top of the hour now, you are live in the cnn newsroom. i'm pamela brown in washington on the sunday. and we have breaking news. a multiple fronts. first, president trump just a short time ago offering an explanation for this confusing statement he made at a rally in florida last night. >> you look at what's happening in germany. you look at what's happening last night in sweden. sweden. who would believe this? sweden. they took in large numbers, they're having problems like they never thought possible. >> his comment had the swedish

embassy tweeting unclear to us what president trump was referring to. have asked u.s. officials for explanation. and just a short time ago, trump tweeted my statement as to what's happening in sweden was in reference to a story broadcast on fox news concerning immigrants and sweden. more on that in moment, meanwhile, cnn has learned the senate committee investigate in russian hacking in the 2016 election is telling the trump administration sprefr all records related to russia. this news comes after movers in the intelligence community received a dplaz classified briefing on russia straight from comey. reince priebus says the request doesn't mean anything's there. elise, what are you hearing? >> well, pamela, we understand that the senate intelligence committee asked about a dozen individuals, agencies and organizations to preserve all records that could be pertinent to the senate committee's

investigation of russian meddling in the 2016 election. now, obviously, there's been a lot of attention paid to the calls between former national security adviser michael flynn and the russian am bbassador to the u.s. on this and senators have said that would be involved in the investigation, but this is really much more of a deep dive of russian involvement, russian hacking, russian meddling. in the 2016 election. and it could involve aides of president trump's campaign who we understand cnn has been told that members of his campaign were in touch with members russian government, russian officials and operatives, during the length of the campaign. now, we don't know what that was about. but obviously, senators want to get to the bottom of it. and talking about this briefing, this closed door briefing between fbi director james comey and the senate intelligence committee was a real closed door

briefing and senators came out very hush hush about it, but you heard it from even republican senators like marco rubio, saying that he's confident, after that brief iing that the senate intelligence committee was going to do a bipartisan investigation of russian meddling and influence in the election. so, it seems as if if there was some information in that broef ing that certainly go senators concerned. >> certainly did. all right, thank you so much for your reporting there. we appreciate it. and let's talk it over with our panel now, jill, a russia expert and cnn's former moscow bureau chief. julian, princeton university historian. michael daley and lynn sweet. thank you all so much for coming on. we appreciate it. and lynn, i want to start with you because this message from senate intel committee to preserve records related to russia is causing a lot of

people to konder is this a standard protocal or ali l unusual? can you put it into perspective for us? >> well, everything is unusual. let's just take that as a starting point in this unfolding early stages of the trump presidency. so, you know, preserving the record is a basic investigative procedure. so why don't where he just take that as a starting point, but do put it in the context that you have republican tonss on the hill wanting to look further into connections. >> so, i just have to look forward to what we heard from nancy pelosi. even alluded to this idea that the trump campaign could be delated documents relating to russia. >> i'm aflad they're going to destroy the comets, but that level of, the fact that i would even say that, the level of trust has gone so far low in this. that's too bad because we're talking about the national security of our country. our intelligence.

>> so, without knowing more about what she was say, we know that the senate minority leader, chuck schumer, made a similar comment. michael, to you, do you think ta pelosi and schumer are being alarmists at this point insinuating that the trump deleting documents about russia? >> i guess it's possible. the trump is, but james comey, i mean, those senators sat down with him. they have to walk away with the impression that he's going to find out what happened. i think he's a g-man. when they sat down with him, they probably came out and said he's going to do an investigation. let's hitch ourselves to it. i can't believe that he would count on anybody getting rid of documents and all that. most of the materials i think that the fbi probably has a pretty good idea of what they are at this point. >> and the fbi has been

investigating for months and the counterintelligence division. as this is ongoing, is this trump russia honeymoon faze, is it over and how is the russia b media reacting and portraying trump at this point? >> oh, yeah, pam, i would say that it is over. and it's striking, i mean, how overnight this has changed. you remember, literally a few weeks ago, it was a love fest. there was nothing in the russian media more than trump. even more reports about trump than about mr. putin. the president of russia. and now, complete opposite. the information or the understanding that we have is that the kremlin has said basically, cool it. do not report that much on trump the recording that uyou have an i was just looking at rt, the russian television international broadcasting, i just searched for the name trump and four to

