sanders: i'm not going to go any further. reporter: secretary pruitt is under scrutiny for his taxpayers and secretary carson is under scrutiny for the $31,000 dining set. can you talk about that? after media scrutiny. can you explain the white house view and taking all three of those and how you believe this fits the pattern of draining the swamp? ms. sanders: all of those individual secretaries travel are under review and i can't speak to that further as that it is going. reporter: how is this behavior consistent with the president's directive to drain the swamp? ms. sanders: that's why they are under review. but i can't get into anything further right now. reporter: the president said that he wants to come back to the table about middle east peace. ms. sanders: i can only tell you we are committed to the peace process and we are going to continue having those conversations and pushing to get something done. he sees a lot of things that everybody else isn't seeing and i can't get into that right now. reporter: i want to ask

sanders: not at all. as i said, this has been an ongoing campaign that has been ongoing for over a year. of thecause of some individuals were not involved in the conversation doesn't mean the appropriate parties weren't in the room and want a part of that discussion. >> the president came in here to the briefing room before reaching out to the president of china. is that appropriate? should he have not reached out to international partners first? ms. sanders: we have had ongoing conversations with leaders across the world. the president simply said there would be an announcement. the president had conversations with world leaders last night and today. >> [indiscernible] ms. sanders: the president had conversations with a few world leaders, last night and today. this is something all of these countries have been working together on and something we will continue to work with. >> [indiscernible] ms. sanders: the secretary of state's deputy was in the room at a time these conversations went on. it is absurd

sanders: i am sorry. i cannot hear the last part. >> when the president goes to california, will it be war or peace? ms. sanders: i think if anybody's stepping out of bounds here it is somebody who is refusing to follow federal law, which is certainly not the president. we are going for what we hope to be an incredible he positive trip. the president is going to look at prototypes along the border and also meet with and speak to the members of our armed services. he will be speaking with members of all five branches of the military. i don't think that could be anything but a positive thing. >> thank you, sarah. two reef questions. -- two brief questions. stating the date coming up and who might be helping the president or who is expected to help them, would be assume then that general mcmaster would remain national security adviser throughout the duration of the negotiations? ms. sanders: no reason to believe otherwise. >> it could be later but it could still be on there? ms. sanders: i don't have a cryst

sanders: good afternoon. let me start by saying what a meaningful experience it was to attend yesterday's ceremony for the reverend billy graham. reverend graham left this earth last week, but his legacy is going to live on for eternity. as the president said during his remarks, everywhere he went, reverend graham sent the message that was always his message, god loves you. that's a message we should consider more often. the president and the first lady will be attending the funeral in north carolina tomorrow. i would like to highlight some positive and important work to passingd tuesday by hr-165. it empowers state and federal prosecutors for holding web sites available for preventing sex trafficking. as you may recall the president met with survivors, law enforcement officials and victims advocates here at the white house. he made it clear that this administration will fight to hold sex traffickers accountable and ensure survivors have the support they need. this bill is an important step forward and the wh

sanders: i did not say the change behavior. i think that is why you see the united states, along with over 25 other countries, step up and take action, and why we expect to see another, other countries follow our lead on that front. and question about russia, a follow-up if i might. i heard you say previously that we as an administration have been exerting maximum pressure on north korea, for example. i am curious, is the administration applying maximum pressure on russia? do you believe that's happening by way of what we saw yesterday, and beyond? and if not, why not? sec. sanders: we are certainly applying pressure on russia. we are certainly encouraging and working with our allies and partners to do so. and i think you have seen an unprecedented number of country step up and join the united states in that effort. >> for follow-up, if i might. i understand the irony in asking you this. if you will indulge me anyway. the president has been somewhat silent, dating back more than 15, 17 hours, and i only ask, with all the things

sanders: i'm not sure. reporter: this administration's now imposed sanctions on north korea after concluding that kim jong-un's government assassinated his half brother. now we have authorities in britain announced a nerve agent was used to try to kill a former russian double agent and his wife. obviously moscow, the prime suspect. what does this administration have to say about this attempted assassination in the u.k. and are sanctions against russia likely as they were in the case of the north koreans? ms. sanders: this is currently under review and i'll keep you posted as we have further information and developments. reporter: quick clarifying question on the cha tweet. is there any chance that it if china did respond on that reduction plan that that could aswadge or effect the shaping of the tariff plan? in other words, is china's piece of this tariff thing negotiable? or are we only talking about canada and mexico and e.u. countries? ms. sanders: let me address that. the president's been clear that he

