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NSA Programs Shut Down Overnight; Praise for Joe Biden's Son, Beau; Kerry Breaks Leg Cycling in Switzerland; Giving Away Billions; Qatar Extends Travel Ban on Ex-Gitmo Inmates; Stocks Near Record. Aired 5:30-6a ET

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[05:31:08] CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN ANCHOR: Breaking overnight, the NSA's controversial domestic surveillance program stopped at least temporarily. Details ahead.

JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: An unexpected new obstacle in negotiations with Iran, a broken leg, Secretary of State John Kerry in a bike accident. So how will a femur affect foreign policy? That's ahead.

PAUL: Tragedy strikes the vice president's family. His son, Beau dies at the age of 46. New tributes pouring in this morning, that story ahead.

Welcome back to EARLY START. I'm Christine Romans.

BERMAN: I'm John Berman. It's 31 minutes past the hour right now. And breaking overnight, key counterterror programs run by the NSA, they have expired at midnight. That happened after the United States Senate did not reach agreement Sunday on extending legal authority to continue them.

Instead, Senate leaders are dropping their opposition to any changes in existing programs and they are setting up a vote later this week on surveillance reforms already passed by the U.S. House. So what this is all mean. CNN's Athena Jones with the latest from Capitol Hill.

ATHENA JONES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, John and Christine. Several provisions of the Patriot Act expired just a few hours ago at midnight because the Senate failed to pass a bill to extend the law.

Take a listen to some of the debate from the Senate floor last night from the two Republican senators from Kentucky, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell who spoke in favor of these programs and Senator Rand Paul who spoke in opposition. Take a listen.

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SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL (R-KY), SENATE MAJORITY LEADER: These are not theoretical threats, Mr. President, not theoretical threat. They are with us every day. We have to face up to them. We shouldn't be disarming unilaterally as our enemies grow more sophisticated and aggressive. SEN. RAND PUAL (R-KY), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The people who argue that the world will end and we will be overrun by Jihadists tonight are trying to use fear. They want to take just a little bit of your liberty, but they get it by making you afraid. They want you to fear and give up your liberty.

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JONES: In the end by a vote of 77-17, the Senate did agree to proceed to debate on the USA Freedom Act. That's a bill already passed the House that would keep these Patriot Act programs going while reforming the phone data collection program that's been so controversial.

This sets up a vote for final passage around midweek in the Senate. That is because of some Senate procedural rules and also some amendments that may end up being voted on.

Now of course, it may amend that USA Freedom Act that passed the House, if they change it, it's going to have to go back to the House so they can consider those changes. So this is far from over -- John, Christine.

ROMANS: All right, Athena Jones, thank you for that.

More tributes overnight to Vice President Joe Biden's son, Beau Biden, died Saturday of brain cancer at the age of 46. The Iraq war veteran has served two terms as the attorney general of Delaware.

Beau Biden was praised over the weekend by prominent Democrats including the Clintons and Republicans including Sarah Palin and by the president, who visited with the Biden family on Sunday.

National correspondent, Sunlen Serfaty, has more from the White House.

SUNLEN SERFATY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, John and Christine, the vice president was at his son's bedside when he passed away on Saturday evening as well as the rest of his family.

Over the years, the vice president's office, they've been very limited in the details of what illness Beau Biden was suffering, really keeping the details close to their vest, only recently revealing when he passed away on Saturday evening that he did have brain cancer.

He first became sick in 2010 when he had a stroke. In 2013, we now know he was diagnosed then with cancer when he became disoriented on vacation and later had surgery to remove a brain lesion.

Two weeks ago, Beau Biden was admitted to Walter Reed Military Hospital, which is just outside of D.C. and in the time since, there's been an outpouring of support from Washington. This is how they opened up the Senate floor last night.

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[05:35:03] MCCONNELL: Beau Biden was known to many as a dedicated public servant and loving father of two, and a devoted partner to the woman he loved, Hallie.