five stories, first five are all negative. i mean, there are other reports out there. i was looking at one and called -- it's newspaper. they said trying to end the love affair with trump and this is a clown fest. i mean, things of that level. very cutting, very insulting. and i think that he wanted you know, kind of give the idea of what they're going through. i think they feel that they fell in love with donald trump. they have not, they're not going to get the relationship they expected. and that they were pretty much fools to do it. and now, they're really kind of sobering up. again, quite striking of the media turn around. >> very interesting. perspective there on how the russian media is approach iing e trump administration now that he is in the white house and julian, this comes on the heels of president trump's blistering attack on the media. calling certain media outlets including cnn, the enemy of the

american people. now, carl burn steen, the man who helped break the watergate scandal in the 1970s, has this to say. >> trump's attacks on the american press as enemies of the american people are more treacherous than nixon's attacks on the press. his were largely in private. there's a history of what enemy of the people that phrase means as used by dictate ors and authoritarians. trump is out there on his own leading a demagoguic attack including press. >> yule yjulian, is the preside trying to disqualify everything on the administration in russia? >> yes, i think that's wh he's doing. he has been systemically attacking the media as an

institution since the campaign. raising questions about the legitimacy of the news that you hear, see and read. and so, with russia and other issues, he's trying to provide his own narrative about ooefsev and he's arguing the narrative and a lot of media institutions is not true. the problem is, when you antagonize people, they're going to be doubly hard on how they look at you, so i think that's part of what he's confronts right now with that. with the courts and pretty soon, with congress chlgt. >> and you also say it's way too early to tell how this controversy may end up for the trump white house. explain. >> well, there's different kinds of presidential scandals. the iran contra scandal, which brings back memories of shredding ended up with the president being okay, president reagan surviving the scandal, even though many officials around him fell in 1986 and '87. there's other stands, like one president carter faced that in the end, fizzled all together.

but of course there's water dew and that's the question people are asking. not all scandals are equal and part of it will be not just the evidence produceded, but the political dynamics surrounding how the investigations unfold. >> all right, jill, lynn, jul n julian, michael, stand by. we have a lot more to discuss in this show. appreciate it. and ahead this hour, a cryptic message from the president leaves people in sweden scratching their heads. plus, memos obtained by cnn reveal the administration's hard line position on undocumented immigrants. details on what the head of homeland security is telling his agency chiefs. stay with us. you are live in the cnn newsroom. because, actually there's 5. aaaahh!! ooohh!! uh! holy mackerel. wow. nice. strength and style. which one's your favorite? come home with me!

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president trump is clari clarifyinging controversial comments he made about sweden last night in which he appeared to reference a nonexistent incident. tweeting tonight, my statement as to what's happen ng sweden

was many reference to a story broadcast on fox news concerning immigrants and sweden. athena jones is near mar-a-lago where the president is is spending the weekend. you were u at the rally last night where the president made these comments. was it clear he was referring to a fox news report? >> hi, no, it was not at all clear that he was refer tog a news report of any kind. he seemed to be referring to a terror incident that took place in sweden on friday night. let's just play what he had to say and then you can decide what it sounds like he was trying to talk about. let's play that. >> you look at what's happening in germany. you look at what's happening last night in sweden. sweden. who would believe this? swede p. they took in large numbers. they've having problems like they never thought possible.

>> and so, he grouped sweden in with other countries where there have been terror attacks. there of course has not been a major terror attack in sweden. the president later clarifying that he was referring to a report he saw friday night, a report on fox news, here is that segment that aired on friday night. go ahead and play that. we'll talk ab it on the other side. >> perhaps no nation on earth is more committed to accepting foreign migrants and refugees than sweden. 2016 alone, the country accepted more than 160,000 asylum seekers despite a population of 10 million people. only 500 of these were able to get jobs in sweden, but if these arrivals aren't able to work, they're at least able to commit crimes. >> that segment went on to ib include an interview with a dock men tear yan who said that the swedish government has been covering up a series of violent

crimes committed by refugees. what's clear is the president is an avid viewer of b cable news. he gets a lot of michigan his information from cable news, but this lack of precision, the fact he made it sound like he was talking about a specific terror incident, the fact that he likes to repeat things he's told without really checking them, that proved a b problem. it left a lot of people scratching their heads, including a former prime minister who tweeted at him, who is he smoking, questions about now, at least we have clarity on where he got the information. but u the fact of the matter is, the president's words matter and there are people all over the world who are essentially hanging on his every word. and so it's important what he says has some back iing and to clear on what he's getting at. pamela. >> and we're told that the embassy of sweden just responded to the president's tweet saying that he learned about this on fox news. we're going to talk about this

