning. >> it's tuesday, may 1st. may day, folks. 4:00 a.m. in the east. >> let's begin with the president delaying those tariffs. at least for now. the administration gave several temporary exemptions when it imposed steel and aluminum tariffs back in march. those xpired. with hours to spare, the white house gave the eu, canada and mexico another 30 days to negotiate agreed to permanent exceptions to argentina, brazil, australia and south korea. this comes just days after french president emmanuel macron and german chancellor angela merkel. strategic items from the home states of speaker paul ryan and

majority leader mitch mcconnell. this extension also gives the white house more time to work on another trade deal with china. treasury sec stair steve mnuchin, larry kidlow and wilbur ross. this is a high stakes meeting and it starts on thursday. >> that's not only our major news. possible obstruction of justice is the dominant theme dozens of question the special counsel wants to ask president trump. they obtained a list of four dozen questions robert mueller has for the president. the questions focus on the president's motivations for key decisions on whether he obstructed russia investigation. our coverage begins from washington. p president's legal team

composed a list of nearly 50 questions following a meeting last month special counsel robert mueller investigators to discuss a possible sbrier with the president. cnn reported the questions roughly fall into four categories and deal with firing of james comey, the former fbi director and michael flynn, the former national security adviser as well as the president's dealings with attorney general jeff sessions and the potential coordination between the trump campaign and russians. the questions published by "the new york times" show a focus on the president's state of mind during key events. it's clear from some of the questions despite the president's claims that collusion is off the table, the mueller investigators are still pursuing questions of whether anyone broke the law in those repeated contacts between trump campaign associates and people the fbi believes were russian government operatives. >> thank you so much for that. "the new york times" says up front the questions are not

verbatim quotes from the special counsel and some were condensed. among the critical questions on the list, why did you know about phone calls that mr. flynn made with the russian ambassador sergey kislyak in late december, 2016? >> there are at least nine questions about michael flynn, most revolve around whether the president obstructed justice to protect flynn from prosecution. mueller also wants to know whether flynn was operating on the president's behalf when he called the russians. prosecutors may already know the answer. flynn is cooperating with investigators. >> the questions about the firing of fbi director james comey would be important. one question reads, what did you mean when you told russian diplomats on may 10, 2017, that firing mr. comey had taken the pressure off? the day after comey's firing trump met with russian officials in oval office. you remember these pictures released by the russians. the president and his lawyers

have said firing comey falls within the president's powers. also, questions about possible illegal contact between the trump campaign and the russians. one of those questions reads, what knowledge did you have of any outreach by your campaign, including paul manafort to russia about possible assistance to the campaign. now, manafort, famously attended a meeting with russians during the campaign to get dirt on hillary clinton. >> manafort pleaded not guilty to finance charges. paul manafort's deputy rick gates is now cooperating with the mueller investigation. trump's new lawyer rudy giuliani met last week. spokesman for the special counsel's office did not respond to our request for comment about those questions. we also have a strong sign this morning the president may be turning against the man known for years as his fixer.

his personal attorney, michael cohen. the sign this unflattering national inquirer cover story, trump's fixer's secrets and lies. the enquirer publisher is a long time friend and ally of the president. they say he would never allow the story's publication without mr. trump's blessing. >> cnn's jim acosta -- what do you think? cohen has been under criminal investigation for months. his home and office raided by the fbi. >> cnn learned south korean man j moon jae-in convinced president trump to hold their meeting with north korea in the demilitarized zone. now president trump says he's leaning towards that plan himself. >> there's something that i like about it because you're there. you're actually there.

where if things work out, there's a great celebration to be had on the site, not in a third party country. >> and our sources say that is the main attraction for the president. a diplomatic drama, potential breakthrough like the one last week, televised right here on early start around the world. live in seoul, alexander fields. good morning. this would work for kim jong-un as well, presumably. he doesn't want to leave the country in a train fearing what might happen back home. what's the reporting? >> reporter: and certainly already a lot of concerns we know that kim jong-un might have about traveling a great distance for this kind of summit. security not the least of those problems but also logistically, we don't know with his ageing air fleet how far he could get. it could be embarrassing in a diplomatic way. one option that is being eyed pretty strongly from all sides would be to have this meeting at the dmz.