sanders: good afternoon, happy friday. we are once again seeing strong evidence that the american dream is back and real under president trump's leadership. based on today's jobs report president's economic policies of historic tax cuts and deregulation are working. the obama administration was losing around 100,000 jobs per month in the manufacturing industry, but since the president's election manufacturing jobs have increased by 275,000. over 300,000 jobs were created bring they alone, total jobs created since president trump create was elecd president to 3 million. hasews today the president submariner.avy submariner he was 22 years old at the time of his offenses and has served at his 12 month sentence. he has been recognized by his fellow service members for his dedication, to scale -- dedication, skill, and patriotic spirit he served as an instructor for new recruits. appreciative of his surface that his service to the country. -- of his service to the country. >> what are the considerations that are -- what are the

that is not what we heard from sarah sanders yesterday. and so it is not helpful to a president for her to be getting up there in the white house press briefing room, and suggesting that the president is directly involved in this, and potentially has knowledge of it, but at the same time, how can you blame sarah sanders for being in this position, for having to answer for the president's actions with a porn star, just an outrageous sort of situation that most white houses you would never find yourself in, but with president trump she's having to explain or make excuses for just this outrageous story. >> seems mad at the human shield in this moment. >> exactly. >> nick, daniels' attorney told anderson cooper that this whole idea that trump did not know anything about the payments to his client is, quote, patently absurd. do you believe that? >> of course. i mean, i think trump has lost this suit before it is even started. as far as the restraining order is concerned, that his personal attorney tried to get while obscuring the fact that it i

april, sarah sanders tried to tap dance around the story. you've experienced this being in that press room. you know, trump himself has been silent on this entire issue, which is very interesting, because when it comes for example to women who have accused him of sex ooh you will assault which he admitted to doing on that infamous grab him by the p video, he's happy to speak out. here he is. >> these vicious claims about me of inappropriate conduct with women are totally and absolutely false. it's a phoney deal. i have no idea who these women are. i have no idea. the events never happened. ever. all of these liars will be sued after the election is over. >> all right. just to state the fact here there hasn't been a single suit. he hasn't done that yet. but, april, the point is he's happy to weigh in on that saying everyone is going to be sued. but when it comes to stormy daniels not a single word. >> yeah. and that's one of the reasons why today in that briefing i asked sarah sanders, what does the president want the american public to know.

what did you make of sarah sanders' response? >> every time it has been asked, the white house says we've made our feelings known about this. i was asking her specifically beyond that, we know you've made your feelings known. did the president know specifically about that payment? the white house has always maintained that this is an old story, there's nothing to see here. the voters have weighed in after all this happened. the reality is, we are learning more and more about this every day, through our reporting, the reporting in "the wall street journal" and elsewhere, specifically about that payment that was made, which was not known during the campaign. that was something that was not known at all. sarah sanders said today the president has addressed this. in fact, the president did not address stormy daniels' specifically and certainly did not address the payment that was made here. i do believe that sarah sanders was opening the door to information. we actually have to look into this more about the arbitration. she said the

sanders: mr. president, pursuant to section 1013 of the department of state authorization act, fiscal years 1984 and 1985 and in accordance with the provisions of section 601-b of the international security assistance and arms export control act of 1976, i make a motion to discharge senate joint resolution 54 from the committee on foreign relations. officer under the previous order, there are four hours of debate on the motion equally divided between the opponents and the proponents. mr. sanders: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, article 1, section 8, of the constitution states in no uncertain terms that, and i quote, congress shall have power to declare war, end of quote. let me repeat it. article 1, section 8, of the constitution states, it is congress that has the power to declare war. the founding fathers gave the power to authorize military conflicts to congress, the branch most accountable to the people. not to the president but to congress, and that is the issue that we are going to

