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recount by thursday's dead lyld. and french president emmanuel macron with the stinging rebuke of nationalism. live report from paris on the president's visit. >> if he stays there, he will create a consequentitutional cr >> democrats vowing to protect special counsel robert mueller from acting attorney general wha matthew whitaker. welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. 1:00 a.m. in california. we start with california with the wildfire and 200 people still missing and 29 killed in the camp fire in northern california and two killed by the woolsey fire.

two found in their car trying to flee the flames. six firefighters injured statewi statewide. >> i've never been so scared in my life. >> in northern california, terrifying drive through flames and heavy smoke as the entire town of paradise of 30,000 people was forced to evacuate at a moment's notice. that fire is the most destru destructive in california history destroying 6,700 buildings since it started on thursday. high winds and tinder dry weather in the state putting 25 million people, 1 in 13 ameri n americans, under a red-flag warning. we have cnn's scott mclean with more. >> reporter: dave and christine, the woolsey fire has lost the strength and intensity it once had. that doesn't mean the danger is over in malibu. the worst has come and gone.

there are still hot spots and smoldering areas. in this home, there is not anything left to burn. if you look on the other side of the canyon, you see the fire got to the bottom of it and raced up to the other side. it managed to stop before it burned through the condos. i know from talking to people on the other side there is concern that as the winds pick up right through to tuesday that some of the fires could reignite and burn through some of the fuel that hasn't already burned. in this part of malibu, there's some pretty stunning views and properties here. if you look down here, you can see that there's a tree down. it seemed to have been burned at the bottom and collapsed under its own weight. a hazard in the area with downed power lines and burned power poles. check out this view right here. someone had a few out to the pacific ocean. absolutely stunning. there's nothing left of this

house right now except for a pretty view and charred remains. this area is under a mandatory evacuation order. when people get back in, it will be a long time before malibu looks like malibu. dave. >> it will. scott, thank you. strong winds and dry conditions expected to fuel the wildfires. here is meteorologist pedram javaheri with the latest. good morning, dave and christine. weather not helping out the last couple of weeks. frankly the last couple months. the drought monitor with extreme drought across the western united states. in fact, los angeles, santa moni monica, sacramento, the last time the areas saw rainfall was .50 some seven to eight months ago. with high pressure in place, it will not change much. looking at the long-range models. the next bet for rainfall is ten days out on thanksgiving. this trend is where they are

stuck in that situation for the fire concerns in southern california and critical concern in the northern part of the state. humidity down to 3% to 4%. even in the early morning hours. the mountainous winds could see 70 miles per hour through this afternoon. that is really playing a significant role where the smoke is going. by saturday, it was pushing inland. by sunday, pushing away from land. we feel this pattern will repeat in the next couple days for the next weather improvement on wednesday. guys. thank you, pedram. the president's tweets on the california wildfire sparking backlash from firefighters. on saturday, the president tweeted there's no reason for the massive and deadly and costly fires in california except for poor fire management. all because of gross mismanagement of the forests.

remedy now or no more fed payments. the head of the firefighters union shot back in a statement calling the president's statements ill-informed, demeaning and grossly wrong. wildfires are spread in forested areas and open fields fueled by parched vegetation, high winds and low humidity and ggeography. the attack on california is the attack on our courageous men and women on the frontlines. nearly 60% of california forests are federally managed. for ways you can help those affected by the wildfires, go to cnn.com/impact. three florida races under recount. president trump claiming with no evidence that democrats are trying to steal two big elections in the state. mr. trump, tweeting, we are

watching closely. the recount deadline is thursday, but ryan nobles tells us it may last into next month. >> reporter: dave and christine, good morning from tallahassee where the recount in florida is under way. a massive effort where 8.5 million votes cast in the big elections are going to be recounted by machines in the 67 counties across the sunshine state. over the weekend, we have several developments in the recount process. the first is a trio of lawsuits filed by rick scott, the candidate for senate. one accuses the supervisor of election of counting ballots after the saturday deadline. scott is asking for the sheriffs in the counties to be responsible for the machines and impound them after recount is over. in addition to the lawsuits, we

heard that in palm beach county, the supervisor of elections there says she believes it is impossible to complete the count on time. that is significant. that is a democratic strong hold and it could potentially be a spot where in the recount democrats could regain ground. if they don't get the count, it goes back to the count they delivered on saturday afternoon. this all has to be done by thursday. that could trigger a hand recount of the overvotes and under votes. this is supposed to be certified by november 20th. that is thanksgiving week. there is a possibility lawsuits could come in. that could take longer. dave and christine. >> ryan nobles, thank you. in georgia, the state democratic party for governor stacey abrams is suing for the