with our panel, athena jones. there in west palm beach, florida. i want to bring in that panel. jewel, author of the fierce urgency of now, michael daley and lynn, the washington bureau chief for the "chicago sun-times." yu julian, the swedish embassy has responded to president trump's clarification, tweeting we look forward to informing the u.s. administration about swedish immigration and immigration policies. do you think president trump understands the possible ramifications that can come from his statements particularly when he's talking about other countries? >> well, i don't know if he understands it or not. but he and his people surround ing him need to. presidential rhetoric matters and a few words can make a big difference and here, we see with one speech w a little part of that speech, he's now caused this diplomatic back and forth. and we've seen historically how the words of presidents can have

consequences. so, he'll need to do more than simply hear a story in passing and then repeat that in a national address, which it ended up being. >> and lynn, what do you say to those who blame the media for making a mountain of a mole hill, for taking his words so literally as in last night? what do you say to those supp t supporters of trump who claim that? >> well, i say to those supporters, the accuracy of a statement is still something that is o of value. and the swedish newspaper, a leading newspaper u, actually printed something in english with the headline saying in english, this happened in sweden last night, mr. president and went on to list incidents, including a driving while intoxicated stockholm, to show there was no terrorist incident last night. but to your point, i cannot say here that i have the complete answer in talking about what i

think is a delegit mization. what we do with a president say things that are not accurate, b it is the press's role to try and put out the facts for people to have and that's what we do and we're in a, in a few era here with president trump, but i think to your question, this is what we've ben doing. >> and the irony is that just yesterday, he was going after the media saying the media is america's enemy. cnn was included in that group and yet, he's citing something he saw on o cable news and he's someone who of course could get clarification on anything he wan wants, right, when it comes to matters that are sensitive such as talking about another country, michael, what is your take on that? >> there's nothing new about this guy. his family is of german

extraction. if you look at art of the deal, he says he's swedish. do you believe it? yeah, i remember when he said sweden. and you know, if it, if you take an accurate book about him, which was wayne barrett's book, the definitive book by a new jersey gaming commission, i remember when he was serving jury duty, i made myself sit next to him back in the beginning of all this and i asked him about wayne berry, he said the most dishonest, the most dishonest person ever. and that just you know, it isn't like he's changed. with these tweets, you got to wonder, you got to think about why he's doing it. i saw him just sit in jury duty with no one paying attention to him and that was not easy for him. and i think of him up in the white house after business hours, he's sitting by himself. if there's anybody around, mr. president, what they'd sa say no matter who's the president and there's this thing where he can

send this tweet and get the whole world talking about him. we're not talk about his policies, what he's doing. we're talking about donald trump. and you go anywhere in america, you get in the subway, on a bus, you go out to queens, go to brooklyn, on the other side of the hudson river, all they're talking about is is donald trump and every time it dies down, he comes out with a couple of tweets and everybody starts talking again. >> i want to actually to pull up this tweet from chelsea clinton in response. she tweeted what happened in sweden friday night? did they catch the bowling green massacre perpetrators, referring to what kellyanne conway said about a nonexistent event in bowling green. but is there a potential risk to democrats focusing on what trump is saying versus what he is doing and signing? >> well, yes. and that was very, you know, the raising the level of i guess on twitter, here's the most important thing i think we should be watching for. president trump is delivering a

speech to a joint session of congress. at the end of the month. if this was any other administration, we would be spending the weekend talking about how the president and his aides were going over the presidential address where he addresses the members of congress and the house chamber for the first time. we're not even talking about this. we're talking -- so, i think the idea that soon, he will have to translate his ideas into legislation he supports or doesn't support. policies that he's either going to urnl republicans to embrace or not and his next big speech of note as i said will be a joint session to congress. they don't call it the state of the union when a p president is in the first year because there's not time to assess the state of the union. so, we'll see if his aides even start talking about the work they're doing on what will be a very significant speech. not in a rally, not in a friendly audience, but with dozens and dozens of even hundred of democrats in the

room. >> well, do you think, just curious on the point you're making, do you think this is intentional on the part of president trump to sort of deflect from focusing on that? >> it's more, sorry. >> no, no. >> i mean, i think there is the politics of distraction. but this argument about sweden is related to his argument about immigration and refugees. he is building support, both for an executive order that's been in the press today to tighten controls over immigration and he's going to reissue an executive order on the refugee ban. and that's where the comments about sweden actually fit in to that speech. and so, i think that's where the rhetoric does matter, because he's trying to nuture support with his base and beyond for why these policies need to stand. that's why they have to be taken seriously. beyond simply being a distraction. >> just quickly, julian, just for context, i think that's important. it is clear this president is

hyper aware of the press that covers him and watching cable news. i mean, sweden's a prime example, he's watching fox, got that information and went to this rally and said it. how does that stack up to past presidents and how much they consume of the media that covers them? >> that's not new. lindened johnson used to have all three networks running in the oval office so he could see how he was being covered ed on issues like vietnam. he was destroyed when walter cronkite turned against the war and there's many examples of this. so, all presidents are consumed with the news. most presidents though get their information somewhere other than simply the news. they confirm, they look, they look at the investigations that are put before them and nor do they set out to attack the media as an constitution institution as a main item of their first 100 days. so, those are the differences even though this is a common problem that presidents confr t confront, how they are covered.

