the most compelling stories. text "listen5" to 500500 to start your free trial today. he may be the first president in quite some time to face the prospect of real jail time. >> president trump dipping into the playbook of distraction and denial as the mueller investigation ramps up. president trump looking for a new chief of staff to replace john kelly. i can't breathe. the final words of jamal khashoggi. what else transcripts reveal of the washington post journalist.

>> a miracle. an incredible play by the miami dolphins. i'm sure dave will get into that. >> that was the end of it. there's a lot that preceded it. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm alison kosik. >> i'm dave briggs. monday, december 10th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. the white house operating under a new circumstance this week. the justice department has clearly implicated president trump in the crime. prosecutors in new york say the president directed his former lawyer michael cohen to break campaign finance laws making illegal hush payments to two women who claimed they had affairs with mr. trump. the special counsel's team revealed new contact with russia and one offering a government level political synergy. and they dropped the campaign against paul manafort because he

liv lied about contact was a russian official. >> lawyers are not as cautious as using the "i" word impeachment. >> they would be impeachable offenses. certainly. >> the president has now stepped into the same territory that ultimately led to president nixon resigning the office. president nixon was an unindicted co-conspirator. >> anxiety is spiking among republicans. they worry the white house has no plan to deal with the mueller probe. we have sara westwood with more from the white house. >> reporter: dave and alison, the president spent the weekend going after the paris climate accord and calling for an end to the russia investigation. talking about anything other than prosecutors claiming in court filings that the president directed michael cohen that make

a pair of illegal payments during the race. president trump touted the documents as vindication because they did not contain evidence of russian collusion, but it did direct the president with payments he denied knowledge of. the who women who tried to come forward with allegations of affairs during the election. all of this comes during the staff shake up. the president announced john kelly, the white house chief of staff, would leave the administration by the end of the year. the first choice for the job, nick ayers. our colleague kaitlan collins reports that ayers and trump discussed the chief of staff replacing kelly. the president wanted a two-year commitment from ayers. cnn has been told the president is considering four names to

replace kelly. one may be mark meadows. a close ally of the president on capitol hill. cnn is told that the president is saaimed to make the decisiony the end of the year. >> thank you. according to special counsel robert mueller, paul manafort lied about five major issues after agrees to cooperate. including the interactions with the man named konstantin kilimnik. mueller says kilimnik has ties to the russian internet which hacked during the 2016 campaign. we have fred pleitgen with more this morning. fred, what do we know about konstantin kilimnik? >> reporter: not much. he is someone who doesn't like to be in the spotlight. the documents show this man, but he was very important to paul manafort. he worked for manafort for a long time in eastern europe. specifically in ukraine where they did business with the pro

russian government of ukraine and also with the russian oligarch. as you mentioned, the mueller investigation says kilimnik has ties to russian intelligence and manafort was caught lying about whether or not he had met kilimnik afterwards. namely when he was chairman of the trump campaign in 2016. i want to read you a bit of the mueller investigation says. quote, the evidence of the above includes electronic communications and the rest is redacted. draft and travel records after told of such evidence. manafort conceded he and kilimnik discussed or may have discussed -- another redacted part -- at each meeting. they confronted him with the evidence and only afterwards manafort said he had contact with kilimnik. that is important for manafort because the robert mueller investigation said manafort tried to tamper with witnesses

after manafort got arrested. >> thank you. james comey calling for the president trump defeat in 2020. the former fbi director was interviewed at new york's 92nd street y and in the talk, he practically begged democrats to set aside differences and nominate a candidate best equipped to beat trump. >> all of us should use every breath we have to make sure the lying stops. >> the comments coming after the president tweeted without evidence that comey lied to the house judiciary committee 245 teams last year. -- times last we'ek. >> according to the transcripts of the session, james comey was asked by jerry nadler if he was

friends. he said i am not. i have never been to his house. i don't know his children's names. na drr nadler asked i will not ask if you hugged or kissed him. breaking overnight. the conspiracy theory of jerome corsi testified before the grand jury and is refusing to sign a plea deal. in the lawsuit, he claims mueller threatened to indict him and put him in prison unless he provided the false testimony he says mueller is demanding. he also alleges federal authorities unconstitutionally