SEN. HARRY REID (D_NV), SENATE MINORITY LEADER: Delaware is a better place because of Beau. Our country is a better place because of Beau, and the world is a better place because of Beau Biden.

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SERFATY: Beau Biden is actually the second child of Joe Biden that has passed away. He lost his 1-year-old daughter in a car accident in the 1970s. So sadly, he's been through this sort of tragedy of losing a child before.

And President Obama said he is grieving along with the Biden family, saying, of Vice President Joe Biden, quote, "Joe is one of the strongest men we have ever known. He is as strong as they come and nothing matters more to him more than family.

It is one of the things we love about him and it is a testament to Joe and Jill, to who they are that Beau lived a life that was full, a life that mattered, and a life that reflected for family.

President Obama and the first lady spend some time with the Biden family on Sunday. They spent about 30 minutes at their home here in Washington, D.C. -- John and Christine.

BERMAN: All right, thanks to Sunlen for that. Joe Biden has dealt with so much loss over the years. He provides strength to families, who also are handling loss. So one of the things he's told families, who have lost children.

He said there will come a time in your life when the thought of your child puts a smile on your face before it brings a tear to your eye.

ROMANS: He has been so private about this too. You know, just a couple of weeks ago, I think he gave the commencement address at Yale and he talked about how you overcome personal tragedy, and personal tragedy is something that has been woven through his political and personal life.

It really is something that Joe Biden speaks about a lot. So few people knew just how dire the situation was with his son. We wish him the best and wish his family the best.

BERMAN: It's 36 minutes after the hour right now. Overnight, John Kerry's doctor jumped on a plane to Switzerland. Surgeon Dennis Burk will accompany the secretary of state when he returns to the U.S., if in fact he returns to the U.S. later today, the secretary broke his leg while cycling on Sunday.

He was in Switzerland for nuclear talks with the Iran's foreign minister and was supposed to attend a meeting on Tuesday in Paris to discuss the battle against ISIS. Now he faces up to six months of rehab.

Let's turn to senior international correspondent, Nic Robertson, who is on the phone from Geneva. Nic, you have to think this is tough timing for the secretary with the nuclear deadline for a deal with Iran 30 days away.

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (via telephone): It really is. You had a round of talks with the Iranians on Saturday. He does what he often does, goes out for a ride on his bike, falls negotiating a curb.

He's been in the hospital here in Geneva now taken here by a helicopter/ambulance service for almost 24 hours now. He is critical. Secretary Kerry is critical to these talks, 30 more days before the deadline.

There are many issues still to be negotiated. Sanctions and sections of sites in Iran still outstanding, and it's Secretary Kerry's relationship with the Iranian foreign minister has been critical so far.

Both men have experts in the negotiating teams to get into the details. It is knowing your adversary, knowing how far you can push and knowing you that trust that has been built up over these talks so far.

That is going to be if Secretary Kerry cannot get back because of rehab over the next month, that is going to be sorely missed. Right now, outside his hospital here, slightly ramped up security.

The expectation is when his doctor arrive it could be many, many hours, perhaps even longer if his doctor decides if it is OK to travel back to Boston -- John.

BERMAN: And Nic Robertson, John Kerry believes in personal diplomacy. It could be hard for the next few weeks. Thanks, Nic. Appreciate it.

ROMANS: All right, time for an EARLY START on your money this morning. Stocks higher around the world, Asia, European shares are climbing. U.S. stock futures are higher. It looks like a good start to June so far.

Another billionaire signing up to give away his fortune, for the past five years, Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates have been pushing this giving pledge. They have promised to give away most of their fortunes and one other wealthy people to do the same.

Now the founder of the Greek yogurt company, Chobani, is on board. He started his company with a small business administration loan after immigrating to the United States back in 1994.

He says he will give away most of what he has built to help refugees. He joins a list of more than 130 people including Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, movie director, George Lucas and CNN founder, Ted Turner.

BERMAN: And you, too, when you make your first billions.