anyone who watched that moment last week won't forget seeing the leaders of north korea and south korea step over the line of demarcation. millions of people saw it. the president donald trump also saw it and apparently he like what had he saw. he's looking at that as a preview of what could be to come. they would meet face to face with all the pomp and circumstance of doing it right there at the dmz. if things went well this would be a good place to celebrate. all the other options have not been knocked off the table entirely. there's still the possibility of the summit happening in singapore. skeptical people in washington suggested a neutral place might be more preferable. the president traveling to the dmz could be too conciliatory. there wouldn't be anything quite like this as the president likes made for tv moments. the south korean president is traveling to meet with president trump in washington, d.c. and as all that's happening, another effort toward

reconciliation coming from south korea and north korea, both sides stopped blaring the propaganda that used to play across the dmz and just today south korea taking down the speakers that have done that job for decades now. another show of good faith as we await for a summit happening sometimes perhaps this month. dave? >> continued dramatic developments there. alexander fields live for us. thank you. tensions rising between israel and iran. the two sides appear headed to a nuclear conflict. mike pompeo containing the iranian files obtained by the israelis are authentic. th remarkable display yesterday in tel aviv by benjamin netanyahu with all kinds of props and power point. president trump expected to decide whether to pull out of the iran nuclear deal in the

next 12 days. >> i'm sure he'll do the right thing. the right thing for the united states, the right thing for israel and the right thing for the peace of the world. >> let's go live to jerusalem and bring in cnn's ian lee. benjamin netanyahu was very opposed to this iranian nuclear deal with the united states. going to congress and really, really almost begging congress not to do this deal. and now on display again he's laying out his case. >> that's right, christine. and you watch that presentation he gave last night, it was very damming. he was talking about schematics of nuclear weapons, delivery systems through missiles as well as this being a covert program. and he had one very important target audience, that is the president of the united states, donald trump. but despite all of that, weapons control experts say really there

was nothing new in all of this. this was all known stuff that the iaea knew about all this information that the israeli prime minister presented and they have dealt with it before and that iran has been the iaea said iran complied so far with this nuclear program. but for prime minister netanyahu, this is something he as, as you said, championed from the very beginning before this deal was signed. he sees iran as a real regional threat to israel's security, especially with their involvement in neighboring syria. but all this information now is going to go to the ieae and go to the other members of the iran nuclear deal, the uk, russia, france, china, germany. they're going to go over and they're going to assess, really is there something here or is there nothing, is he just rehashing old things. but really the prime minister will be able to claim victory if

president trump does back out of this nuclear deal. >> as you say, an audience of one potentially for that presentation yesterday from president benjamin netanyahu. this wild news day benefitted no one more than the white house chief of staff. john kelly forced to say he called his boss an idiot. that's next.

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text summer5 to 500500 to start listening today. things you didn't think you'd ever hear. white house chief of staff, john kelly, meeting face to face with president trump to deny an nbc report that he called his boss an idiot. afterward, the president agreed to declaring the report false in a tweet. all of this sounding a lot like the moron episode involving rex tillerson and mr. trump. we all know how that turned out. >> more turmoil and drama in the west wing.

this time white house chief of staff john kelly. cnn is reporting a meeting last month with top national security officials he reportedly said that he believes the president was becoming unhinged. relating to a meeting about syria, about the strategy in syria. this is coming on the heels of an nbc news report on monday that the white house chief of staff referred to the president as an idiot. now, john kelly pushed back hard on that, said it was a b.s. report to use his words there, but this simply is again raising questions about how long john kelly will remain at his post as chief of staff. as we've been reporting so many mornings for weeks and indeed months. the president has gradually lost some faith in his chief of staff. yes, he is still controlling things in the west wing, but not with the iron fist he had at the very beginning here. now, we talked to several white house officials who said that john kelly and the president's relationship is just fine, but others have said it's not a