provisional ballots in the race. brian kemp leads with 53% of the voechlt vote. if that drops below 50%, it automatically forces a run-off. cnn has not projected a winner in the race. more than 1,000 absentee ballots were wrongly rejected. the judge asked the officials to count them. 5,000 votes were counted this weekend. nearly all of the votes were for her. a group of 80 migrants arrived in tijuana on thursday. a group traveled from mexico city in two buses. the main contingent arrived on foot sunday in a town 200 miles north of mexico city. at that pace, the group could

reach tijuana in eight days. peter navarro warns on the policies on china. during the center for the speech of international studies in d . d.c., navarro said if there is a de deal, it is on trump's terms. this is expected ahead of the meeting with xi jinping at the summit in argentina laguardia airport -- in argentina later this month. as for what trump thinks about the possible deal with china, he said we'll have a good meeting and see what we can do. ahead, president trump receiving some backlash after a visit to paris to commemorate 100 years since the end of world

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president trump is back in washington after a brief weekend in paris commemorating the end of world war i. the white house revealing the president had lunch on sunday with russian president putin and emmanuel macron and german chancellor angela merkel. putin felt the conversation went well. president trump getting backlash for not visiting the cemetery. the optics were awful as other world leaders were able to pay respects. the president's visit exposing cracks in the relationship with mr. trump and macron. the french president offering a sharp warning against the dangers of nationalism.

a label president trump has embraced recently. let's go live to paris and bring in cnn's melissa bell. melissa, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dave. another wet morning here in paris. it was pretty much a washout this weekend. that was the reason as you said given by the white house in last few hours to explain trump's absence on the battle fields. the optics are all wrong for the american president. we have the images of justin trudeau and angela merkel and emmanuel macron paying respects in the rain on saturday. of course, none on that day of donald trump at a place that is of historic significance for american armed forces just outside of paris. he did, of course, make it to the american cemetery closer to paris where he made the remarks. on the substantive issues, as you say, there does appear to be divisions. we know from the white house that at that lunch with world

leaders, they discussed iran and trade and inf treaty, dave, but what progress or compromise was made on those issues is still a mystery this morning. you get a sense in the word of emmanuel macron yesterday, laying in to donald trump politically by focusing on the question of nationalism which he opposed to patriotism. that was another first. we heard emmanuel macron criticize donald trump's nationalism and staying within the framework and remain in dialogue each time he sees him. this time it was really the first time you sense he was going so far as to criticize him politically. almost domestically. that is something we heard over the weekend from a number of leer leaders. the importance of what happened in the 1930s and what is happening today. dave. >> not to get too bogged down in

the rain. how did macron and trudeau and others get there when the president could not? >> reporter: if you look at the map of paris and the place where the world leaders were headed, dave, it is system. macron and merkel with the strongest pictures of the day, paid tribute to their dead. donald trump had been due to travel in a chopper. that chopper could not fly. another reminder from the white house. it was thought that it would be disruptive. other leaders headed out of paris in motorcades. >> thank you. melissa bell live in paris. democratic leaders in congress vowing to block matt whitaker from the mueller investigation. democrats will take charge of the house and they were telling cnn if whitaker doesn't recuse

himself from the mueller probe, he can be center stage in january. >> the questions we will ask will be about his expressed hostility to the investigation. how he can supervise it when he has come out and said the investigation is invalid and contrary to the findings of the agency, there was no russian interference. >> chuck schumer warns if whitaker doesn't step aside, they plan to attach legislation protecting the special counsel to a must-pass spending bill. the concerns of whitaker was put in place to stop the investigation. president trump is distancing himself from the acting ag. >> i don't know matt whitaker. whitaker worked for jeff sessions. he is always thought of.

i didn't know matt whitaker. >> that flies in the face of what the president told fox news last month. >> i never talk about that. i can tell you that matt whitaker is a great guy. i know matt whitaker. >> which is it? kellyanne conway tries to explain. >> what the president means is he is not sliding in somebody that's an old friend or somebody he thinks he has discussed the mueller investigation with at length. coming up, turkey has given audio related to the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi to the u.s. and european and saudi governments. a live report from istanbul next. take prilosec otc and take control of heartburn. so you don't have to stash antacids here... here... or here. kick your antacid habit with prilosec otc. one pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn.

