trump. the assertion that trump had knowledge of the meeting before it took place suggest he approved getting help from a foreign power. that means trump's repeated claim of no collusion, it would appear that he would be more than willing to do so. knew about the meeting until it was revealed in news report last summer. asked whether he was awe are of it last july, he told routers, no. i didn't know. let's listen. >> did you know at the time that they had the meeting? >> no, i didn't know anything about the meeting. it must have been a very unimportant meeting because i never heard about it. >> no one told you a word, nothing. >> nobody told me. it sounded like a very unimportant meeting. >> the revelation contradicts the president's son who said this after the meeting broke last july. >> a lot of people are going to want to know this about your father. do you tell your father anything about this? >> it was such a nothing, there was nothing to tell. >> donald trump jr. could now face legal j

between michael cohen acting as donald trump's personal lawyer in trump tower in donald trump's office in trump tower two months before the presidential election. let's listen to michael cohen describing to donald trump what he believes he had to do to create a company to pay substantial amounts of money for the silence of a woman who claims she had a one-year sexual relationship with donald trump. let's listen to that tape. >> i need to open up a company for the transfer of of all of that info regarding our friend david. i'm going to do that right away. i've spoken to allen weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up with -- >> so what do we got to pay for this? 150? >> funding -- yes. and it's all the stuff. >> yeah, i was thinking about that. >> all the stuff. because here you never know where that company -- >> maybe he gets hit by a truck. >> correct. and i'm all over that. and i spoke to allen about it. when it comes time for the financing, which will be -- >> wait a sec, what financing? >> we'll have to pay him something. >> pay with cash. >> no, no, no, no. i got it. >> che

he sees trump as a rich guy. in oligarch can is in russia, you're allowed as a rich person made rich by russia, to do whatever it is you want. i think that putin and russia helped enrich donald trump over the years. i think that's the kompromat, the compromising information that might be held over donald trump during these meetings. that's my concern. that's the worst case scenario that i would have for this. >> so let me ask both of you to sort of weigh in on the bigger picture. i understand what you're saying about the psychology between the experience president putin and how they may treat each other. but on the big issues you say we don't need russia much. clearly russia backed by and with virn created the longevity of assad and backed one of the worst dictators, the most brutal murderer that we're dealing with on an international stage right now. the annexation of crimea and destabilization of the western alliance. just a week or so ago, at russians did mock exercises 70 kilometers from hel sink can i just t

, numbers of the trump campaign, numbers of the trump campaign and potentially trump himself. that has been the crucial element of all of this. there hasn't been any proven collusion. i think thatis been any proven collusion. i think that is the important word, there is no proof so far of collusion with the trump campaign. no proof so far of collusion with the trump campaignlj no proof so far of collusion with the trump campaign. i wouldn't exactly say that. i would say the special council hasn't invited anyone. but already available in the media, there is a lot of information about different contacts, but several members of the trump campaign had all the trump family had. 0ne campaign had all the trump family had. one of them, for example, was donald trump jr, donald had. one of them, for example, was donald trumer, donald trump's son, emailing with a representative of the russian representative, somebody who was representing the russian government, who offered hacked information on hillary clinton and donald trump jr said he information on hillary clinton and donald trumer s

, donald trump's father. your thoughts? >> i think the statements outside of donald trump, jr. it is possible that he committed perjury when he testified. and i think that's most significant but perhaps the announcement of the 4.1 gdp where we are this year as we head into the midterm elections to quote james carville, it's the economy. and it's doing well because the economy is doing well. >> and what did you want to say? >> i was just going to say the economy is doing great in this quarter but i don't think that's reflecting any polling numbers in ohio, michigan, arizona or wisconsin where republicans should be doing better. >> i'm going to beg the question to you, what do you think is not getting as much attention as it deserves? >> you know, to turn our eye abroad, the u.s. state department senior diplomats who handle south asia, they are negotiating or are actually having talks with the taliban, one-on-one talks in douha, qata. that's not getting attention. we have 15,000 american troops in afghanistan.

