Harris, Warren Climb in Post-Debate Poll; Iran Nuclear Deal Crumbling; CNN Exclusive: Dems Investigating Pompeo Security; What Killed Tyler Skaggs?.
DAVE BRIGGS, CNN ANCHOR: A major shift in the 2020 Democratic race. Big movement after the first debate. Who's up, who's down? A new CNN poll just moments away.</s>MICHELLE KOSINSKI, CNN ANCHOR: The president says Iran is playing with fire, exceeding limits in the now crumbling nuclear deal. Is Tehran beyond the point of no return?</s>BRIGGS: Uber Eats with guns. Our Michelle Kosinski has learned exclusively House Democrats investigating how the secretary of state and his family are using their security detail.</s>KOSINSKI: And tragedy hits Major League Baseball. Twenty-seven-year- old Tyler Skaggs, the pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels, dies suddenly in Texas. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and now around the world.</s>BRIGGS: Yes.</s>KOSINSKI: This is great. This is EARLY START. I'm Michelle Kosinski.</s>BRIGGS: Good morning to you. Good morning, everyone. I'm Dave Briggs, Tuesday, July 2nd. It is 4:00 a.m. here in New York, 4:00 p.m. in Hong Kong. We begin with that 2020 race. It is early in what will be a very long race, but we have now proof that one debate can certainly make a difference. A new CNN poll showing initial voter reaction for the first Democratic debate, it has big moves up and correspondingly down. The top tier now plainly clustered into four leaders -- Biden, Harris, Warren, and Sanders. The numbers include some big gains for both Harris and Warren.</s>KOSINSKI: One noteworthy result though for Biden. Despite coming under scrutiny on civil rights issues, support for the former vice president remains strong among black voters. The poll also has some interesting opinions on health care. More on that in a moment. First, we begin with Phil Mattingly in Washington.</s>PHIL MATTINGLY, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Michelle, and Dave, you saw the first debates. Now, we're seeing the first poll in the wake of those debates and it shows a dramatically tightening race. Joe Biden, the lone frontrunner, has seen his lead dwindle, to now just five points, losing ten points from a CNN poll conducted in May, now just leading the field at 22 percent. Two other Democratic senators skyrocketing to some degree. Kamala Harris on the heels of that major debate seeing her numbers shoot up nine points from the May survey, putting her in second place. Elizabeth Warren seeing a bump of her own, eight points on her side in the wake of that debate. Bernie Sanders also seeing not unlike Joe Biden, a drop of his own, falling four points and now coming fourth, at least according to the polls. Pete Buttigieg rolling out there, really closing out the top five at a much lower level of 4 percent. What this all underscores, one, is that the race is fluid, the race is early and Joe Biden who for a long time had been a double digit frontrunner simply isn't at least at this point. Now, it is a snapshot of time. This does not mean the be all or end all in this Democratic primary, which still has months to go, but it does raise a lot of questions in the wake of Joe Biden's performance in that debate, which is widely panned, had some advisers concerned. Now, you're seeing numbers to back up that there is a rise with some of his competitors. One of the big questions now is not just the polling, but also the finances. On June 30th, that was the last day for the finance deadline. We should see numbers rolling out soon. We've already seeing the first, that coming from Mayor Pete Buttigieg, recording almost $25 million raised in the second quarter. That's more than triple what he raised in the first quarter, 290,000 individual donors. What that means for Pete Buttigieg who when you put it in context, nobody even knew who he was. Even though the poll numbers might not be there right now, financially, he is there. And he's certainly now the financial wherewithal, with more than $22 million cash on hand, to extend himself throughout the course of this primary. Will the numbers follow that? That remains an open question. As this new CNN poll shows, obviously, things are very fluid and clearly changing depending on the day -- guys.</s>BRIGGS: And very early. Phil, thanks. There is a glaring contradiction when it comes to health care in this new CNN poll. Only 30 percent of potential Democratic voters want a national program like Medicare-for-All to replace private insurance. But 29 percent favor a national program while keeping private insurers too. So, almost half want both in play when it comes to which candidate can best handle the health care issue, Bernie Sanders comes out on top with 26 percent.</s>KOSINSKI: Wow.</s>BRIGGS: Now he strongly backs Medicare-for-All and wants to see the end of private insurance.</s>KOSINSKI: And on the topic of health coverage for undocumented immigrants, all 10 Democratic candidates raise their hands to support it during the second night of debates last week. According to CNN's poll, that is not a popular position, 59 percent of all voters are against it while only 38 percent support it. Six in ten potential Democratic voters favor health coverage for the undocumented.</s>BRIGGS: Whatever remains of the Iran nuclear deal appears to be crumbling. On Monday, the Iranians declared they have exceeded the stockpile limit for low and enriched uranium, allowed because Europe has not been able to mitigate the impact of U.S. sanctions. President Trump was asked if he has a message for the Iranian regime.</s>DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: They know what they're doing. They know what they're playing with and I think they're playing with fire, so no message to Iran whatsoever.</s>BRIGGS: U.K. Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt insists if Iran breaks the nuclear deal, Britain is, quote, out of it as well. But Iran claims it has not violated anything. Nick Paton Walsh has some answers for us live from London. Nick, good morning.