>> michael, final word to you. >> i don't think he's that deliberate. i think you're talking about a guy with pretty meager inner resources and i just don't think he plans that far. i just think it's of the moment with him. it's what grabs him of the moment. i don't think he's sitting there going if i do this, i'll get the press to do this or raise my base or this. it's just like let's see what happens. before twitter, there would be a guy who sounded very much like donald trump. who would call up and say he was john barren right, or john miller, he would say, i hear that donltd is doing this and going out with this and then the next day, it would be in page six, this is like -- >> because he was impersonating. >> just for context there. >> i'm trying to be not fake news here, but everybody i know whoever heard that voice has sounded an awful lot like donald trump. and it's just you know, it actually in one deposition, he

admitted he used that time sometimes, but i just think it's that gone global. it's very difficult to compare him to any of other president because that's not what you're dealing with here, that's not who this is. but when it starts turning serious is when you see the people who are affected by that. i was at a mass at 6:00 a.m. this morning in queens and it's packed. it's all with the restaurant workers are going to go make everybody else's brunch, they're going to mass and they're scareded. and they're call nick rag areans, i'm sorry, i get going on this. >> i know you're passionate about it, michael, for sure. thank you to the three of you for coming on. michael, jewulian, lynn, we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and still to come, as the u.s. and alleys in the region debate their future in syria, the reality on the ground couldn't be more grim. up neg, the heartbreaking images

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what is yet another heartbreaking video depicting the horrors of war. as discussions happen in washington, a video circulating online reminds us of the realities of daily life inside syria. a young boy gets both legs blown

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sile silent. the syrian regime urged on by russia, says it's hold tog a cease fire, but it's patchy at best. rebels are fighting government forces, fighting one another, fighting isis and other groups and al-qaeda. what started almost six years ago as a peaceful uprising has descended into madness. and the innocent children like abdul, like so many others, pay the price. elsewhere, turkish forces are backing factions of the free syrian army in their battle against isis. with while further east, u.s. backed kurdish and arab forces are fighting isis as well. president trump has raised the possibility of setting up a safe zone inside syria and pentagon officials tell cnn they're pondering dispatching u.s. ground troops there. so far, it's all talk and no

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now from wug. so, based on the memo, can we expect more immigrants to be rounded up and detained? >> that's certainly appears to be b the case in this situation, pam. essentially, this memo does a lot of thing us. among them, beginning the process of ramping down a program under u the obama administration called catch and release. which essentially when an undocumented ims grants were detained, they were liberally granted parole while its case made its way through the course, ouc often a lengthy process. that's just one example of how this shift in policy could lead to more people being detained and those being held for longer periods of time and many more being deported. the memo calls for more immigration judges and detention facilities. it also gives immigration officers more power and this falls in line of course with president trump's hard line on immigration, something he promised during the campaign and

it was born out of executive order that the president signed his first week in office. already, immigrations custom has conducted a series of raids at the beginning of the month and that led to more than 700 immigrants being arrested. most of them had criminal records. that was before these instructions were handed down, so it stans to reason that with this new tougher policy in place, more deportations and arrests should be expected. >> so, what about asylum seekers and minors, the so-called dreamers. how will the system change for them? >> at this point, there's no specific change in the executive order of deferred action for childhood arrivals. but the memo says that policy will be addressed at a later time. now, as for asylum seekers, this is a big change. the administration is implementing a much stricter policy to gain access to the united states through asylum and if someone makes it to the u.s. under those circumstances, they could be sent to mexico with their case being heard through video conference. that's not even if they didn't

come from mexico before they're allowed back into the united states, so it is a much different situation for asylum seekers and as for children right now, there isn't a huge change to that policy, but it is something that the administration plans to address in the near future. >> we'll have to wait and see what happens. thank you very much. coming up right here in the news room on this sunday, marching with a message. hundreds take to the streets of times square to protest the president's travel ban and leading the pack, hip hop mogul, russell simmons. i talked to him about why this e event is to important. you are live in the cnn newsroom. garnier nutrisse ultra color with avocado, olive and shea oils. it nourishes hair to boost color. from dull brown to our bluest black. nutrisse ultra color. nourished hair. bolder color.