trump didn't repay pecker. that's what team trump wants you to know. the proof is that they discussed a payment in the transcript, but there's no proof of that payment being made. first, incomplete information. just one tape. one piece of potential proof. second, how do we know pecker didn't expect to be repaid, that he thought he was going to get paid back and trump just rooked him the way he has done with others he's owed money in business? there's that question. the point is these tapes, i know that they are so salacious, and that's why the media is all over them. but at the bottom, they are more heat than light, and they are surely a distraction from the russia story. so be aware. and what we're going to do now is we're going to get past the headlines, and we're going to debate what the tapes mean legally. the lawyers have arrived. cuomo's court is in session, next. my digestive system used to make me feel sluggish but now, i take metamucil every day. it traps and removes the waste that weighs me down, so i feel lighter. try metamucil, and begin to

verses of donald trump jr. said and sarah sanders, at some point all those stories don't match, all of those stories will be in trouble. a lot of these investigative situations, people don't go line for the over line crime, they go down for an under line obstruction or perjury or lying to committee or something like that. this whole thing has been unfolding. that's what i have been wondering about. who has said what to what committee or under oath. >> let's just put aside tonight's breaking news and you consider the different story that's been told of this meeting and they denied he had anything to do of the drafting and hope hicks and on and on. do you believe any of this at this point? their explanations. do you believe the president did not know anything about this meeting? >> i don't know who to believe. i heard a lot of explanations about this meeting and shifting stories. i don't find several of the people involved in it and credible of what they have said. i don't know what to believe. i do know this. wh

this is not just trump being trump. this is something no president in repeat history has done. >> president putin did you want president trump to win the election, and did you direct any of your officials to help him do that? >> translator: because he talked about bringing in the right u.s., russia relationship back to normal. >> but president trump, he's rather talk about hillary clinton's e-mails. and we know what happened the last time he did that. >> what happened to hillary clinton's e-mails, 33,000 e-mails gone. just gone. i think in russia they wouldn't be gone so easily. i think it's a disgrace that we can't get hillary clinton's e33,000 e-mails. i have great confidence in my intelligence people, but i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. and what he did was an incredible offer. he offered to have the people working on the case come and work with their investigators with respect to the 12 people. i think that's an incredible offer, okay? >> sorry. it's not fun

donald trump doesn't get that. in his mind, russia is his base, a critical part of his base, and he's going to pay them off one way or the other. >> matt miller, let me ask you what robert mueller thinks about the crafting of such pro putin foreign policy, do you think he would want to talk to the men and women who help shape u.s. foreign policy in a way that's favorable to vladamir putin? do you think that's a line in the investigation at all? we know some of his national security officials have been into meet with mueller's team. but do you think that is something they want to understand, how foreign policy is crafted? how something like, i'm glad i fired comey, how a u.s. president says that to two top u.s. russian officials, is that of interest to robert muleer? >> it's a difficult call. he is the president of the united states and he has the authority and responsibility to conduct u.s. foreign policy. but if you go back to the central question bob mueller is looking at is whether the president was involved in

what it is is that trump attracts people like trump. a lot of people that choose to be in his orbit are people who are looking to ride his coat tails of fame. and i think that that becomes paramount for them. that's the overriding issue. i think michael cohen was one of those people. one of the things that trump is notorious for is not paying people. what he tells the people that he does not pay is that just use my name. tell people you did work for me. that's the value. >> you're alleging that he tells people to say my name? >> say my name, say my name. >> say my name, say my name, say my name. >> that's right. >> well, you know, we're doing an awkward montage later in the show, but i wanted to have some -- >> you wanted to get it out there early. >> do some of it live. it's still a live show tonight. tara, thank you for bringing your experience and insights here. now i bring in michael avenatti, attorney for touchdown and a rumored iowa visitor. why are you going to iowa? >> it's not my first visit to iowa, ari, as you know. i grew up

trump. there is a great possibility that he can testify to things that are damaging. >> i want to bring in everybody else. first david, it seems this is a big test for mueller. all business, everybody says brilliant and this is the first time. first time at bat here. >> i don't want to be glip here, but it is like opening night for production. working on this for over a year. brought cases and put out serious indictment. he got several people to flip. now he has to put on a case in public with a jury. and with juries, there is a chance that something can go south. so the first time that we are going to see his full breadth. >> that doesn't tell you much, but said there, this is a probable democratic jury. i would say, let's start with betsy, no one who is a republican wants to face a jury in d.c. >> potentially virginia is a slighter better jury pool to draw this. i believe it went for hillary clinton. the likelihood that -- >> not exactly dixie. >> that's right. at the same time 12 people.

that trump is pursuing. all right the u.s. reportedly plans to create a new security and political alliance with six gulf arab states egypt and jordan it will be known as the middle east region alliance an organization similar to nato that's made up of sunni muslim allies its main job will be in part to counter iran's influence in the region and to increase cooperation on missile defense military training counterterrorism and developing regional ties sources say the plan might be discussed later this year at a summit scheduled in washington iran's foreign ministry spokesman believes the alliance won't succeed because of a lack of unity normie going to hold true the term that was used which is arab nato is wrong the reasons for creating the alliance and the countries that would participate it given the current conditions in arab countries clearly indicate that this term is neither true nor can it be a reality it is very clear that there is no harmony or consensus between these countries therefore an arab nato is just a symbol a