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4:25. turkey has given audio related to the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi to the u.s., european and saudi governments. president erdogan did not say what was on the recordings. meantime, secretary of state mike pompeo telling crown prince muhammad bin salman says he will hold all accountable. let's go live to istanbul where cnn's jomana karadsheh is standing by live. jomana, good morning. where are we headed here? >> reporter: that's the big question, dave. it has been more than 40 days since the disappearance and as we learned the killing of jamal khashoggi and still there are so many questions that turkey is trying to get the answers to.

they believe saudi arabia has the answers to some of the key questions like where is the body, if there is a body left. we heard the theory that his body may have been dissolved in acid. this is the theory that turkish authorities are looking at and they want to know who ordered the killing here in istanbul. they have been asking the saudis for answers. they are not getting answers. we heard the complaints from the turkish officials. we heard from the president there is a serious lack of cooperation from the saudis. you have the strategy from turkey where they are drip feeding information over the past few weeks. the latest, as you mentioned, president erdogan over the weekend, on saturday, saying they provided the recordings of the killing of jamal khashoggi to the united kingdom, united states, france and germany and saudi arabia. it would seem he did not elaborate of what is in the

recordings. we had the leaks over the last few weeks this is an audio of the killing. we learned from cia director gina haspel listened to the recording here in turkey last month. it would seem they are trying, the turks are trying to put pressure on the international community on saudi arabia to get answers. so far, the concern is, dave, and we heard from turkish officials that some in washington and saudi arabia are trying to stall hoping the world will forget. >> that is clearly the tactic. congress returns here tomorrow. perhaps action from the u.s. don't hold your breath. jomana, thank you. ahead, more than 200 people still missing in california as firefighters work around the clock to get ahead of the wildfires. a report from the ground next. eligible for medicare. e gimme one minute... and i'll tell you some important things to know about medicare. first, it doesn't pay for everything. say this pizza is your part b medical expenses.

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wiped off the face of the earth in a matter of eight hours. >> death toll rising in california where the firefighters are battling the most destructive and deadliest wildfire in the state's history. what we are here to do today is to count every vote. >> at this hour, florida election officials are recounting ballots for three statewide races. one official in palm beach claiming it's impossible to finish the recount by the thursday deadline. nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism. stinging words delivered by

french president emmanuel macron with the rebuke of nationalism. we have a report from paris. >> if he stays there, he will create a constitutional crisis. >> democrats vowing to protect special counsel robert mueller from acting attorney general matthew whitaker. a vocal critic of the russia investigation. how the president is distancing himself from whitaker. welcome back to "early start." i'm dave briggs. 4:33 in the east. 1:33 in california. we start with california with the wildfire and 200 people still missing and 29 killed in the camp fire in northern california and two killed by the woolsey fire in southern california. found in their car trying to flee the flames. at least six firefighters injured statewide. >> i've never been so scared in my life. >> in northern california, terrifying drive through flames and heavy smoke as the entire

town of paradise of 30,000 people was forced to evacuate at a moment's notice. that fire is the most destructive in california history destroying 6,700 buildings since it started on thursday. high winds and tinder dry weather in the state putting 25 million people, nearly 1 in 13 americans, under a red-flag warning. we have cnn's scott mclean with more. >> reporter: dave and christine, the woolsey fire has lost the strength and intensity it once had. that doesn't mean the danger is over by any stretch. even in this part of malibu where it seems the worst has come and gone. there are still hot spots and smoldering areas. in this home, there is not anything left to burn. in other cases, it is. if you look on the other side of the canyon, you see the fire got to the bottom of it and raced up to the other side.

it managed to stop before it burned through the condos. i know from talking to people on the other side there is concern that as the winds pick up right through to tuesday that some of the fires could reignite and burn through some of the fuel that hasn't already burned. in this part of malibu, there's some pretty stunning views and amazing properties here. if you look down here, you can see that there's a tree down. it seemed to have been burned at the bottom and collapsed under its own weight. a hazard in the area with downed power lines and burned power poles. things like that. check out this view right here. someone had a view out to the pacific ocean. absolutely stunning. there's nothing left of this house right now except for a pretty view and charred remains. this area is under a mandatory evacuation order. when people get back in, it will be a long time before malibu

looks like malibu. dave. >> scott, thank you. strong winds and dry conditions expected to fuel the wildfires. here is meteorologist pedram javaheri with the latest. good morning, dave and christine. another rough day for the state. you know the critical risk has been issued and erratic fire danger is a high probability with low humidity and a lot of fuel and heat across the state. this is a trend and with the santa ana winds expected to pick up, it warms by compression. i use the analogy of pumping a bike tire and that fuel is pumping up. that is what is happening. los angeles and santa monica and sacramento, the last time these areas saw rainfall was seven to eight months ago. the trend will continue through the next two days here with maybe a window of improving weather conditions.

