Day 2 of Trump's State Visit to Britain; GOP Lawmakers Discuss Blocking Trump's Mexico Tariffs; Big Tech Targeted; Jeopardy: The Run is Done
CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN ANCHOR: President Trump just moments away from sitting down with the British prime minister just hours after trading toasts with the queen.</s>DAVE BRIGGS, CNN ANCHOR: "The Washington Post" says Republicans in Congress could revolt against the president's new tariffs on Mexico.</s>ROMANS: Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon all targeted as House lawmakers join federal regulators, taking aim at big tech.</s>ALEX TREBEK, HOST, "JEOPARDY!": What a game. Oh, my god. What a way to start the week.</s>BRIGGS: A librarian from Chicago takes down Jeopardy James Holzhauer, ending his $2.4 million run. Welcome back to EARLY START, everybody. I'm Dave Briggs.</s>ROMANS: And I'm Christine Romans. It is 4:30, 4:31 in the East, 31 minutes past the hour this Tuesday morning. We'll get through it this Tuesday.</s>BRIGGS: We will.</s>ROMANS: I don't know what time.</s>BRIGGS: But over the next few hours, President Trump and the British Prime Minister Theresa May will be spending an awful lot of time together. First up on the schedule, there's a business round table at St. James Palace. Then the president and prime minister host a breakfast attended by the duke of York and prominent U.S. and British business leaders. Bilateral talks follow later in the day. Now, the two leaders already had a rocky relationship before the president publicly second guessed the prime minister and her take on the Brexit strategy. Let's go live to London and bring in CNN's Nic Robertson. Hi, Nic.</s>NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Yes, good morning, Christine. Well, that business meeting is expected to get underway shortly. Five major British companies, and leading U.S. companies, along with President Trump, Theresa May, the CEOs, they are sitting down together. Theresa May is likely to point to this as a way to show how strong the trade relationship is between Britain and the United States. She'll point to the people around the table, the CEOs and say between these companies, they employ 176,000 people in jobs in Britain and the United States. You'll have Barclays Bank. You have JPMorgan. You'll have GlaxoSmithKline. You'll have Lockheed Martin. You'll have British BAE Systems. All these companies she will say are important in the strength and depth of a trade relationship between Britain and the United States. However, she'll also expected to say that this can be deepened, that it can be strengthened, that a future trade deal between the two countries could really improve the foundation here. So, although this meeting itself is not about actually doing more business per se right now, it's part of the optics of showing President Trump, in particular, the strength of the relationship, what there is already, and what can be built on.</s>ROMANS: Yes, it's just remarkable, Nic. Both of these countries sort of embroiled in disputes between trade partners, European Union, for example, for U.K.'s perspective, Mexico, and China, some of the biggest players in the world, sitting down to talk about trade. All right. Nic, Keep us posted on any developments. Thank you.</s>BRIGGS: OK. President Trump and the first lady attended a banquet last night hosted by the queen at Buckingham Palace. The president walking with the queen as Melania chatted with Prince Charles in brief speeches before the dinner. Both the queen and Mr. Trump celebrated the special relationship between the U.S. and Britain.</s>DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: She has embodied the spirit of dignity, spirit and patriotism that beats proudly in every British heart. On behalf of all Americans, I offer a toast to the eternal friendship of our people, the eternal friendship of our people, the vitality of our nations, and to the long cherished and truly remarkable reign of her majesty, the queen.</s>QUEEN ELIZABETH II, UNITED KINGDOM: Ladies and gentlemen, I invite you all to rise and drink a toast to President and Mrs. Trump to the continued friendship between our two nations and to the health, prosperity and happiness of the people of the United States.</s>BRIGGS: Prior to the event, the first couple had tea with Charles and Camilla. And earlier in the day, Britain rolled out the red carpet for President Trump, receiving him with the royal troops salute.