> he has donald trump's number. had it for a long time. this feels like he's trying to psych him out. >> but this is the drip, drip, drip. it's beginning to have an impact. when you look at his -- this drip, drip, drip. >> doesn't help. >> yeah. >> all right, guys, thank you. >>> up ahead, unicorns and rainbows. today, there are more sensors on our planet than people. we're putting ai into everything, and everything into the cloud. it's all so... smart. but how do you work with it? ask this farmer. he's using satellite data to help increase crop yields. that's smart for the food we eat. at this port, supply chains are becoming more transparent with blockchain. that's smart for millions of shipments. in this lab, researchers are working with watson to help them find new treatments. that's smart for medicine. at this bank, the world's most encrypted mainframe is helping prevent cybercrime. that's smart for everyone. and in africa, iot sensors and the ibm cloud are protecting endangered animals. that's smart for rhinos

that is not donald trump. he is a bombastic businessman who went to nato with the idea of shaking up the status quo. world leaders who are still reeling from the sort of blistering, scolding attacks. he went in that way but he went out with a softer tone. i think went out with a softer tone. i think we will see the same thing today after the meeting at chequers. because first of all, great britain and the uk and the united states are our strongest ally. we have shared world values, we have shared concerns, especially when it concerns, especially when it concerns international terrorism. we are each other‘s largest trading partners. i think we can withstand these family squabbles. i know that brits and backbenchers are reeling today from some of the rhetoric and the somewhat provocative interview in the sun. however, i do think that the two leaders will find more in common than in their differences. but it is important to look at the nuances too. president trump is sending a signal. he is a populist president

it might well find its way into the trump golf clu b find its way into the trump golf club as well! but certainly a proud moment for him as well. and for the first lady. so he will go to scotla nd first lady. so he will go to scotland to turnberry. what we know about the events over the weekend and the sort of things he will be doing? i looked at the schedule, there are no public events at this point. i imagine he will be playing a little golf, but i think the big day as you know is monday,. and they will be preparing him for that, that meeting with putin. undoubtedly. thank you both for your company. let's cross went to westminster. thank you. as marine one leaves windsor castle i was struck by a tweet from dickie arbiter, the royal commentator earlier. saying the queen will have got the measure of and been well briefed on donald trump when she meets him today she will sidestep political chat knowing he tweets everything but could show him around the castle hoping he doesn't ask what many do why it was built so close to the airport. 0h doesn't ask what many do why it was built so c

trump did not. he announced last january he'd step away from his businesses, but only from their management, not their profits. >> my two sons are going to be running the company. >> as president, he's promoted them with his presence relentlessly during his first 514 days in office. he visited trump properties on 159 of them. at least two american embassies, the president's private club, on their websites. a national park in virginia offered trump wine for sale. trump aide kellyanne conway publicly urged americans to buy ivanka trump's products. >> buy it online. sflo >> reporter: explaining the popularity, it is a piece of the president. they raised prices. mar-a-lago which trump calls the winter white house, doubled the membership fee $200,000. trump international hotel in washington whose managers promote it as a destination for diplomats raised room rates by almost 60%. many who can benefit from trump's decisions are happy to pay. that includes representatives of countries such as saudi arabia,

if he's right and this was the trump people, the trump side, mr. trump's lawyers putting this out, presumably because they want to get ahead of the story, obviously the story doesn't look good for the president. they would want to get ahead of this. there's been a lot of discussion tonight as to whether or not the president's lawyers might have done that to undermine the ability of mr. cohen to provide this information to prosecutors in a way that might be of benefit to mr. cohen in negotiation with them in terms of his own legal liability but also oh they could use it for their ongoing investigations and related investigations. what do you make of those factors? >> so a couple thoughts. let's assume for the purposes of my answer,al, that mr. cohen is cooperating. they've made the decision he is going to tell prosecutors what he knows and he's going to do that honestly. we used to call ta joining team america. he's on the team. if that's true, there is no way in the world that mr. cohen would leak this information. it just doesn't make any sense. o

trump did know in advance about the infamous trump tower meeting. we have new reaction this hour to cnn's reporting as mr. trump stands by his denial and rails against michael cohen. >>> putin's proposal. the kremlin boss reveals he invited president trump to visit moscow during their secret summit talks in helsinki. why did we hear about it from vladimir putin and not donald trump? >>> deadly inferno, walls of flames are ravaging a northern california city, forcing thousands to evacuate. cnn is on the scene of this now out-of-control disaster. >>> and awkward. a picture worth a thousand words, as special counsel robert mueller spotted at the d.c. airport just a few feet away from donald trump jr. >>> we want to welcome our viewers from the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today and you're in "the situation room." >>> tonight president trump and his long-time fixer at war over the truth about the 2016 trump tower meeting with russians. the president disputing michael cohen's claims that he knew in advance of that meeting with