ROMANS: Yes, no one has asked me to give away my billions because I don't have them. It's 39 minutes past the hour. The war on ISIS intensifies this morning. Iraqis launching new attacks against the terrorists, are they working? We are live next.

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ROMANS: Iraqi troops hitting an ISIS stronghold hard Sunday marking the heaviest in three days of air and artillery attacks in Fallujah and surrounding villages. CNN's international correspondent, Ian Lee, brings us the latest live from Cairo. How are they doing?

IAN LEE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Christine, it has been slow go for the Iraqi Security Forces being held up by roadside bombs and mines that are being disarmed by engineers from the Iraqi government.

But we have seen this in the past by ISIS, used very effectively, to slow down the advances. We know that they are using air strikes and artillery against ISIS positions in and around Fallujah.

Tactics that have been effective although when you do use these sorts of weapons, one has to watch also the civilian casualties, almost three dozen people have been killed in the latest offensive including children since 2014 when ISIS first took Fallujah.

Three thousand people have been killed and over 300 children as well. It will be very difficult. One way to turn a local population against you is to have mounting civilian casualties.

As we have seen from reports on the ground, they have Sunni tribal fighters working with them. That is going to be crucial to keep the fight as Anbar Province is predominantly Sunni. But right now, Iraqi forces are making gains against ISIS albeit slow.

ROMANS: Gains, but slow, thank you so much for that, Ian Lee, for us this morning, in Cairo.

[05:45:02] BERMAN: U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter says he will find whoever is responsible for the mistaken live anthrax shipments to 11 states, Australia and South Korea. He says he will hold them accountable.

Pentagon officials are working with the Centers for Disease Control to address the problem right now. Four lab workers in Delaware and also in Texas and Wisconsin are taking antibiotics now as a precaution. Pentagon is also sending preventative antibiotics to 22 workers in Korea.

ROMANS: Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert expected to face a judge this week on charges of lying to the FBI. A federal law enforcement official has confirmed to CNN, the 73-year-old former high school wrestling coach and teacher allegedly paid off a male student he sexually abused in the 1980s.

Hastert facing a federal indictment accusing him of paying the alleged victim more than a million dollars over the last four years, the indictment says Hastert lied to the FBI about allegedly taking out large sums of cash to buy the man's silence.

BERMAN: All right, travel ban extended for five former prisoners from Guantanamo Bay. They were freed in exchange for captured Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl. The deal now only temporary, we will tell you what comes next ahead.

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BERMAN: Qatar is agreeing to temporarily extend travel bans on five senior Taliban leaders, who were released from prison at Guantanamo Bay in exchange for captured Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl.

[05:50:02] This came after the Obama administration closed in on a deal to extend those restrictions in Qatar for six months. Let's bring in CNN international correspondent, Becky Anderson live for us in Abu Dhabi this morning. Good morning, Becky.

BECKY ANDERSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, John. You are correct. They stay in Qatar for now at least. Nothing official, but that is what we understand. You'll remember the images a year ago today.

Jubilant to men, mostly mid to high level officials in the Taliban regime arrive on Qatari soil reunited with family members after having been in detention in Guantanamo Bay for 12 years.

Now they were of course relinquished by the United States to secure the release of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl held by the Taliban for five years.

Now, how long the ban will be in effect, and what happens to the men and families going forward, is very, very unclear. We are told only that U.S. officials are, quote, in close contact with the Qataris to make sure these individuals do not pose a threat to the U.S.

Now Washington clearly concerned about the prospect of these men returning to the battlefield and endangering those U.S. troops and advisers who are, of course, still in Afghanistan although in an advisory role.

Those concerns, I guess, only heightened by confirmed reports that three of the former detainees have attempted to make contact with active members of the Taliban while they have been under supervision in Qatar.

We have spoken to sources in Qatar today and behind closed doors. I have to say this prisoner exchange, which I was there at the time, was touted as a win-win when news of it was first released, now seen by many in Dohar as a failure on the part of the Obama administration, I'm afraid -- John.