</s>ROMANS: All right. Back home, congressional Republicans may be planning a revolt to block President Trump's new threatened tariffs on Mexico. And according to "The Washington Post," the vote could also block billions of dollars in border wall funding announced by the president in February when he declared a national emergency. Now, Senate Majority Whip John Thune tells the post, we have a lot of members who are very concerned about where this is headed. Congress is going to want to hear -- be heard from in terms of trying to limit Trump's tariff authority. The president is threatening to impose a 5 percent tariff on Mexican imports beginning next week and the rate rising incrementally to 25 percent tariffs by October 1st, and not to fix a trade deficit but to punish Mexico for illegal immigration. So, using trade as a tool for a different policy goal, it's got Republicans concerned.</s>BRIGGS: We have said this before but this is a moment of truth for conservatives in congress, we shall see. A setback for Democrats in their bid to stop President Trump from building a border wall. A federal judge ruled the president can transfer funds from appropriate accounts to pay for construction. The judge also says the House lacks standing to challenge the president and concludes the courts should get involved in the fight between the president and Congress. The ruling is not expected to impact other lawsuits by House Democrats and various states to block border wall construction.</s>ROMANS: House lawmakers are launching a top-to-bottom antitrust probe of big tech, Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, some of the targets. Rhode Island Democrat David Cicilline leading this investigation.</s>REP. DAVID CICILLINE (D-RI): This is a broad investigation of the whole marketplace. So, it involved a whole range of companies. But it's really to look at competition in the digital marketplace, to look at anti-competitive behavior and determine whether our existing antitrust statutes are working, when whether they need to be modernized and updated.</s>ROMANS: Scrutiny after scandal upon scandal for the tech industry. Critics have called for tough regular regulations. They have demanded in some cases these companies be broken up. The investigation comes as the Justice Department and federal trade agreed to divide oversight of tech. Congressman Cicilline said this is the first time Congress has launched a significant antitrust investigation in decades.</s>CICILLINE: Frankly, you know, I don't have a lot of confidence that this administration has been particularly aggressive in their antitrust enforcement. In fact, they very often have co out on the side of monopolists and big mergers. So, I think, again, they have a responsibility in particular, enforcement actions.</s>ROMANS: Officials have notified Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook of the coming investigation. Amazon and Google declined to comment. Apple and Facebook did not respond immediately to our request for a comment.</s>BRIGGS: The House passing a $19.1 billion disaster aid package, sending it to the president for signature. The Senate passed the bill last week. President Trump said he supports it. The legislation will speed relief funds to communities hard hit by tornadoes, floods, wildfires and other disaster. The bill includes money for Puerto Rico, which is still rebuilding after Hurricane Maria.</s>ROMANS: Right after the House passed that disaster relief bill, the president, President Trump, fired up his Twitter account at 1:00 a.m. London Time to praise it. He declared, now we will get it done in the Senate. One problem, the bill is already headed to the president's desk for signature. At least that's what Chuck Schumer hopes. The Senate minority leader tweeting: President Trump, you're clearly confused. The Senate passed the bill two weeks ago. Hopefully, after blocking it for so long, you're not too confused to sign it.</s>BRIGGS: The long reign of Jeopardy James Holzhauer is now over.</s>TREBEK: So, Emma, it's up to you. If you came up with the correct response, you're going to be the new "Jeopardy" champion. Did you? You did. What did you wager? Oh, gosh, $20,000. What a payday? $46,801. What a game? Oh my god.</s>BRIGGS: Emma Boettcher, a librarian from Chicago, dethroned the champ. Holzhauer's remarkable run ended after 32 straight wins, less than $60,000 away from Ken Jennings old time record for "Jeopardy" earnings. But don't shed any tears for the professional sports gambler from Vegas, he won a total of $2.464 million during his jeopardy reign.</s>ROMANS: All right. People around the world are publicly marking 30 years. It's been 30 years since the Tiananmen Square massacre. We go live to Hong Kong where it will be commemorated. You will not hear about it in China.