[cheering] president trump: remember they said, why would women vote for trump? well, i don't know, but i got more than she did. i'm sorry. i'm so embarrassed to say this. because hispanic, african-american, asian, best numbers in history. women, unemployment only reached a 65-year low. i'm sorry. i'd like to apologize. i want to apologize to all the women in the audience. 65. but i will tell you within a short period of time that 65-year period will be history. it will be actually history in two ways. manufacturing wages are expected to rise. at the fastest rate in more than 18 years. 95% of american manufacturers are optimistic about their company's outlook. that's the highest level ever recorded and this is old time statistics. they've been around a long time. that's the highest level ever recorded. and thanks to our tariffs, and the booming economy that we have created, not the past administration where the economy was going to hell. u.s. steel is now in the early stages, david, of investing over $2 billion in asset revitalization that will invest hundreds of

cohen has always been loyal to trump so for him to say this about trump is important. howie: sara, the media loves this particular story because it's sex, lies, and audiotape. sara: the concept of betrayal is something that's always going to grip viewers. but could there be more to come. every time something new comes out from a tape the media can latch on to the story that this isn't over. howie: rudy giuliani says their experts have looked at this, and he says he waived his attorney-client privilege by speak inaccurately on the tape. his campaign denies to the "wall street journal" that the candidate knew anything about this. is that media issue? >> this is someone who has been seriously loyal to the president. now he's flipping. he's trying to save himself from jail time which he faces. howie: does he have credibility? adrienne: he has credibility because more tapes are coming out. more tapes exist. guy: i'm open to more evidence and we should follow the evidence. but there has been whiplash on the credibility of michael cohen. they dismissed him as a lackey loyal t

our intelligence agency run by donald trump pinted by trump. have said this happened. they attacked our democracy and the director coats words they're getting bolder and going to do it again. >> senator, appreciate your time. thank you. >> when we come back the unbelievable moment that started the trump putin summit. and you have to see it to believe it. >>> so the sit down between president trump and vladimir putin started with this incredible moment. trump winking at putin. >> i put my glasses onto watch again. listen, now hours later with the president back on the u.s. soil the white house is trying to do damage control. sending out talking points to congress. insisting the president believes the assessment of the u.s. intelligence. that russia hacked the election. despite the public denial in helsinki. there were cameras there. i want to bring in now cnn senior diplomatic. and editor at large. and director of the wilson center institute. thank you for joining us. michelle, you're in helsinki. a u.s. official is saying comments president trump made today were fot pa

yes, there was quite a bromance between alex salmond and donald trump when donald trump was a reality tv star with deep pockets. he was promising to come here, create thousands of jobs, invest billions in scotland. that never happened, and that relationship soured around about 2014 with donald trump tweeting that alex salmon was maybe the worst leader that the free world has seen, which is a nice bit of foreshadowing there. but as i say, nicola sturgeon is a very different case. her relationship with donald trump has always been different, so no, i don't think this is an embarrassment for the snp. i think the media response, the public response and the political response in scotland have been quite in tune. i'm curious though, that you think it would have been better for her to have met donald trump. of course that rests on the fact that the president would have extended the invitation, but do you think there is a risk here that she could have scored more political points and more effectively gotten her point across if she had sought that meeting rather more forcefully? yes, and as i

trump just doesn't have the charm it seems where barber was greeted with cheers and applause trump gets protests and outrage even a giant trump baby balloon and americans being told to avoid drawing attention to themselves be aware of your surroundings and exercise caution and expect to live in the vicinity of large gatherings keep a low profile. one would imagine a special relationship would be a little friendlier but what do we know to say hip in this explosive and politically divided age of ours but why the hate ok trump did slap britain and europe with painful tariffs and steel and alum india and mrs me certainly wasn't happy about it expressed deep disappointment at the unjustified decision of the united states to apply terrorists to steal and i mean even if. it cannot be done by taking unilateral action against your partners then there was the whole iran mess so much effort years of work to get iran to verifiably stop pursuing nuclear weapons and then trump torpedoes it but come on you couldn't have been alone britain's always been there for the states donald trump undermined prog