matter of if he's going to leave, it's when he's going to leave. this is the president's choice, of course. but words like idiot, unhinged certainly not helping the mood in the west wing. >> thank you so much, jeff zeleny. concerns were raised about white house physician ronny jackson by vice president mike pence's doctor. he reported jackson for allegedly violating federal privacy protections in a case involving mrs. pence. the complaint also alleged dr. jackson intimidated the vice president's physician during angry confrontations over the incident. dr. jackson and the white house continued to deny any allegations of misconduct. administration claims the incident involving mrs. pence was a dispute between two doctors who had a strained relationship. the vice president's physician did not respond to multiple requests for a comment. michelle wolf has no regrets about her performance at the white house correspondent's dinner. wolf telling npr in an interview

set to air today, i wouldn't change a single word in an interview it will hear today on fresh air. wolf said she did not expect this level of controversy but sure glad she stuck to her guns. >> i'm more surprised on what they're focussing on. because i think i said more controversial things than the actual jokes they're focussing on. i wanted to do something different. i didn't want to cater to the room. i wanted to cater to the outside audience and not portray my brand of comedy. >> at a correspondent's association expressed regret that the jokes overshadowed the dinner's celebration of the first amendment. others say the reaction is overblown given the president's sustained attacks against the news media, including the white house press corps. what do you make of that explanation? >> she was hired to be a

comedian to roast the people in that room. that's exactly what she did. >> i think she's talking about the abortion jokes, which actually should have been more controversial than the ones that were about sarah huckabee sanders. >> look, she tore apart the media, too. >> no question. >> she tore apart the network than she did sarah huckabee sanders. she went in there with guns blazing. one of harvey weinstein's most notable victims taking the battle to court. what weinstein's spokesman says about ashley judd next. my name is jeff sheldon,

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♪ special counsel has dozens of questions for president trump, those questions are public. they have a major focus on obstruction of justice. the white house delays new steel and aluminum tariffs on the european union, canada and mexico. what's the president's next move as he seeks better trade deals? and the president loves a good show. he's suggesting the north korea summit at the dmz. kim jong-un is already on board. optics always central to the president's thinking. welcome back to "early start," everybody. >> it's 31 minutes past the hour this tuesday morning. possible obstruction of justice is the dominant theme the russia special counsel wants to ask president trump. the questions were first obtained by "the new york times" later matched by "the wall

street journal." the questions focus on the president's motivations for key decisions and whether he obstructed the russia investigation. evan perez starts our coverage from washington. >> the president's legal team composed a list of nearly 50 questions following a meeting last month with the special counsel robert mueller's investigators to discuss a possible interview with the president. a cnn reported, the questions roughly fall into four categories. and they deal with firing of james comey, the former fbi director and michael flynn, former national security adviser as well as the president's dealings with attorney general jeff sessions and the potential coordination between the trump campaign and russians. the questions published by "the new york times" show a focus on the president's state of mind during key events. it's clear from some of the questions that despite the president's claims that collusion is off the table, the mueller investigators are still pursuing questions of whether anyone broke the law in those repeated contacts between trump campaign associates and people

the fbi believes were russian government operatives. christine, dave? >> evan, thanks. "the new york times" says up front the questions are not verbatim quotes from the special counsel. and some were condensed. among the critical questions here on the list, what did you know about phone calls that mr. flynn made with the russian ambassador sergey kislyak in late december, 2016? >> there are at least nine questions about michael flynn, most revolve around whether the president obstructed justice to protect flynn from prosecution. mueller also wants to know whether flynn was operating on the president's behalf when he called the russians. prosecutors may already know the answer. flynn has flepleaded guilty to lying and is cooperating with the investigators. >> one question reads what did you mean when you told russian diplomats that firing mr. comey had taken the pressure off?