press secretary sarah sanders saying quote the arbitration was won in the president's favor to which the lawyer said yeah, he also won the popular vote. a copy of the restraining order clearly states it is an interim order and can be modified. for more here is jeff zeleny at the white house. >> reporter: christine and dave, the white house is dealing with questions about stormy daniels, the adult actress and porn star and her relationship with president trump before the campaign in 2016. was the was there hush money paid to her? the white house press briefing on wednesday, i asked sarah sanders, the white house press secretary, if the president knew about the payment. >> did he know about the payment at the time? >> i addressed this as far as i can go. >> did he know about the payment at the time? >> not that i'm aware of. there was no knowledge of payments from the president. he has denied all of the allegations. i addressed the question extensively. >> reporter: she tried to say she answered the questions and referred the other questions to the outside lawyer. the fact is the quest

bernie sanders, senator sanders from vermont, seemed to be complaining a little bit about where the focus has been the last 24 hours. he was suggesting that we're covering stormy daniels too much and not enough -- he was talking about banking regulations as opposed to tariffs. but it is interesting. you get complaints that, you know, we're not watching the things that are important here. on the other hand, there are people who will tell you my goodness, if this were a democrat president, this is all we're talking about. >> this is true. if it were a democratic president, it would be -- not necessarily wouldn't be all we're talking about. also, i do believe that republicans would have a democratic president on -- would be trying to burn them at the proverbial stake, if you will. you know, i think what my former boss was saying last night is something that rings true with a lot of different americans. there are a lot of other things happening. particularly with the attempt to deregulate the banks. and lack of protects for consumers. so that is not something that often gets to break through.

in the press briefing room this afternoon, sarah sanders say

we anticipate we'll hear from sarah sanders in short order. the briefing expected to get underway any minute now. but what's so striking about this revelation, of course, it comes amid a fair amount of turmoil within the president's legal team. john dowd just resigned several days ago. the legal team is eyeing on bringing on another attorney. they determined that two attorneys couldn't come on board due to conflicts of interest. a 69-year-old prosecutor, someone who has a history in studying medieval history is an interesting addition to the legal team. they're trying to ramp up this legal team as they enter these final negotiations between the president's legal team and the special counsel about that potential interview with the president. a lot at stake here as we're learning about this new revolution that according to "the new york times" john dowd discussed the potential of pardons with these -- manafort and flynn. >> i talked about it with michael a moment ago. we also have the sound, because he said this on camera back in december. here

listen to what cher had to say about sarah sanders. would someone tell sarah huckabee sanders to stop drifting like a sister wife and this one, chelsea handler on it 18, i wish someone would put her in a microwave. >> if anyone made attacks like this on other women, like michelle obama and chelsea clinton, there would be outrage, complete and other outrage but you can get away with this stuff when talking about conservative women. heather: donald doesn't get credit for women in high positions. >> promoted so many strong women. heather: and the state department. >> the media is busy slandering him as hating bigots who recognize. we 20 who should take the lead and make it a situation where women are supporting women regardless of their political affiliation? >> to support each other, the need -- me 2 movement, powerful time in history we can put our political differences aside, come together, not use our gender as an excuse to victimize ourselves but take personal responsibility and work hard, women are capable of that. heather: happy in

sarah sanders twisted herself in a knot to bring up the arbitration. a bit of a slip there in pointing to that and indicating that perhaps, you know, that makes the argument that the president is on the hook here and is fighting this personally. at the very same time they are trying to distance themselves from this and say michael cohen acted on his own. keep in mind, we are talking about scandal, which i feel has lost a lot of meaning. the notion this is a tawdry affair. there is a concern here that this is a campaign finance violation if the hush money was in-kind political contribution designed to help his candidacy. as we peel back the layers of the onion, we are not to the center yet. keep in mind it is not just about palace intrigue or personal matters. there are legal implications depending on how it went down. >> not just like gossip. this is one thing salacious gossip is one thing and the president has a history with the "access hollywood" tape. he survived that with really no trouble. you know, this woman is trying to become more famous? >> s