, putin said he did want trump to win the election. >> let's say i'm trump, and you're putin. they were next to each other. last week, right? if he had these concerns with russia interfering in the election, he might have mentioned that to the guy standing next to him but he didn't. here's the interesting part of it. he's now twisted this around, after vladimir putin said very clearly that he was supporting trump and wanted trump to win the election, he says the russians are interfering in the 2018 election on behalf of the democrats. it doesn't get weirder than this. actually it can. >> here's something that's pretty weird, made in america week. while we're waiting for the president to deplane in kansas city, missouri, he and the white house are celebrating made in america week. >> the plane is actually made in america. >> the president wasted no time touting made in america product. >> the president was full of praise for the manufacturing industry anded f ed foamerican . >> we're here to celebrate products made with american heart, american sweat, and american pride. after

you can banan him, trump. solidarityo get our .o the resistance in america i was the guardian correspondent in america for 12 years. we know that while trump didwin election, he does not represent the vast numbers of americans, literally, most americans, even if you just take the numbers who voted for him, and it is important that the world understand that he is not welcome here and that, actually, all of those people who have hit the women'sating, marches, the marches against the border protest, the marches against his racism and so on, that the are with you. we are with you. in most countries in europe, particularly, but beyond, have their own version of a trump. we are all in this together. amy: so this interview that trump did with the sun --this tabloid owned by rupert murdoch ---- in which he praised a foren secretarary boris johnson, who resigned earlier this week. this is what he said. pres. trump: he was leaving government. i hope he goes back in at some point because i think he is a very -- i think h

donald trump jr. michael cohen says that he and all the other people there then heard donald trump sr. assent to the meeting and say it should go forward. he approved it happening. if that's the case, this is -- this is very serious, not just in terms of what this means about michael cohen's case and who is leaking what. this could be a very serious criminal matter for the president. >> and immediate perjury case for the likes of congress for donald trump jr. because he told one of the congressional committees that he absolutely never ever told his father about this meeting. >> right. and, so, perjury claims, the question of who spoken to the special counsel, who has been interviewed. that will all become important here, as will the specific nature of what the then candidate now president was advised as to what those russians were bringing. if he was advised, they got her e-mails, this was hacked information. if he was advised this was stuff the russian government somehow obtained by criminal means, t

trump. but we have no idea what the first lady of the united states actually thinks about the president of the united states being caught on tape discussing a payoff to one of those women because the third mrs. trump has said absolutely nothing about her husband today. she has not rushed to his defense. she has not denied creating tension for the president and his staff on air force one by refusing to watch fox news. no one who knows donald trump best is defending donald trump tonight about what we heard on michael cohen's recording. and that is always a very important thing to watch, watch for when a politician is in sex scandal trouble. who is standing up and say i know donald trump, and he would never do that? donald trump's three adult children by the first please trump who spring to his defense in every situation are silent in the middle of michael cohen's tape crisis. not one has stepped forward and said i know my father better than anyone, including his third wife and i can tell you m

president trump in the uk. the second leg of a four-nation european trip and his first visit to america's closest ally since taking office. these are actually live pictures that you see from london where large protests are currently under way including this enormous caricature blimp of the commander in chief portrayed as a baby holding a cell phone. >> i didn't notice the cell phone before. >> yes, i imagine the cell phone is an ode to his tweeting. exactly. prior to departing nato, trump said he is "fine with the protests while asserting they like me a lot in the uk," interesting as we look at the protests. last night the prime minister hosted the president and first lady for a black tie dinner at blenheim castle. he will head to checkers for a working lunch with may before the pair participate in a joint news conference. the stop comes on the heels of the highly contentious nato summit. with that explosive interview the president gave to "the sun" as a backdrop where in addition to slamming the prime minister

trump knew of the trump tower meeting ahead of time, do you believe mr. cohen or mr. trump? >> under normal circumstances if you told me that the trump organization even though it was the campaign here was going to host someone connected with the algarov, i would say likely the president now president then mr. trump would have been made aware. with that said, it is important here that michael also says he doesn't have a tape of this conversation according to the cnn reporting. so, it seems a little that we're not going to know. it is one word against another word here. >> but you know both people. >> right. >> you're familiar with the dynamics of the two men. what is your take? what is your guess? >> my best guess is that the president certainly was made aware after the fact that this meeting was a complete bust and it was because if you look the lawyer natalia, the russian lawyer who previously not allowed into the country by a cnn contributor, representing somebody connected to the maninski and representing an issue of the person who putin spoken about in directing with bi