BERMAN: Every incremental new detail only more controversial. Becky Anderson for us in Abu Dhabi this morning, thanks, Becky. ROMANS: The death toll from India's blistering heat wave has now surpassed 2,000 and release isn't expected for another four or five days. Temperatures in India's southern states peaked at a sweltering 113 degrees Sunday. According to Indian media, this could become the country's deadliest heat wave on record surpassing 1998 when more than 2,500 people died.

The happiest place on earth --

BERMAN: EARLY START?

ROMANS: No, no. Always the same price here. When and why your next ticket to Disneyworld could cost you more next.

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ROMANS: Happy Monday. I'm Christine Romans. Let's get an EARLY START on your money this morning. A good start to the month for stocks, Asian shares are up thanks to good manufacturing numbers in China.

U.S. stock futures are higher. European stocks look a little more insert right now wobbling a bit. Now June was supposed to be the month the Federal Reserve would finally start raising interest rates. That's off the table.

Instead we focus on any data that could influence the fed's decision like the jobs report this Friday.

A 40-year-old computer sounds like junk, right? Not if it's an Apple 1. A California recycling company is looking for a woman who dumped off a few boxes in early April, look at that, inside was a vintage Apple 1 desktop.

BERMAN: This is a big deal.

ROMANS: There are only 200 of these first generation models built by Steve Jobs in 1976. The recycler sold the computer for $200,000 and wants to split the proceeds with the mystery donor. The only thing more valuable than holding on to that piece of junk is holding on to a share of Apple stock. The stock is up like 30,000 percent or something.

BERMAN: I can't believe that. You hold on to it for 50 years $, and whatever and now get rid of it.

ROMANS: I know her son is probably screaming right now. That's mine. My mom threw it out. Disney theme parks may have surge pricing. In a survey sent to path holders, Disney ask for feedback about tiered pricing that would mean higher admission prices during the summer and holidays, cheaper admission on off-peak days.

Disney has not released any official details about the idea whether they will do it, but there is plenty of venting on social media. BERMAN: Look, I mean, you know, everyone wants Disney to be affordable because it's a big family place. I'm sure that Disney will find a way to accommodate families so that they can go.

ROMANS: Prices have been going up and up and up. There are people who want to go there and will pay whatever it takes to go there.

BERMAN: All right, the NSA's controversial domestic surveillance program no longer exists, but for how long? "NEW DAY" starts right now.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Several provisions of the Patriot Act fired at midnight.

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: This shouldn't and can't be about politics.

PAUL: This is a debate over your right to be left alone.

OBAMA: We should not surrender the tools that help keep us safe.

PAUL: Well, I'm not going to take it anymore.

BERMAN: A surprising new obstacle to the nuclear deal with Iran.

ROBERTSON: His injury is substantial enough to warrant close medical attention.

ROMANS: How does his injury affect the secretary's works on critical issues?

JOE JOHNS, CNN SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: Tributes and condolences pouring in after the news of Beau Biden's death.

MCCONNELL: I just like to express my sincere condolences.

REID: The world is a better place because of Beau Biden.

JOE BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A father knows his success when he turns and looks at his son or daughter and know that they turned out better than he did. I'm a success.

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CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning. Welcome to your NEW DAY. It's Monday, June 1st, 6:00 in the east. Mich is off and Alisyn and I have breaking news for you.

The U.S. government can no longer collect your phone records in bulk at least for now. Three key provisions of the Patriot Act lapsing just hours ago after a showdown in the Senate had failed to reach a deal to extend them.

ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: So the Senate now turning to the bill passed in the House in hopes of putting some of those controversial provisions back in place this week. Let's begin our coverage with CNN's Athena Jones. She is live on Capitol Hill for us. What do we know, Athena?

JONES: Good morning, Alisyn. There were dramatic moments last night in that rare Sunday session. Now Senate leaders are trying to make sure the lapse in this law, which see as a vital terrorism stool as sure as possible.

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PAUL: I'm not going to take it anymore. I don't think the American people are going to take it anymore.