leadership has played this game with bernie sanders because he is the one that energizes the base but also he can be a bomb thrower and the rail regulation to get it done in a bipartisan compromise to play a game with conservatives. >> host: on the military involvement they explained what's going on. >> guest: mcconnell hasn't ruled it out but should mention john cornyn, the number two republican wants to send it to the committee first so it's not on the schedule yet that we might vote on this resolution which would be an extraordinary vote. for years there's been a strange bid in the bipartisan group and in the senate who says wait a minute congress is supposed to authorize the war. kids are dying and we haven't given our constitutional duty so is a dereliction of duty and we see that in syria and yemen. what theyhi are saying is congrs has to approve this stuff and if we don't, then anybody not fighting terrorism or al qaeda in jenin or any american troops have to come home within 30 days. >> on the east coast but we are discussing people be talking until about 9:00 this morning. mi

clearly, sarah sanders was done with our questions on that matter. but the briefing went on, anderson, and people were pressing her. other reporters were pressing her about the arbitration. so the white house has essentially now injected itself, put itself in the middle of this story here, talking about arbitration. of course we learned later from stormy daniels' lawyer that they were not aware of this, a party to this, and we've also learned the president's lawyer is trying to block her from speaking, anderson. so by trying to close this down, so many more questions tonight. >> jeff, this is the first time the white house has actually acknowledged that the president is a party to anything having to do with stormy daniels, legally or otherwise. >> reporter: it was the first time. this just is a reflection of the fact that these conversations are happening behind closed doors here in the west wing. sarah sanders was asked directly if she had asked the president directly about this. she said, yes, she had. so the reality is the white house has now ackn

so, now you've heard sarah sanders. listen to president obama, back in 2015 when he talked about his administration meeting with north korea. >> at the point where pyongyang says we are interested in seeing relief from sanctions and improved relations, and we are prepared to have a serious conversation about denukeization, i think it's fair to say we'll be right there at the table. >> denuclearization. okay, ryan nobles outfront at the white house. incredible statement. then a statement, then walk back, now the white house trying to, well, clarify again or reclarify. >> reporter: yeah, erin, confusion is a very appropriate way to describe exactly what the last 24 hours have been like here at the white house. and certainly the impression during the press briefing by sarah sanders than last night about possibility of historic meeting between donald trump and kim jong-un. and even though sarah sanders seemed to put a number of qualifiers into the descriptors about this event, later white house officials told staff that we

sanders: the proclamation yes or said there were two countries that were specifically excluded, and there would be the opportunity for us to negotiate on matters of national security with other countries, and we will be doing that with a number of different countries. >> does the president think that kim jong-un is sincere about talking about denuclearization? ms. sanders: the president is hopeful that we can make continued progress with what we know is a maximum pressure campaign. it has been effective and we know it has put a tremendous amount of pressure on north korea. they have made some of major promises, promises to denuclearize. they have made promises to us -- stop nuclear and missile

the press secretary sarah sanders tweeting this. contrary to reports, the president and mcmaster have a good working relationship. there are no changes at the security council. donald trump called reports exaggerated and very false. listen. >> we have gotten

>> i'm not exactly sure what sarah sanders is supposed to say. the president and his lawyer give $130,000 to an adult film star just before an election. the story cannot come straight for several weeks. at first they deny the payment, then they said they made it through the llc, now there's arbitration. the white house has dodged the questions repeatedly, have said literally nothing. we've repeatedly sought answers on what happened here. i think sarah sanders yesterday was trying to say that the president and his lawyer had won in a court in california. i'm not sure if that made it better. i don't know how else to defend this at the podium. what is a better recourse for her? >> the issue is, it appears to be the truth that the president is somehow involved in this lawsuit, in this legal action. the problem with the truth is it would make the president more connected to this issue than the white house has said to this point. molly ball, mark sanford, congressman from south carolina, former governor from south carolina, an interesting figure to be

and clearly sarah sanders was done with our questions on that matter. but the briefing went on, anderson, and people were pressing her, other reporters were pressing her about the arbitration. so, the white house has essentially now injected itself, put itself in the middle of this story here, talking about arbitration. of course, we learned later from stormy daniels' lawyer they were not aware of this, a party to this, and we have also learned the president's lawyer is trying to block her from speaking, anderson. so, by trying to close this down, so many more questions tonight. >> jeff, this is the first time the white house has actually acknowledged that the president is a party to anything having to do with stormy daniels legally or otherwise >> reporter: it was the first time. this is a reflection of the fact that these conversations are happening behind closed doors here in the west wing. sarah sanders was asked directly if she had asked the president directly about this. she said, yes, she had. so, the reality is the white house has now acknowledg