her office was in trump tower, where donald trump lived and worked. she saw him outside the lift and introduced herself. we shook hands and he pulled me in sort of for that normal double cheek kiss and he held on to my hand though and as he made small talk and asked me questions, continued pulling me in for kisses again and again on my cheeks. it happened once. and you're like, what is he doing? it happened so quickly, it was just very unusual. and at one point he drew me in and kissed me on the lips. i was pretty shocked. i remember running back into the office, then sort of hiding in one of the offices that i knew was unoccupied and just called my sister and was shaking. like, i don't know what happened. but something weird. melinda mcgillivray also told people about her experience with donald trump. she says she was groped while working for a photographer at mr trump's florida mansion in 2003. i had to be at least two feet away from donald trump when i felt this... it was a grab. ifelta grab. from my bottom right cheek. and it was almost like someo

kind of moving at the speed of trump. this was the president's 21st visit to a foreign country and just 18 months, and after today's one-on-one meeting, the two leaders held a joint press a conference. a let's take a look. >> i'm here today to continue the proud tradition of bold american diplomacy. from the earliest days of our republic, american leaders have understood that diplomacy andcy engagement is preferable to conflict and hostility. nothing would be easier politically than to refuse to meet, refused to engage, but that would not accomplish anything. as president, i cannot make decisions on foreign policy in a futile effort to appease partisan critics or the media or democrats who want to do nothing but resist and obstruct. >> sean: now both leaders w leaders, they addressed the big elephant in the room. that was election interference. let's watch this. >> the probe is a disaster for our country, it has kept us apart, it has kept us separated. there was no collusion at all. h everybody knows it.e people are being

hello and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle in rapid succession donald trump will attend a meeting of nato leaders and then meet with russia's vladimir putin what can we expect from the donald and much much more on this edition of crossfire. cross talking trump goes to europe i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have krauss he's an independent political risk analyst and in athens we cross to alex kristof for oh he is the director and writer for the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate eric let me go to you first here it's been building up the hype here we have donald trump saying that trade with the europeans is about as bad as the chinese that's a very interesting comment and of course nato is shaking in its boots it's never had an american president come to one of these annual conference with disparaging words about its member countries in the alliance interesting times to live in yeah . the trouble here is making p

trump's help in all these things. how much of that laundry list do you think trump is willing to help him with? >> the concern with the story is a huge hole at the middle of it in the sense of trump and putin will meet one-on-one. we have been told there is no agenda. nobody in the room except interpreters. there is not press conference afterwards. there is a speech made, but no press. we really will never know what was said. we have concerns of what might be said. rewind back to the beginning of the trump presidency when steve bannon and mike flynn still in the white house. the idea that ukraine or crimea may be recognized as russian and in return, some deal done in the middle east. that idea went way when bannon and flynn came out and john kelly came in. we seem to be back where we were at the beginning of 2017 with the idea that maybe some kind of grand deal that can be done involving the middle east. i don't know what that would look like. it is certainly is something allies are concerned about. >> thank you, john

call trump derangement syndrome. >> trump derangement syndrome. >> make yourself great again. rezine. >> we'll see you back here tomorrow night. anderson is next. >>> good evening. in a week of surprises we begin with yet another surprise. president trump has invited vladamir putin to washington three days avermaet the cleanup of helsinki for plans for a round two. it wasn't just a surprise to the press, also a surprise to a guy whose job it is to never be surprised. dan coats the director of national intelligence, he found out on a stage in aspen while being interviewed by nbc. >> we have breaking news. it was announced on twitter vladamir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again. >> vladamir putin coming to the -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah. >> okay. >> that's going to be special. >> director coats was not told of the decision to invite putin to washington this fall nor does he by his own admission know what went on with helsinki in that meeting one-on-one with vladamir putin, nor do we. and we'll talk about the claim trump is making about how tough

it was trump signing the checks and weissleberg giving trump the checks to sign. when you get two different people from an organization testifying separately before a grand jury, that makes both of them really nervous. and that's exactly what bob mueller and the feds want to do here. the big picture here, ari, don't forget, the big question is, did donald trump and his organization collude with the russians, and are they covering that up? i've always thought, and i have reason to think that the theory of mueller's case is follow the money, going back to watergate, follow the money. where is the russian money? how did the russian money get in here. this is one of the things tim looked into. where does the russian money come from, and how does the russian money, prevalent in the late '90s, how did that money affect donald trump's behavior and cooperation with russians, if at all, in the campaign? so mueller's going deep here. the feds are going deep. and now they're getting to the people who really, really know. as tim points out, weissleberg is a guy who knows ever