searched his phone and other records. the new york times reports that jared kushner offered crown prince mohammed bin salman advice on how to quote weather the storm after the murder of jamal khashoggi. white house requires that national security council staff be on phone calls with out foreign leaders. there are reports that kushner and mohammed bin salman continued to speak. jared has followed protocols and guidelines with mbs and all of the foreign officials with whom he interacts. i can't breathe. those are the final words of jamal khashoggi. the audio recording of the death seen by a scecnn source also includes the dismembered body.

we have nick r robertson with m. nic, these details get more disturbi disturbing. >> reporter: he talk into the consulate and istanbul and recognizes somebody and asked what they are doing there. the officials have called him a close aide to crown prince mohammed bin salman. he replies to him, you're going home. your coming home. khashoggi says you couldnan't d that. i have people waiting outside. immediately without further discussion, there are sounds of a number of people jumping on khashoggi restraining him. he can be clearly heard multiple times saying i can't breathe. i can't breathe. then you hear screams and you hear him gasping.

then details noises as it identifies as a saw and cutting. somebody identified on the transcript as the forensic doctor from saudi ministry of interior identified as telling people in the room if you don't like what you are hearing, do what i'm doing. put your earplugs in or listen to music. the former diplomat in the room is understood from the transcript to make several calls. officials have leaked that to the royal court. on the phone calls here saying it is done. saudi officials reached out to say they have listened to the the tape. looked at the transcripts and don't see evidence of phone calls. they didn't dispute the wording, but no evidence of phone calls. a saudi source says both men

identified say they did not make any calls. this is all significant and horrific details of a terrible tragic killing. >> horrific to say the least. nic, thank you. the u.s. claiming the chief financial officer of huawei covered up violations of sanctions on iran. at a bail hearing that happened on friday, prosecutors say meng wa next wanzhou that she covered up. her lawyer says she did all she could about the banking partners and the company worked withlaws. in addition to her role, she is

the deputy chairman of the board. huawei is a big maker of smartpho smartphones, but there is a concern they pose security risks. agency have said american citizens should not use huawei phons. the arrest has put a -- phones. the arrest has put a big tension between the u.s. and china the bail hearing is set to resume today at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. i have been covering the markets the past week since the arrest. they have been just whip sawing back and forth. worrying this is one more hurdle. >> robert lighthizer says he does not believe this will i believe impact -- believe this will impact the talks. emmanuel macron right now

speaking with leaders after the protests in paris. we will go live to paris next.

9:17 a.m. in london this morning. breaking news. the european court of justice claiming the uk can cancel brexit. this comes one day before the members of parliament are due to vote on the theresa may brexit deal. this is widely expected to be reject rejected. this makes staying in the eu a real option and might sway some to vote that way. french president emmanuel macron meeting with political and business leaders and local officials and unions to address the nation later today to call for national unity. macron's speech following a

fourth weekend of violent protests which drew 136,000 demonstrators on saturday alone. for the latest on the crisis, let's turn to senior correspondent jim bitterman live in paris. how can macron win over them to work with his government? >> reporter: alison and dave, good morning. they say the presidential palace here that macron will find the words to win his way back into the hearts of the french. it is an optimistic view because for four weekends now, many of the french have been out on the streets protesting and it has been turning violent. this weekend was the worst in terms of violence and destruction. the vandalism was destructive. macron says the protesters need

something concrete. already they made concessions here. they said they will abolish the fuel tax hike that started this whole thing. that will cost an estimated $4.5 billion in tax revenue that the government will not get this year. the finance minister saying the growth in the fourth quarter for france is .10% just because of the protests. it is make or break day for emmanuel macron. see if he can find the words to get people off the streets. alison. >> we will listen to his speech. jim, thank you. coming up, we talked about this earlier. miami fans have a lot to be happy about this morning. >> touchdown! a miracle. >> the incredible ending to the