because senator sanders did a spectacular job of getting small dollar fundraising. i'm very excited we were able -- we had four people in our finance shop. we're supposed to have 30. it took until august to staff up. even with that we were able to do that. again, the republicans will outraise us. the only thing they talk about is they've been able to outraise the democrats in money. they can't talk about the issues because they supported roy moore. they want to support joe arpaillo. they have to pay a lot of legal bills. they have a sock in their mouth on sexual harassment. they have a sock in their mouth on the issue of the russians. as a result, the moral bankruptcy of the republican party to me is the big story. we've been able to lead with our values and that's how we're rin wynning. we're talking about the key issues on people's minds -- good jobs, retirement security access to health care. how much t blank, money do you have on hand? -- greta: point blank, how much money do you have on hand? tom: more money in january of 2018 the them in any month, january in

sanders: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to h.r. 1865, which the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 339, h.r. 1865, an act to amend the communications act of 1934, and so forth, and for other purposes. mr. sanders: mr. president, pursuant to section 1013 of the department of state authorization act, fiscal years 1984 and 1985 and in accordance with the provisions of section 601-b of the international security assistance and arms export control act of 1976, i make a motion to discharge senate joint resolution 54 from the committee on foreign relations. officer under the previous order, there are four hours of debate on the motion equally divided between the opponents and the proponents. mr. sanders: thank you, mr. president. mr.

sarah sanders does not want to be dragged into this. does not want to have to be answering questions about this. and this is something i think, frankly, the president thought he had cleaned up and put aside before he came into the white house with these contracts and with these payments. but these women are coming forward now, eager to tell their stories. and i think there's a real movement here in the country that feels like they should be able to tell their stories. >> ari, yesterday, stormy daniels' lawyer was on your show, michael avenatti, and he said that by entering the lawsuit, president trump has come to grips with the fact that he knew about this nondisclosure agreement. what does that mean for the president moving forward? >> well, this is the most fascinating part of all of this. i can show from this filing on friday, it's just remarkable. and i don't think it's got a lot of attention, because a lot of other remarkable news that has broken. but let me read from this suit. mr. trump intends to pursue his rights to the fullest

the white house press secretary sarah sanders. their this is a question that has been included in every census since 1965 the exception of 2010 when it was removed. we've contained this question that has provided data necessary for the department of justice to protect voters. specifically to help us better comply with the voting rights act which is something that is important and part of process. >> reporter: warren davidson said it is about representation among states more fair. >> we as many illegal people this ohio. ohio is losing representation to states like california. if california's illegal population is 2 to 3 million, then they have three to five members of congress that wouldn't there be if they only counted citizens. >> this map is a bit generous. we think it is closer to one to three seats at stake but this is just california. there are other blue states joining in on the lawsuit and i was talking about the federal dollars. we're talking about money that impacts education, health care services, transit, billions of do

sanders and i'm sure that ms. sanders was not told the truth before she stood at the podium today and made the representation that she did, but we find her statement that president trump has already, quote, won, close quote, this arbitration to be absolutely bogus and baseless. >> but if they were able to get a temporary restraining order, wouldn't that indicate that they had won that round of arbitration? >> well, who is they? according to mr. cohen, this was pursued on behalf of e.c., not d.d. or president trump. and if there is one thing we know of the last four to six weeks, it's that mr. cohen and others close to the trump administration have made it clear that e.c. is not president trump. >> your client did agree to arbitration at the time she signed the agreement, didn't she? >> she agreed to arbitration, but that agreement fell by the wayside when a party to that agreement, namely, mr. trump at the time, did not sign it. that agreement is null and void. it doesn't mean anything. >> can you tell us about th