. >> what does russia know about trump? >> if that's not the explanation, that trump has something on it, what is it? what the heck could it be? >> "all in" starts now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm ali velshi, in for chris hayes. three days ago, on the same day that robert mueller charged 12 russian military officers in a conspiracy to disrupt the 2016 election, the president's own director of national intelligence, former republican senator dan coats, warned that it may be about to happen again. comparing this moment right now to the summer before 9/11. >> it was in the months prior to september 2001 when, according to then cia director george tenet, the system was blinking red. and here we are two decades, nearly two decades later, and i'm here to say the warning lights are blinking red. >> the warning lights are blinking red. today one of coats's intelligence community predecessors, former cia director john brennan, issued a different kind of warning, calling the president of the united states "nothing short of tr

trump. so these are his own nominees now who are putting a lie really to the claims that you hear from the white house that this is alleged, that this may or may not be russians. it makes it clear here as the president gets ready for his summit meeting with the russian leader that there are specifics in this indictment showing exactly who did it, who approved it, and the president really has all the information he needs to be able to confront vladimir putin if he wants to. >> right. and i guess the operative, evan, to what you're saying is if he wants to. i know you're also learning tonight u.s. intelligence officials have gotten more intelligence on some of these russians named in these indictments. >> one of the things that has come through in this indictment is the level of penetration the fbi and intelligence services had on the russians. they know their names, exactly who they were and their rank and also had clearly access to their communications. and one of the things we've learned is

trumps trump words for him more sound than meaning putin know much more careful politician. was able to succeed in business and that means he's a clever man commanded. during the election campaign sometimes i thought he was exaggerating his truth but it turned out he was right. although putin did one side with trump remember the rumors spread about trump the one about prostitutes and a certain hotel room in moscow. trump is a man who for many years has organized beauty pageants he socialized with the most beautiful women in the world i can hardly imagine he rushed to the hotels to meet some young russian women low social responsibility sweet talk aside russia and the us in syria have almost come to open war relations a dismal getting worse but not all is lost crimea is back in the headlines trump has called for russia to come back to the g. seven regardless trump's a businessman he likes the deal likes the trade so we can you do me a favor we can get out of syria i think and probably have a good relationship with them yeah it isn't going to be easy but at least they're talki

trump jr., paul manafort, jared kushner and russians who promised to share dirt on hillary clinton? trump jr. has said that he never told his father about the meeting. >> there was nothing to tell. >> it was just a waste of 20 minutes which was a shachme. >> reporter: but sources say michael cohen is now claiming trump knew of the meeting in advance and that cohen is prepared to tell mueller. cohen himself may not be on mueller's to-do list though having referred his case to federal investigators in new york. >> so it brings the issue of collusion or conspiracy right to the president's feet. >> reporter: mueller's latest indictment of the russian hackers hinted that he may still be looking at the role of other u.s. persons. >> conspirators cores respondre with several americans. >> reporter: some speculate that may be roger stone. u.s. intelligences believes wikileaks acted as a middle man. >> it is innocent. there is no evidence of collusion or conspiracy or coordination. >> reporter: departme

, stop trump. that those just personal belief beliefs? when you say those things, you never cross that line. >> sir, i am asking you to believe and i am offering you evidence. >> you have been clear as a bell on that. >> how many interviews did you conduct relating to the collusion? >> i'm instructed not to answer questions on the ongoing investigation. >> did you know that she was meeting with representatives? >> i cannot discuss the content of the operational matters. >> your testimony is bob mueller had not kick you off because of the context of your text. >> it was now my understanding. i don't appreciate what was really sad being changed. >> i don't give a what you thin think. >> this is ridiculous. >> laura: we saw democrats stretching out the neck. using explosive denunciation and every lame parliamentary trick in the book. >> mr. strzok, you are under subpoena. you are required to answer the question. are you objecting to the question if so please state your objection? >> sir i object. >> n

hey, ho, racist trump has got to go. at the gates of blenheim, protesters gathered to voice their displeasure at donald trump's visit, although this was middle england, and it was all a bit sedate. but tomorrow will be bigger, when the trump baby blimp will fly 30 metres above the thames. and protesters have promised to make their voices heard, not that donald trump, before he left the nato summit in brussels, seemed overly worried. protests, there might be protests. but i believe that the people in the uk, scotland, ireland — as you know, i have property in ireland, i have property all over. i think that those people, they like me a lot, and they agree with me on immigration. i'm going to a few hot spots. we have nato, then we have the uk, and then we have britain, and i said putin may be the easiest of them all, you never know. i'm going to a pretty hot spot right now, right, with a lot of resignations. any us presidential visit is an exercise in the projection of power, and though protesters won't get anywhere near