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which doesn't reflect who i am or believe. i did not intend to single out an individual or group. he is a talented quarterback. murray's future may be in major league baseball. he was drafted ninth by the oakland a's and reported to report to spring training in april. they are calling it the miami miracle. the dolphins shocking new england on the final play of the game. 69-yard pass and double lateral that gave the dolphins an improbable 34-33 win over the patriots. >> touchdown! >> no, he did not have the angle. patriots tight end rob gronkowski on the play, but he was there for a hail mary. you see gronk there stumbling along as he cannot make the play

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why his top pick passed on the job. i can't breathe. the final words of jamal khashoggi. what else transcripts reveal of his murder. >> a miracle. an incredible play by the miami dolphins. how they pulled off a win with no time left on the clock. miami miracle on a monday. welcome back to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> good morning. i'm alison kosik. it is 30 minutes past the hour. the white house operating under new circumstances this week. now that the justice department has clearly implicated president trump in a crime. prosecutors in new york say the president directed his former lawyer michael cohen to break campaign finance laws making illegal hush payments to two women who claimed they had affairs with mr. trump. the special counsel's team

revealed new contact with russia and one offering a government level political synergy. mueller's team also stating they dropped the deal with paul manafort because he lied about contacts with a russian intelligence official. >> lawyers are not as cautious as using the "i" word impeachment. >> they would be impeachable offenses. when they are important enough to justify impeachment. certainly. >> the president has now stepped into the same territory that ultimately led to president nixon resigning the office. president nixon was an unindicted co-conspirator. >> "the washington post" reporting that anxiety is spiking among republicans. they worry the white house has no plan to deal with the mueller probe. we have sara westwood with more from the white house. >> reporter: dave and alison,

the president spent the weekend going after the paris climate accord and railing against his former fbi director and calling for an end to the russia investigation. talking about anything other than prosecutors claiming in court filings that the president directed michael cohen that make a pair of illegal payments during the race. president trump touted the documents as vindication because they did not contain evidence of russian collusion, but it did link the president directly to payments which he denied knowledge of. the two women who tried to come forward with allegations of affairs during the election. all of this comes during the staff shake up. the president announced john kelly, the white house chief of staff, would leave the administration by the end of the year.

the first choice for the job, nick ayers. our colleague kaitlan collins reports that ayers and trump discussed the chief of staff replacing kelly. ayers discussed a temporary time, but the president wanted a two-year commitment from ayers. cnn has been told the president is considering four names to replace kelly. one may be mark meadows. a close ally of the president on capitol hill. cnn is told that the president is aimed to make the decision by the end of the year. >> thank you. according to special counsel robert mueller, paul manafort lied about five major issues after agrees to cooperate. -- agreeing to cooperate. including the interactions with the man named konstantin kilimnik. mueller says kilimnik has ties to the russian internet which hacked during the 2016 campaign. we have fred pleitgen with more from moscow this morning. fred, what do we know about konstantin kilimnik?

>> reporter: alison, he is an important figure to paul manafort. he worked for paul manafort for a long time while manafort was working in eastern europe and in ukraine. they also worked for a russian oligarch who is close to vladimir putin. as you mentioned, the mueller investigation claims that kilimnik has ties to the organization and manafort stating he did not meet kilimnik, but the mueller team confronted manafort with the lies. this is a heavily redacted document which reports the evidence includes electronic communications and drafted and travel documents. manafort conceded he and kilimnik discussed or may have discussed -- another redacted part -- at each meeting.