the day after comey's firing trump met with russian officials in the oval office. still hard to believe that the president and his lawyers said firing comey falls within the president's powers. >> also questions about possible illegal contacts between the trump campaign and the russians. one of those questions reads -- what knowledge did you have of any outreach by your campaign including paul manafort to russia about potential assistance to the campaign? manafort is a former trump campaign manager who famously attended a meeting with russians during the campaign to get dirt on hillary clinton. manafort pleaded not guilty to financial charges. rick gates now cooperating with the mueller investigation. trump's newest lawyer in the investigation rudy giuliani met with mueller last week. president trump delaying tariffs on key u.s. allies, at least for now. a midnight deadline comes and

goes. the administration gave several temporary exemptions. when it imposed steel and aluminum tariffs in march. th expiring last night. the white house says it's focussed on quotas during negotiations to both curb imports and protect national security. this coming just days after french president emmanuel macron and angela merkel personally lobbied trump. this extension also gives the white house more time to work on another trade battle with china. president trump is sending his top economic officials to beijing this week for trade talks. both china and the u.s. threatening the other with billions of dollars in tariffs. this high stakes meeting starts on thursday. cnn has learned south korean president moon jae-in convinced

kim jong-un to hold his upcoming meeting with president trump in the demilitarized zone. moon and kim met in the dmz as you remember just last week and now president trump says he is leaning towards that himself. >> there's something that i like about it because you're there. you're actually there. where if things work out there's a great celebration to be had on the site not in a third party country. >> and our sources say that is the main attraction for the president. a diplomatic drama and potential breakthrough like the one last week televised right here around the world. for the latest, let's check with alexander field live for us in seoul. alex, good morning. what's the reaction there? >> look, it would be another historical moment made for tv, dave. what we're hearing from the blue house here in south korea is that there would be no place more symbolic to meet than the dmz. that certainly sounds very much in line with what president

trump was saying from the white house. we know that as far as logistics go this would be an appealing option for north korea. they have to be concerned about kim jong-un's security when he travels. there's questions about the ageing fleet of airplanes in north korea. how far exactly kim jong-un could get if asked to travel to a summit in a farther away location without having to stop and refuel which would be embarrassing for the regime in north korea. certainly reasons that all sides seem to be expressing interest in having the summit at the dmz. it would add a certain element of pomp and circumstance to a spectacularly historical moment. there's even the possibility then for president donald trump to cross into the north korean side of the dmz. he certainly was among the millions who were watching closely as we saw the north korean and the south korean leaders walk over that line of demarcation. perhaps that was a preview of what we'll see just a few weeks from now. it's certainly something that

the south korean president will be discussing when he travels to washington, d.c. to meet with president trump to further lay out the plans for the upcoming summit. dave? >> dramatic developments 5:37 p.m. there in seoul. thank you. now to the tensions rising between israel and iran. the two sides appear headed for a major conflict over teheran's nuclear program. secretary of state mike pompeo confirming the files are -- laying out an elaborate detail his case against iran. the prime minister claims his evidence proves iranians were brazenly lying when they said they were not pursuing nuclear weapons. president trump expected to decide in the next 12 days whether to pull out of the iran nuclear deal, a fact not lost on netanyahu. >> i'm sure he'll do the right thing. the right thing for the united states, the right thing for israel, and the right thing for the peace of the world.

>> let's bring in cnn's ian lee with the latest developments. just that presentation from the prime minister of israel laying out what he says are terrible deeds by the iranians, cheating and lying and these iranian files somehow spirited out these pages and pages of documents. tell us about it. >> yeah, christine. he hailed his intelligence agency for getting this information. it was a very damning presentation. the prime minister talking about nuclear weapons schematics, talking about delivery systems of missiles as well as this being a covert operation. there was one very important target audience member that is u.s. president donald trump. prime minister netanyahu trying to urge the united states to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. there is just one problem, weapons control experts who have followed this from the very beginning say everything that the prime minister presented there was nothing new there. and that all this is well known