trump's triumph with fox ended with roger ailes out, and he was advising trump's campaign, ask trump commanding loyalty at that channel. donald trump knows transactional relationships, he went on to hire numerous fox personalities, some of those whom trump has not hired are the most influential, consider sean hannity who first recommended this news tonight, first pushing the hiring of bill shine, hannity arranging private meetings for them at mar-a-lago. then he used his own show to push this idea forward. >> ex-fox news boss bill shine in talks to become next white house communications director. if that's true, i think it would be great because he's great at his job. and he's one of the smartest people i've ever known and one of the nicest people i've ever known. as far as what i know about it, it's -- if i did know anything, it's none of your business anyway. >> what? it's none of your business. that's sean hannity telling his own audience that his inside information isn't theirs to hear, a confession that he will literally keep secrets for his political allies out of an apparent l

trump treated mr. cohen poorly, with gratuitous insults, dismissive statements and at least twice threats of being hired. here to help us understand the significance of the latest news from cohen and what it means for the man he once served, some of our favorite reporters and friends. joining us from the washington post, senior political reporter aaron blake. and with us at the table mara gay, journalist and member of the "the new york times" editorial board. mimi, assistant attorney for the southern district of new york. and charlie sykes, contributing editor for the weekly standard, host of the daily standard podcast and an msnbc contributor. >>> aaron, you write about this interview, great interview george stephanopoulous did off camera with cohen. what leaps out at you in blinking red lights for the president and this white house? >> well, he really kind of ticked every box as far as signaling a willingness to cooperate, a willingness to maybe flip against president trump if it came to that. there

jon: all dressed up, and don d trump does have somewhere to go. not a state visit, this is meant to be a routine work trip for the president, accompanied by first lady melania. well, you could have fooled me. the british are pulling out all the stops. this may be a country in turmoil, as the president remarked, but it knows how to put on a show. the dance of the -- bands of the welsh, irish, and scots guards, and thsetting was winston churchill's birthplace, a hero of donald trp's. theresa may and husband, philip, waited patiently to greet them. when the turmoil of brexit is finally over, this is the man she might be concluding a trade deal with. and the prime minister wants to make him feel welcome. a feeling not universally shared. >> racist trump has got to go. jon: at the gates, protesters t gathered make clear their displeasure at donald trump's visit. although this his middle england, and it was all a bit sedate. tomorrow will be bigger, when the trump baby blimp will fly over the thames, and protesters promised to make their voices heard. n

you are looking at the road outside the official residence, donald trump and first lady milania trump arriving in moments because the motorcade is on the move, motorcade is watching to make sure their staff, the press corps traveling with them are safe, you see them arriving right now, the president, the beast it is it is known, the general motors vehicle arriving, you will see them emerge in a minute, a reporter saw in the lobby of the pres.'s hotel a number of staffers, the us ambassador to russia, john huntsman and the chief of staff giving a thumbs up as if they're going into these meetings optimistic. we will see the pres. and first lady emerge in a moment, a high-stakes summit getting together with vladimir putin for the first one on one. and other summits in recent months over the first year and a half of his presidency and a lot of international travel. you see the first lady on one side of the vehicle and the president of the united states, donald trump entering the official residence of the finish president. see if we hear anything from the president. his staff was in the ho

election putin said he wanted trump to win in 2016, republicans calling the trump summit remarks shameful and bizarre, we have details and fresh new sound from fox's hannity interview with trump in helsinki. this as brand-new text-messages surfacing from former fbi official lisa page, reveal that obama white house was involved in the initial steps of the trump campaign probe. thank you for joining us, money, politics, we deliver. i am elizabeth macdonald, the "evening edit," it starts right now. liz: market closed mixed, the dow up 44. ending day above psychological level of 25,000. led by the financials and banks after better than expected earnings from bank of america. but netflix dropping like a stone, more than 14% with disappointing subscriber customer growth. but first, president saying at the press conference with vladimir putin, people think it was russia that hacked into the democrats, president added i don't see a reason why it would be despite multiple probes saying just that. blake berman in the room. reporter: president trump is now aboard air force one over the atlantic and

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trump and mr. cohen are discussing a crime on that tape and tlas crihere is a for the exception and the tape can go to prosecutors and they can use it on trials. mr. trump and mr. cohen who are charged of violating federal election laws. if you make a payment permitted by law in order to influence an election, if dow you do it in c or check, however you do it, if it is an excess of an amount, that's a crime. >> the government has to show it is perfectly shown to influence the election. >> is this past privilege review and the feedback they were showing it to rudy giuliani means it is already determined that it is not in the privilege documents and more over, of course, rudy giuliani will be waiviing whatever privilege he had. it is in the koesher pile, is that fair? >> i think that's fair. i think that's fair craig, what i was trying to do is explain the framework of how these things are processed and of course if it is already passed through privilege review, it means the team likely concluded the

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