kilimnik is accused of tampering with witnesses after manafort got arrested. someone of big interest to the mueller investigation. just quickly, we are on a conference call with the kremlin. if we get more reaction from them on this matter, i'll bring it to you soon. alison. >> thank you. fred pleitgen, thank you. james comey calling out for donald trump's defeat in 2020. the former fbi director interviewed on stage at new york's famed 92nd street y. he practically begged democrats to set aside differences and nominate a candidate who is best to beat trump. >> all of us should use every breath we have to make sure the lying stops on january 20th, 2021. >> those comments coming after the president tweeted without evidence that comey lied to the house judiciary committee 245

times last week. the former fbi director answered questions mostly about hillary clinton's e-mails friday. >> according to the transcripts, comey was asked by jerry nadler if he was best friends with robert mueller as president trump claims. comey responds i am not. i admire the heck out of the man, but i don't know his phone number. i've never been to his house. i don't know his children's names. i had a meal once alone with him once in a restaurant. nadler said i will not ask if you hugged or kissed him. comey responds a relief to my wife. breaking overnight. jerome corsi filed a lawsuit in federal court. he already received before the grand jury and refusing to sign a plea deal.

corsi said mueller wanted the testimony even after it was false. he said his records were searched illegally. corsi's lawsuit seeks $350 million in damages. "the new york times" reports that jared kushner offered crown prince mohammed bin salman advice on how to quote weather the storm after the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. white house protocol requires that national security staff be present on all phone calls with foreign leaders, but the times reports that kushner and mohammed bin salman continued chatting after khashoggi's death. jared has always followed protocols and guidelines regarding the relationship with

mbs and all of the other foreign officials with whom he interacts. i can't breathe. the final words of jamal khashoggi. the audio recording of the death seen by a cnn source also includes the dismembered body. we have nic robertson with more. nic joining us live from london. nic, good morning. >> reporter: the transcripts reveal that as soon as jamal khashoggi walks into the consulate, he recognizes someone. khashoggi knows him and asked with a he is doing -- asked what he is doing there. he answered you are coming back. khashoggi says i can't do that. there are people waiting outside for me. immediately there are sounds of

people jumping on him and attacking him. this is, of course, contrary to what the saudis have said which is his death was accidental. what you can hear clearly on this tape is anything but that. immediately jumped upon and khashoggi can be heard multiple times saying i can't breathe, i can't breathe. then there's a sound of him screaming and gasping and other noises identified as saw and cutting. we know another person identified in the room by turkish officials is the forensic doctor from the saudi intelligence office who tells people if they do not like what they are hearing, put their earphones in or listen to music like him. the transcript indicates that metreb is heard telling them it's done. the job is done.

the saudi authorities say they a have reviewed the transcript and see no evidence of a phone call made. the saudi source close to the saudi investigation says that both the two men identified, forensic doctor, say they did not make a phone call. li lindsey graham, the republican senator, said there is evidence linking them to the murder of jamal khashoggi. thank you, nic. >> worried about the u.s. and china trade war resulting in another round of heavy selling on wall street. dow fell 559 points on friday. nasdaq closed down 3%. the s&p 500 fell 2%. for the week, the dow plunged over 1,100 points. that was a short week.

four days of trading for george h.w. bush's funeral. it was the index's worst week since march. investors were confused about the trade negotiations with china. larry kudlow told cnbc on friday that the trade talks are promising, but peter navarro struck a different stone tone o china. >> it has to change the structure and come into the world of free trading nations and be peaceful or it can continue doing what it is doing. if it continues to do what it is doing, we have a president who will stand up to that for once and the american people should be appreciative. >> investors received a softer jobs report on friday.

the labor department said the u.s. added 155,000 jobs. the jobs record did not trigger the selloff. the traders are figuring the slowdown and employment and hiring will reduce pressure on the federal reserve to raise interest rates. the thinking is the fed will raise fewer or not as much. >> the concern is the fed was bullied by the president. maybe not. it could look that way on the surface. >> it could. >> they are cooperating with what the president likes. ahead, french president emmanuel macron meeting right now with political and business leaders after a fourth weekend of violent protests. we go live to paris next. today is the day you're going to get motivated...