to the international atomic energy agency, the ieae and other signatories to the iran nuclear deal. the prime minister, though, does see iran as a threat. there's a larger threat here. also iran's nuclear program, but also their involvement in the neighboring civil war in syria. and so, the prime minister is trying to build up this case against iran. as far as this new evidence the prime minister says he presented, well, that is going to these other members who signed up to this nuclear deal. you have france, russia, china, the uk, germany, they'll be looking it over, so is the ieae to see really if there is something there or if he's rehashing old news. also, the one important thing here, though, is president trump. if this presentation goes forward in persuading president trump to pull out of the nuclear deal, then prime minister netanyahu will be declaring victory, christine. >> so interesting because the defense secretary james mattis

praised certain parts of the iran deal saying that it was sort of written as if they were going to cheat and that it was verifiable. but again the president could take a very different view on that and i think that's what ben ja min netanyahu is hoping for. ahead, a busy, busy news day benefitted no one more than the white house chief of staff john kelly who was forced to deny reports his boss called him an idiot.

here is today's installment of things you didn't think you would ever hear. white house chief of staff john kelly meeting face to face with president trump to deny an nbc report that he called his boss an idiot. afterwards the president agreeing declaring the report false. more now from cnn's jeff zeleny. >> more turmoil and drama in the west wing. this time white house chief of staff john kelly. cnn is report agameting last month with top national security officials he reportedly said that he believes the president was becoming unhinged relating to a meeting about syria, about the strategy in syria. this is coming on the heels of an nbc news report on monday that the white house chief of staff referred to the president as an idiot. now, john kelly pushed back hard

on that, said it was a b.s. report. to use his words there. but this simply is again raising questions about how long john kelly will remain in his post as chief of staff. as we've been reporting so many mornings for weeks and indeed months, the president has gradually lost some faith in his chief of staff. yes, he is still controlling things in the west wing but not with the iron fist he had at the very beginning here. now, we talked to several white house officials who said that john kelly and the president's relationship is just fine. but others have said it's not a matter of if he's going to leave, it's when he's going to leave. this is the president's choice, of course. but words like idiot, unhinged certainly not helping the mood in the west wing. dave and christine? >> jeff zeleny at the white house. thanks. the nation's top immigration official is stepping down less than six months after being nominated by president trump to become director of i.c.e. currently the acting director announcing he wants to focus on

family after 34-year career he calls his last year heading up the agency the honor of his life. under the tough-talking former border patrol agent immigration surged 40%. president trump tapped homan to be perm innocent last november but the nomination never reached a vote on the senator floor. >> john mccain delivers a no holds barred take on president trump in a new book. mccain writes about the president, he has declined to distinguish the government from the crimes of despotic ones. the appearance of toughness seems to matter more than any of our values. mccain adding he would like to see us recover our sense that we are more alike than different. the 81-year-old senator is recovering at home from sidesques of brain cancer treatment. i don't have a complaint, not one. it's been quite a ride. comedian michelle wolf has no regrets about her performance

at the white house correspondent's dinner. wolf tells npr, quote, i wouldn't change a single word. in an interview airing today on the fresh air radio show, wolf said she did not expect this level of controversy but is glad she stuck to her guns. >> i'm more surprised on what they're focussing on rather -- because i think i said more controversial things than the actual jokes that they're focussing on. i wanted to do something different. i didn't want to cater to the room. i wanted to cater to the outside audience and not betray my brand of comedy. >> the head of the correspondent's association expressed regrets that the jokes overshadowed the dinner's celebration of the first amendment. others say the reaction is overblown given the president's sustained attacks against the news media, including the white house press corps. michelle wolf said i think they have preconceived notions of how

women will present themselves and i don't fit into that box. do you agree with that? >> i don't know. i will say this, the last six or seven years we've been debating the relevance of the white house correspondent's dinner, haven't we? it is not just this year. and in the trump era, all the rules are changed. >> clearly needs to change if nothing else. 50 minutes past the hour. one of harvey weinstein's most notable accusers taking the embattled producer to court. what weinstein's producer says about ashley judd next. it may be time for a change. ask your doctor about entyvio, the only biologic developed and approved just for uc and crohn's. entyvio works at the site of inflammation in the gi tract and is clinically proven to help many patients achieve both symptom relief and remission. infusion and serious allergic reactions can happen

