. >> i'm john berman. it is monday, september 26th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. it is here.

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. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> nice to see you. i'm john berman, it's wednesday, september 7th, new in the east, national security will be in the

, john berman in for anderson. breaking news tonight, donald trump calls on hillary clinton's secret service detail to disarm, and seems to raise the possibility of violence against her. not making it up, that just happened. and while we're on the subject of making it up, too often our politics can be vulnerable to anyone with a line of bull and the stones to pedal it, no matter how absurd or how little evidence there is. for five years, donald trump did just that, questioning whether president obama was born in this country -- he was -- to suggest that in doubt is simply not true, it is a lie. today without a hint of an apology, donald trump cast off that falsehood while spreading others. >> hillary clinton, and her campaign of 2008, started the birther controversy. i finished it. i finished it, you know what i mean. president barack obama was born in the united states, period. now we all want to get back to making america strong again. thank you. thank you very much. >> so, there is no evidence that hillary clinton started this. likewise, it is untrue that donald trump ended it. pl

john berman. nice to see you. it is tuesday, september 20th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. we have new information on the man who planted bombs in four locations in two states over two days. 28-year-old