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eu members. this comes bone day before the parliament is due to vote on the theresa may brexit deal. this is widely expected to be rejected. the ruling makes staying in the eu a viable option and might sway some to vote that way. theresa may and her government are firmly behind brexit. emmanuel macron meeting ride now with political and -- right now with political and business leaders and unions. he will address the nation calling for unity. the macron speech will follow the fourth weekend of the violent protests which drew 136,000 ndemonstrators are saturday alone. let's bring in jim bittermann live in paris. jim, the protests were about the fuel tax which was scrapped.

why are they still protesting? >> reporter: a lot of people have joined in with the protests because they see it as a chance to win their own favorite concessions from the government. things like property tax and the government saying they may have to abolish the property tax and bonus for help buying power. some say the government could come up with a bonus to help people who can't make ends meet at the end of the month. the kind of things that macron faces this morning in addition to the business and social leaders meeting with him are the headlines in the newspapers. one here saying the things he has to change. and macron looking for the words to get out of this crisis. for most people, it will take more than words. it will take some kind of concrete action. this is the fourth weekend. the question is will there be a

fifth weekend? they will wait until the president speaks at 8:00 local time. dave. >> jim live for us in paris. thank you. ahead, they are calling it the miami miracle. not in new england. >> touchdown! >> that's the ending. you have to see the middle in the miami miracle. the last-ditch play all the sports world is talking about this morning. these folks, they don't have time to go to the post office

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oklahoma university quarterback kyler murray apologizing hours after winning the heisman trophy for using homophobic language on twitter. he used the word queer or queers. kyler murray said this on sunday. i apologize for the tweets that have come to light tonight when i was 14 and 15 which i used a poor choice of word which doesn't reflect who i am or what i believe. i did not intend to single out any individual or group. his future may be in major league baseball. he was drafted ninth by the oakland athletics and is scheduled to report to spring training in february. they are calling it the miami miracle. not in new england, of course.

the dolphins shocking new england on the final play of the game. 69-yard pass and double lateral play that give the dolphins an improbable 34-33 win over the patriots. >> touchdown! kenny drake. a miracle. >> kenyan drake getting it done. rob gronkowski not. he was out there for a possible ha hail mary. that is not what they got. "the boston globe" calls it the immaculate dejection. and president trump giving "saturday night live" plenty to have work with. >> two crimes with a person identified as person number one. we don't know who individual one

is, but let's say things are getting tense over at individual one tower. >> trump is now calling for an end to the mueller probe which -- i got to admit -- it's worth a shot. you don't want to go to jail and find out you could have called it off the whole time. >> president trump announced that john kelly, his chief of staff, is leaving his position at the end of the year because kelly requires extensive surgery to remove his palm from his face. that's how awful it is to work in the trump white house. john kelly spent 40 years in the marines and he could not finish one tour with donald trump. >> he will be leaving at the end of the year. let's get a check of cnn business this morning. global stocks are down. in asia, the nikkei fell 2%. shanghai is down 1%. hang seng down 1%.

the dax is down below 1% as trading opening there. the fotse is down 1% as well. and heavy selling on friday bringing additional worries for wall street. the dow fell 559 points on friday. the nasdaq closed down 3%. the s&p 500 fell as well. for the week, the dow plunged over 1,100 points. it was the index's worst week since march of this year and major indices have had their worst year. and opec is cutting 1.2 million barrels a day.

members of opec pledging to reduce production for six months. this is going to begin in january. russia and other producers outside the cartel promising to cut production. the u.s. is pumping at record levels and surpass russia and saudi arabia as the world's biggest oil producer for the first time since 1973. carlos ghosn and nissan were indicted on monday. according to japanese public broadcaster nhk, ghosn was indicted for under reporting his income. nissan said making false closures harms the integrity of the public disclosures in the security markets. ghosn was arrested last month in tokyo. he has been removed as chairman

of nissan and mitsubishi motors. he has been replaced as head of renault. these allegations against ghosn are piling up. "early start" continues right now. he may be the first president in quite some time to face the prospect of jail time. >> president trump dipping into the playbook of distraction and denial as the mueller investigation ramps up. president trump looking for a new chief of staff to replace john kelly. why his top pick passed on the job. i can't breathe. the final words of jamal khashoggi. what else transcripts reveal of his murder. a miracle. >> an incredible play by the miami dolphins.