when asked about it today, sarah sanders denied it all. listen here. >> the president has denied these and made well clear none of these allegations are true. this case has been won in arbitrati arbitration. anything beyond that i refer you to the outside counsel. >> will the president talk about the cash payment -- >> this case has been won in arbitration. i refer you to outside counsel. >> does he know about the payment -- >> i've addressed this as far as i can go. >> did he know about the payment at the time? >> not that i'm aware of. anything beyond what i've given you, i would refer you to the outside counsel. >> the payment was the payment of $130,000 to stormy daniels. stephanie clifford is her real name. in the closing weeks of the 2016 election campaign, michael cohn said that he made that payment in exchange for a nondisclosure agreement that was signed by clifford, signed by clifford's attorney and signed by michael cohn, notarized and she accepted the payment. now she's trying to say the nondisclosure agreement is null and void

senator sanders. senator sanders: thank you, mr. chairman. we thank our guests for being with us. the chairman and i don't agree on a whole lot of issues and i think on this one we probably do. the department of defense receives far more money than -- from taxpayers than any other governmental agency. we now as a nation, as you know, spend about, we spend more money than the next 10, 12 nations in the world combined and the congress against my vote decided to add another $165 billion to the pentagon over the next two years. and yet alone among all agencies of government, the pentagon has to been able to perform perform an agency-wide audit. you may recall, the day before 9/11, the day before 9/11 , in 2001, secretary of defense donald rumsfeld remarked that the pentagon could not properly account for some $2.3 trillion in transactions. needless to say, his remarks did not get a lot of attention given what happened the following day. but that was back in 2001. rumsfeld talking about $2.3 trillion in transactions that could not be properly accounted for. and we have seen some recent

. >> sarah sanders set it straight yesterday. everybody has to leave the white house sometime. >> hey, that's true. we have term limits. right. perhaps most graceful way for mcmaster to deal with the fact that his boss is talking to a whole lot of people in negative ways about firing him. it isn't as if the president hasn't cut down mcmaster too. via public forum for shaming here's the tweet when he slammed mcmaster for slamming russia for meddling in the u.s. election. quote, general mcmaster forgot to say the results of the election were not changed by russians. and only collusion was by crooked h. remember the dirty dossier and podesta company. that tweet slamming mcmaster was one month ago. so the president has been fuming and complaining for at least that long. rendering his national security adviser increasingly toothless. but has not formally fired him. why? maybe because of headlines like this one from the with the with the. trump decides to remove national security adviser and others may follow. look, this president do t

the president is apparently very upset with his press secretary, sarah sanders, over her response to the stormy daniels story, the $130,000 in hush money to the porn star. but today the president tried to get his white house back on track while meeting with his cabinet. >> this is gary cohn's last meeting in the cabinet and of the cabinet, and he's been terrific. he may be a globalist but i still like him. he is seriously a globalist, there's no question. but you know what, in his own way, he's a nationalist because he loves our country. where is gary? you love our country. he's going to go out and make another couple hundred million and then he's going to maybe come back. he might come back, right? we'll be here. >> absolutely. >> we'll be here another seven years, hopefully. that's a long time, but i have a feeling you'll be back. >> let's go to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, there is no white house press briefing today so we won't hear directly from sarah sanders at least from the podium there, but what more are you learning about how the president has been r

we heard sarah sanders at that white house briefing. white house official says that the president told his staff today, chief of staff john kelly is, quote, unquote, 100% safe. but that doesn't necessarily settle rumbles about others, specifically national security adviser hr mcmaster. here was sarah sanders a moment ago. >> he said this is something that the media wants to talk about right now. frankly the president has stoked the speculation. just yesterday he said i think you want to see change. he said earlier this week, we're at a point where i'm really close to getting the cabinet and other things i really want. isn't it the president himself of creating this aura, that some people say is chaos, put simply, turmoil. >> taking two sentences out of the thousands of remarks that the president makes and trying to make it look like that's the entire focus

from another source close to the white house this was sloppy on the part of sarah sanders. my guess is, the way she danced around these questions today, it's almost certain she'll have to answer more of those questions the next time she's at the podium. >> the lawyer representing stormy daniels will be joining anderson cooper at 8:00 p.m. eastern later today. we'll be getting more on that. jim acosta over at the white house, thanks very much. >>> in the russia investigation, tonight's sources tell cnn a so-called man of mystery is now cooperating with special counsel robert mueller. we're digging deep ir into the man's identity, his ties into the trump team and his role in secret meetings during the transition. let's bring in political correspondent sara murray who is working this part of the story. what are you learn? >> we're learning about this man named george nader who had a number of contacts with members of donald trump's inner circle as well as 'em ratty officials. sources say he's cooperating with the special counsel. george nader a lebanese american attended secre