</s>NICK PATON WALSH, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The technicalities, Dave, incredibly hard to get to the bottom of. But basically, what Iran has done is exceeded the amount of uranium that it's allowed to have under the deal, 660 pounds, 300 kilograms of uranium to 3.6 percent, useless, frankly, if you want to make a nuclear bomb, but that is the first violation of the deal they have made. It is entirely symbolic, frankly, and it comes after months of trying to get European powers to come up with a mechanism that means that they, Iran, can somehow still benefit from some kind of sanctions relief or trading with the outside world. It hasn't worked. It's unlikely to work. So, what you have now instead is a series of escalatory moves. The U.K. saying, well, maybe, we have to get out if you're going to start breaking terms. And, of course, hardliners in Iran saying, well, what's the point of being in this pact if we simply agree to stop on nuclear capabilities as we agree to honor the deal, but everyone else seems to get away with what they want to do. It really does nothing to calm tensions in the region here. There are threats of enriching further. Remember, you have to get to 20 percent enrichment of uranium for people beginning to worry about the breakout towards a nuclear weapon. That's far in the distance. What's much closer here is this escalating rhetoric and now as you saw with tankers in the Persian Gulf being targeted and U.S. and others blaming Iran for that, that makes concern they could be stumbling into a conflict, however much Donald Trump has made it clear he doesn't want a war with Iran -- Dave.</s>BRIGGS: All right. Nick Paton Walsh live in London for us this morning, 9:07 a.m. there, thank you, Bick. OK. A check on CNN Business now. The U.S. is heating up its trade fight with the European Union over aircraft subsidies, just as tension with China begins to slowdown. The U.S. is proposing new tariffs on the E.U. worth $4 billion. The tariffs cover 89 products, including meat, cheese, pastas, fruit, coffee and whisky, according to the tariffs on E.U. exports worth $21 billion announced in April. Washington has been locked in a dispute with the E.U. over -- E.U. for years over Boeing and Airbus. The Trump administration has already imposed tariffs on European steel and aluminum. The E.U. responded with tariffs on U.S. goods worth more than $3 billion. Trump has also threatened to slap tariffs up to 25 percent on cars coming into the U.S., a move that could hit European automotive powerhouses like Germany and France. There will be a public hearing next month to discuss the proposal. Before the news broke, stocks rose on trade optimism. The S&P 500 set a new closing record. Investors will be looking closely to see if stocks can hold on to those gains.</s>KOSINSKI: CNN has learned exclusively that Democrats on a key House committee are investigating the use of taxpayer-funded diplomatic security by Secretary Mike Pompeo and his family. According to a whistle-blower who sparked this investigation, against say at times they felt like Uber Eats with guns, because there have been multiple issues over a period of months with special agents at times being asked to carry out tasks that they feel are questionable for the Pompeo family. In April, for example, one agent was asked to pick up Chinese food, and the whistle-blower claims on another occasion a special agent was asked to pick up the family dog from a groomer. Lon Fairchild is the special agent in charge in Diplomatic Security Service. He did not deny these tasks were asked to carry out. And he released a statement about Secretary Pompeo. At no point during my service did he or any member of his family ask me or any member of my team to act in any way that would be inconsistent with our professional obligation. But a former senior diplomatic security official tells CNN such tasks would not be appropriate, especially without the secretary himself in the car.</s>BRIGGS: OK. The shocking death of Tyler Skaggs rocking the sports world and its fans mourning this morning. The 27-year-old Los Angeles Angels pitcher was found unresponsive in his South Lake, Texas hotel room on Monday. The Angels were in town to play the Rangers. Texas manager Chris Woodward says everyone was shaken by the news.</s>CHRIS WOODWARD, MANAGER, TEXAS RANGERS: There were a lot of pretty emotional guys in there. You could tell it -- some guys knew him. Some guys -- you know, I think Chavy actually played with him in L.A. Some guys that didn't know him were pretty visibly shaken. You could tell. Like I said, this is something that we don't deal with on a daily basis.</s>BRIGGS: Police tell the "Los Angeles Times" they do not suspect foul play nor suicide. On Sunday, when the team touched down in Texas, Skaggs posted this photo on Instagram, of all his teammates wearing cowboy hats. You can see Skaggs on the right side there, black cowboy hat. The young pitcher was just married at the end of 2018. December 31st Instagram post shows him with his wife along with the words "2018 was the best year yet". Back in Anaheim, Angels fans mourned outside the stadium. One of them wore a jersey bearing the name of Nick Adenhart, an Angels pitcher who was killed 10 years ago in a car crash. Moments of silence and tributes around the Major Leagues last night. Monday's game between the Angels and Rangers was postponed because of Skaggs death. The rest of the series expects to continue as scheduled today. Skaggs teammates reeling from the loss. Mike Trout of the Angels tweeting: words cannot express the deep sadness we feel right now. Our thoughts and prayers are with Carly and their families, remembering him as a great teammate, friend and person who will forever remain in our hearts. And Yankee slugger Giancarlo Stanton who lost a friend to a boating accident in 2016 said this: Trying to focus and understand how important your strength is for his family, all of your supporters and anyone looking for the power to overcome something, they're looking at you for guidance, so all you really need is each other right now.</s>KOSINSKI: Heartbreaking story.</s>BRIGGS: Yes, hopefully, some answers today or later this week on exactly what happened.</s>KOSINSKI: Right. It was a shock yesterday but when you saw his age, if you weren't familiar.</s>BRIGGS: Yes. Twenty-seven years old, so much ahead of him. Tragic for the community.</s>KOSINSKI: Well, cleanup is just beginning after protestors stormed the legislative building in Hong Kong, but trouble runs much deeper than broken glass. A live report next.