we get a little more of a marine influence in the middle of the week. no chance for rainfall until thanksgiving when you look at the long-range models. gusts this afternoon as high as 70 miles an hour across the mountainous range. guys. thank you, pedram. the president's tweets on the california wildfires sparking backlash from the firefighters on saturday. the president tweeted there is no reason for the massive and deadly and costly fires, except forest management is so poor. mismanagement of the forests. remedy now or no more fed payments. the head of the firefighters union shot back in a statement calling the president's statements ill-informed, demeaning and grossly wrong. wildfires are spread in forested areas and open fields fueled by parched vegetation, high winds

and low humidity and geography. the attack on california is the attack on our courageous men and women on the front lines. nearly 60% of california forests are federally managed. according to the u.s. forest service report. for ways you can help those affected by the wildfires, go to cnn.com/impact. recounts are under way in three florida races this morning. including governor and senate. florida governor rick scott, also the republican senate candidate claiming without evidence that his opponent bill nelson is claiming election fraud. >> senator nelson is trying to commit fraud to try to win the election. that's all this is. >> the recount scheduled to go on around the clock until it is complete. the recount deadline is thursday, but as cnn's ryan nobles tells us, it may last

into next month. >> reporter: dave and christine, good morning from tallahassee where the recount in florida is under way. a massive effort where 8.5 million votes cast in the big elections are going to be recounted by machines in the 67 counties across the sunshine state. over the weekend, we have several developments in the recount process. the first is a trio of lawsuits filed by rick scott, the current governor and candidate for senate. one accuses the supervisor of election of counting ballots after the saturday deadline. scott is asking for the sheriffs in the counties to be responsible for the machines and ballots in the counties to impound them when counting is not taking place and after the recount is over. in addition to the lawsuits, we heard that in palm beach county, the supervisor of elections there says she believes it is impossible to complete the count on time.

that is significant. that is a democratic stronghold and it could potentially be a spot where in the recount democrats could regain ground. if they don't get the count, it goes back to the count they delivered on saturday afternoon. this all has to be done by thursday. that could trigger a hand recount of the over votes and under votes. this is supposed to be certified by november 20th. that is thanksgiving week. there is a possibility lawsuits could come in. that could take longer. dave and christine. >> buckle up, folks. in georgia, the state democratic party for governor stacey abrams is suing for the provisional ballots in the race. right now, republican candidate brian kemp leads with 50.3% of the vote. if that drops below 50%, it automatically forces a run-off.

cnn has not projected a winner in the race. the lawsuit claims that more than 1,000 absentee ballots were wrongly counted and the judge requested they be counted. 5,000 votes were counted this weekend. nearly all of the votes were for her. in the arizona race, kyrsten sinema's lead over mcsally is widening. that puts her 1.4% points ahead. sinema's campaign manager believe there is are more democratic votes left to be counted than republican. president trump casting doubt on the election's legitimacy despite no evidence of fraud. president trump receiving backlash after his visit to paris to commemorate 100 years since the end of world war i.

how the trip exposed increasing tensions with european allies.

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4:45 eastern time. president trump is back in washington after a brief weekend in paris commemorating the end of world war i. the white house revealing the president had lunch on sunday with russian president putin and emmanuel macron and german chancellor angela merkel. according to russian state news agency, putin felt the conversation went well. president trump getting backlash for not visiting the cemetery. all because it was raining. the optics were awful as other world leaders were able to pay respects. the president's visit exposing cracks in the relationship with mr. trump and macron. the french president offering a sharp warning against the dangers of nationalism.