sarah sanders back mind that podium. you know today she will be on the receiving end of a lot of tough questions about precisely what we've been discussing. it will also be this first briefing since we learned the huge news that president trump was upset with how she handled stormy daniels questions earlier in the week. more on that and the anxiety this story is causing all within the white house. the other big breaking piece of information in the last 24 hours, the fact that president trump has now stunned the world agreeing to meet with kim jung-un and the question everyone is wondering, is this an opportunity or is he walking into a trap? and where was the on secretary of state while all of this was playing out at the white house? you're watching cnn. 00 oday. a place for mom. you know your family. we know senior living. together we'll make the right choice. ♪ ♪ i can do more to lower my a1c. and i can do it with what's already within me. because my body can still make its own insulin. and once-weekly trulicity ac

his image of sanders, not sexist. his style of portraying people he believes are acting in good faith. he is being attacked for this is ridiculous. former arkansas governor mike huckabee slamming jim carrey tweeting pathetic hater bigot, jim carrey attacks press secretary for her faith. it would be hypocritical hollywood reaction if he called someone a so-called muslim or so-called do. jim carrey back to work with for anti-trump artwork, he posted that on twitter saying if you liked my last cartoon you may enjoy the wicked witch of the west wing, vladimir putin's flank monkey. rob: a teacher given homework to first graders that seems a little deep for first grader. >> deep is right. a concerned father in washington state said his first great daughter came home with homework assignment asking her to give the president a report card on things like do you think the president is kind? do you think the president keeps us safe, would you vote for the president again? the homework assignment doesn't say anything that critici

sarah sanders can't or won't provide answers.

sarah sanders seemed to hedge in response to your question. >> she did indeed. this is a question that has been asked around the periphery for some time definitely the president know about that payment made in october of 2016 to stormy daniels? the white house has repeatedly said, our feelings are well fwhoen that. they have not gone beyond that to answer the substantive questions which are coming out day by day. but sarah sanders said the arrest by trying was in the president's stormy daniels said they were never made known about this in the first place. so the white house press secretary opened the door to some deeper questions about this. this is what she said. >> you said we've addressed that. specifically can i ask, did the president approve of the payment that was made in october of 2016 by his long time lawyer and adviser, michael cohen? >> the president has addressed it directly and made very well clear that nonof these allegations are clear. this case has been won in arbitration and anything beyond that, i would prefer you to the president's outside cou

sanders. i think she has a near impossible job. any claim by the administration that donald trump won in arbitration is no different than me claiming that i won the super bowl a few weeks ago. it's complete hooey. >> hooey, god, i love anyone who can get in a hooey reference. attempts to shoot down questions about the president's alleged affair with a porn star. but sanders only added fuel to the fire basically confirming trump's involvement in the situation. here's what she said. >> look, the president has addressed these directly and made very well clear that none of these allegations are true. this case has already been won in arbitration. >> you said that there is arbitration that's already been won by whom and when? >> by the president's personal attorneys and for details on that i would refer you to them. >> but you're aware of them. what more can you share with us? >> i can share that arbitration was won in the president's favor. >> i don't know that she meant to do that, but by telling us that the case has been won in arbit

sanders. that is what my client wants. >> our chief legal analyst -- are you wear of any other women who signed contracts with president trump? >> we are not aware of any other women, but in my experience, the way this was handled and the document, quite honestly, this was amateur hour. very sloppy, very messy. shocking something of this magnitude was handled in this way. >> i have a lot of respect for mr. cohen, i think he is a good attorney in a lot of ways. i don't know the exact circumstances of what happened here. but this is not how something this important should have been handled in my opinion. >> ms. clifford is not accusing president trump of any sexual misconduct. >> that is correct. >> finally where does this go from here procedurally. do you have any sense of what the time frame is? >> defendants in the case have 30 days to respond in court. hopefully they will expedite it. again, i think it is pretty simple. did the president know about the negotiation, the terms, the payment of

and sarah sanders either can't or won't provide answers. >> nope.