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♪ ashley judd suing harvey weinstein claiming he tried to destroy her acting career after she rebuffed his sexual advances. jud is one of the first women to publicly accuse the disgraced film mogul of sexual misconduct. peter jackson told a new zealand publication weinstein dissuaded him from casting judd. a spokesman for weinstein said he championed her work and repeatedly approved her casting, adding he is looking forward to a vigorous defense of these claims. day four now, the teachers strike in arizona. look at these pictures. many school districts shut down monday as teachers swarm the capital, demanding an increase in education spending. after the rally, they marched on the governor's office in downtown phoenix led by a

student marching band. two largest districts in the state, mesa public schools and the tucson unified school district expect to remain closed today. arizona governor is proposing a 20% teacher pay raise by 2020 with an additional $100 million budgeted for general education spending. now, teacher pay in arizona has fallen 10% since 1999, fallen when adjusted for inflation and teachers kick in a larger portion of their fund for pension fund more than 11%. >> it was 2% back in the '90s. george pell will stand trial for allegedly sexually abusing multiple victims decades ago. pell, the vatican treasurer is the most senior figure to face charges for sexual assault. australian judge made the ruling following a month long preliminary hearing. half the charges against pell were dropped. the prosecution's case was

strong enough to warrant a jury trial. the 76-year-old cardinal pleaded not guilty. in a statement through his lawyers, pell steadfastly maintains his innocence. a dramatic rise in temperatures in the eastern half of the country. good morning, dave and christine. get ready for summer-like temperatures over the next couple days. high pressure beginning to build here. as it does, look at the trend across new york city going from 51 yesterday, 26 better what we expect today up to 77. how about the 40s to 60s for places like boston the 70s yesterday to the 08s of today across places like detroit and new york city. temperatures down into the 70s and not a bad weekend. it cools off, yes, but still very comfortable setup across much of the northeast. d.c., we do it a few degrees better than that, up to the lower 90s come thursday afternoon and spectacular weekend.

this high pressure really sets up shop here and continues to hold a pretty firm ground while back towards the west, it is really re-enforcing the severe weather pattern. we have an active jet stream across this rejond and blocking pattern setting up to the east. storms one after the other impacting the plains. tuesday into wednesday you see the severe weather for the plains. >> thank you for that. now how about money this morning. looking at the wall street right now global stocks rising overnight after the u.s. extended the tariff exceptions for key allies. wall street still worried about trade tensions and if washington will abandon the iran nuclear deal. u.s. stocks closed lower despite strong economic data. t mobile agreed to buy sprint for $26 billion leaving just three major carriers in the u.s. analysts are skeptical this deal will get federal approval. the treasury, by the way, says the u.s. borrowed a record $488 billion in the first three

months of 2018. look at that. the previous high was back in 2010 when the u.s. was fighting its way out of a reception. deficits are on the rise. these numbers are pretty big. it means the government is borrowing more to cover costs. hitting the road this summer? you'll probably pay more at the pump. oil prices are rising thanks to production cut bismayor exporters and soon that will translate into higher prices at the pump. highest in four years still gas prices may be rising but they are below the $4 a gallon prices were in 2008. remember that? that was horrible. apple facing panic over its most important product the iphone. apple reports earnings today and investors are worried about slowing iphone sales. demand is looking weak. the stock is down 7% since then. some analysts blame the pricey iphone 10. others say it's new devices look

too similar to older models and if sales do slow, even at $100 billion give away may not be enough to calm investors. apple is expected to return $100 billion to shareholders today. it's the tax bill makes it cheaper for apple to bring home its quarter of a trillion dollars in foreign cash. they'll give some to investors. payday. marco rubio had interesting comments about that in the economist. early start continues right now with some of the very questions that the special counsel wants to ask president trump. ♪ special counsel has dozens of questions for president trump. those questions are public and they have a major focus on obstruction of justice. the white house delays new steel and aluminum tariffs on the european union, canada and mexico. what's the