a label president trump has embraced. let's go live to paris and bring in melissa bell. melissa, this is a french dis. is the split covered the same way there in paris? >> reporter: yes, absolutely. emmanuel macron's are words were taken to be clearly directed at the american president, sitting just near him, there at the event just behind me. he has always taken on the question of how trump's views were likely to be damaging to the world order. always try to bring him back into the fold. this is the first time he took on the american president and at the heart of his political platform of nationalism. it is important to remember he wasn't just addressing donald trump and why he went further than before because he was talking to a domestic audience. we are preparing for elections

next year. eu elections. the populous forces in europe believe they can win really tipping that balance of power on the european continent. emmanuel macron made it clear he intends to lead the charge against that. his words speaking so brutally and forcefully against nationalism and resurgence was addressed as much to donald trump and europe with the populous wins that brought him to power in the states, has threatened to do something similar here. >> melissa bell, thank you. democratic leaders in congress vowing to block the acting attorney generjegeneral whitaker. jerry adler saying he fhe doesn't -- saying if he doesn't recuse himself, whitaker could be at the center of the issues

in january. >> how he could supervise it when he has come out and said that the investigation is invalid and ckocontrary to the findings there was no election interference. >> chuck schumer warns if whitaker doesn't step aside, they plan to attach legislation protecting the special counsel to the must-pass spending bill. some concerns that whitaker was put in place to protect himself. the president seems to be distancing himself from the acting ag. >> i don't know matt whitaker. whitaker worked for jeff sessions. he is always thought of. i didn't know matt whitaker. >> that flies in the face of what the president told fox news last month. >> i never talk about that. i can tell you that matt whitaker is a great guy. i know matt whitaker.

>> all right. which is it? white house counselor kellyanne conway trying to explain the discrepancy here. >> what the president means is he is not sliding in somebody that's an old friend or somebody he thinks he has discussed the mueller investigation with at length. meanwhile, snl star pete davidson apologizing to the candidate on saturday night. >> it was a poor choice of words. >> how they came together in the sincere unity and you won't believe the cracks that crenshaw had for davidson. today is the day you're going to get motivated...

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since the daisappearance and killing of jamal khashoggi. you mentioned the phone call with secretary of state mike pompeo and the saudi crown prince is what so many are demanding. friends and colleagues are wondering when they will see real accountability. before that, there are so many questions to be answered that turkey has been seeking the answers to and they believe that saudi arabia has the answers. mainly the two key questions is where is the body if there is a body left of jamal khashoggi or his remains and who ordered the killing. they put the questions to the saudis and so far they say there is lack of cooperation from the saudi authorities. you see turkey trying to bring in the strategy from the past few weeks of the drip feed of information and leaks trying to put pressure on the international community, especially the united states, to put pressure on saudi arabia.

the latest as you mentioned is president erdogan on saturday saying they passed on the recordings of the killing without going into details of the recordings. based on previous leaks, we know turkey has awudio recordings of the killing of jamal khashoggi. they say they passed it on to the united states and germany and saudi arabia. putting the pressure on these countries to produce results here. the concern is based on the meeting that we heard took place between donald trump and the french president emmanuel macron over the weekend, where according to the french presidential spokesman, they discussed the killing. they said something really bad happened and they want to get to the bottom of this, but also saying the u.s. administration's position is they don't want to destabilize saudi arabia which is a cornerstone of everything in the middle east. dave. >> sounds like the administration wants this to blow over. congress back in session

tomorrow. maybe we'll hear something. jomana, thanks. comedian pete davidson apologizing to ben crenshaw after mocking him in a skit on snl. >> i mean this from the bottom of my heart. it was a poor choice of words. the man is a war hero. he deserves all the respect in the world. if any good came of this, maybe one day the left and right finally came together to agree on something. that i'm a [ bleep ]. >> you think? >> i just wanted to say for people that don't know, the reason you are wearing an eye patch right now is you lost your eye to an ied in afghanistan during your third combat tour. i'm sorry. >> thank you, pete. i appreciate you saying that. >> we good? >> we're good. apology accepted.

♪ just keep breathing, breathing, breathing ♪ >> that sounds like my phone. >> are you going to answer that? ♪ just keep >> it's rude to answer. i'll let it go to voice mail. >> ariana. >> do you know her? okay. seriously. there's a lot of lessons to learn here. not just that the left and right can still agree on some things, but also this, americans can forgive one another. who will never forget those we lost on 9/11. heroes like pete's father. pete, never forget. >> never forget. >> well done, congress member crenshaw. pete's dad died in the 9/11 attacks. he was a firefighter when davidson was 7 years old. "early start" continues right now.

my whole town was wiped off the face of the earth in a matter of eight hours. >> death toll rising in california where the firefighters are battling the most destructive and deadliest wildfire in the state's history. what we are here to do today is to count every vote. >> at this hour, florida election officials are recounting ballots for three statewide races. one official in palm beach claiming it's impossible to finish the recount by the thursday deadline. nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism. stinging words delivered by french president emmanuel macron as president trump calls himself a nationalist. a live report from paris on the president's visit. if he stays there, he will create a constitutional crisis. >> democrats vowing to protect