it's very clear to me that sarah sanders doesn't want to touch this at all. and her language is to the best of our knowledge, the president has responded. he has hasn't responded. he hasn't talked about it personally. he's going to have to at some point. he doesn't have to talk to the media about it. we would like him to, but he doesn't have to. but he may have to talk about it in court. and that is where he faces some jeopardy. because, you know, going back to bill clinton again, that's where in the paula jones case, he lied about monica lewinsky and that got him in a lot of trouble. and so i'm sure his attorneys, the president's attorneys are worried about this. >> bill clinton was impeached by the house of representatives. >> yes, he was. >> and one thing in addition to that, which is that he is smartly, wolf, not speaking in this case. because what we have seen is that if he speaks and says something is a lie, as was in the case of summer zervos, he's going to get sued for defamation. if he gets sued for defamation, then what joey is talking about, the de

guest 2: this goes back to the bernie sanders question you asked before. democratic party is in search of after 2016 and before is saying do we shift farther to the left and get back to liberal ideas? have we been losing elections because we have been fleeing who we are, or do we have to shift to the center and speak to some of these heartland blue-collar working-class voters who flocked to trump in 2016? that is an ongoing debate and it will be district by district. in illinois -- primary, you have a veteran, but he's very conservative minded. he's one of the few democrats on capitol hill to -- supports abortion. that has angered a lot of people in his caucus. that will be kind of a litmus ast because he represents liberal district that went heavily for clinton and he has a wrong primary a comment -- opponent this year around. it will be a fascinating -- we will know within a day. guest 1: maria newman whose -- has backing and a similar situation we saw in texas where sort of bernie sanders backed candidate was able to make it into a runoff with the more

could you imagine being sarah sanders? >> here is adam schiff speaking. >> we have requested that he return to answer specific questions that he was unwilling to answer today that are pertinent to our investigation, including questions about the production of the false statement concerning the trump tower meeting. questions about the firing of james comey. and conversations about that as well as any discussions that mr. lewandowski had with the president about the potential of firing bob mueller. these questions went unanswered. he did answer other questions regarding his time after the campaign. nonetheless witnesses don't get to pick and choose when it comes to very relevant testimony in regards to our investigation. we have requested a subpoena. whether that will be granted by the majority or not, i cannot say. we feel it very important not only to getting to the truth in terms of our investigation, but also in terms of the broader precedent that it sets, that we not allow witnesses to come in and tell us what they're w

that was sarah huckabee-sanders trying to keep her patience. for last ten minutes of that press briefing. and answering no questions. good afternoon, i'm ali velshi. when referring to himself, president trump, said, quote, i like conflict. he's got it. and we are on day 412 of the chaos that this white house is. president trump senior economic adviser gary cohn on his way out. and he heads the national economic council criticized the president's comments during the deadly protest in charlottesville when trump blamed both protesters and white nationalists for the violence that killed one woman. cohn did not resign over that. it was the issue of tariffs that pushed him to the brink. and he follows a long list of recent administration departures. that is the list by the way. the question remains, who is left to advise the president on policy? here is white house press secretary sarah huckabee-sanders moments ago. >> why are so many people leaving this administration? >> look, this administration is -- has had a historic first year. we're going to

told them to do now secondly it is not bernie sanders a sponsibility although he did a wonderful job in pushing for it was hillary clinton's responsibility so i wish the corporate democrats would realize that they are terrible at elections and they should actually let progress is run bernie sanders would have almost certainly one instead they blew the race to this monster. ok as discussed some things donald trump said the state of california is begging us to build walls in certain areas also said the state's sanctuary policies are illegal unconstitutional and are sent to national security for the make of that. guy's a bloviating idiot so he says the mexicans are incredible mountain climbers based on what he does not a spell marine corps so he's going to come in here and lecture california california has got no interest and he said california is totally unsafe because of our policies they want to do it here he should get out we got no interest in this guy they he's deeply unpopular here we don't need him or stupid wall. but if the trip went without any hiccups i kind of like i said he