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intelligence committees. i think that the intelligence committees have the capability to conduct a thorough understanding of what happened so we can be in a position to prevent it in the future. many european countries are worried about russia hacking their election, disrupting their elections, so i believe that the house and senate can carry this out and i think it has to be done in a bipartisan and thorough way and i think that a person like senator feinstein, senator warner, if they feel as though we're not getting to the bline and investigations become partisan, then we have to look at something more independent, but i'm confident that the house and the senate intelligence committee can do this. it's in the best national security interests of the united states and frankly, the rest of the world is looking at how we handle this because they don't want to be hacked. they don't want to have their elections be disrupped in any way. >> well, americans of all backgrounds converged on a new york landmark to collectively declare today, i am a muslim, too.

hundreds protest president trump's travel ban on seven muslim majority nations. rachel crane was there for the demonstration. trz. >> pamela, earlier today, a rally held here in times square put on today by i am a muslim, too. there was an increde b sense of community as the crowd stood together, standing in solidarity, to support quality and intolerance and to fight israel lombardyophobia take a listen to what they said to say. zpl i'm the daughter of muslim immigrants and i'm here to fight to resist, to speak out against the hate. and the overall just this regime that we've elected in. this president who openly, openly is against my religion and against me. i was born here. i'm a born american, so i'm here for them. >> pamela, that young lady just

one of many people that attended today's rally. at one point, it spanned two city blocks. also, in attendance, russell simmons, mayor bill deblasio, both spoke at the rally. also susan sarandon. also, chelsea clinton, she pointed out a photo saying it was her daughter's first. >> as rachel mentioned, russell simmons was there. one of the organizers of today's protest rally. i spoke with him last hour. here's what he had to say about donald trump, someone he's known personally for nearly 30 years. >> we didn't talk a lot of politics, but b obviously had read some of his statements and they were not all great. when he ran for election, you know, i love the country more than i love our friendship. people say, that it's a kind of i'm walking away from a friend, but i love this country. and i love the constitution. and i love the kind of tolerance that we're promoting and what

america is becoming. a little bit of a halt in that growth. but i think they will continue on a path and i'm very excited that he helped to organize people. i've been fighting it for the last ten years probably, i've been the chairman of the foundation for ethnic understanding for close to 20, but for the elast ten year, we have seen it grow and it's grown so much that we were in the middle of promoting momentuslim speaking out because people like tts don't recognize that our great allies in the fight against terror are muslims and that thaer ey are 97, i don't k what the number is, 97 of the victims of isis and other terrorists, muslim terrortististerrortis terrorist. they're just terrorists, just like the kkk and not christians. the koran says love all men of good faith of good books equally. that's what most muslims believe, to love people.

>> we should know that the trump administration says the travel ban was not a muslim ban but clear ly, you felt a need to coe out here and rally and be a part of this movement in you will. i'm curious, vo you tried to reach out to president trump? when is the last time you spoke with with him? zwl the minute he announced i made a statement i'm sure was off color, we didn't speak then and haven't spoken since. i do believe he should talk to more people. and i do believe those people who are his friends should wrap their arms around him and give him different perspectives on many suggests. it is a muslim ban. he would do a muslim ban and the it's only muslim countries. talk b about countries that are not produced a murder, terrorist, a terrorist who committed a murder since 1975. >> coming up, he's one bad

hombre, how one american pro wrestlers is sending mexico into a frenzy by channelling hi inner trump in the ring. that's next. your live in the cnn newsroom.

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when it's fight night in mexico, apparently there's one person everyone comes to watch. he's a prowrestler from

pennsylvania whose over the top support for president trump has made him the ultimate ring villain mexicans love to hate. >> reporter: in today's mexico, it's hard to dream up a more despid despised character for the ring. ♪ oh say can you see ♪ >> reporter: a donald trump loving gringo who goes head to head. sam polinski, a pro-wrestler from pittsburgh came up with the idea after moving to mexico ten months ago. >> you need to have the ultimate villain for people to buy into it. right now there's no ultimate more than donald trump. >> reporter: so sam adonis or the lady's bad guy was born. he says if he voted, it probably would have been for trump.

>> i'm not the biggest fan of hillary clinton. >> reporter: his character is just for show. lucha libre is all about the bad guys. mexicans love to hate them. the more vicious the better. thousands of fans pile in looking for an escape. whether it's a good buy or a bad guy, you can shout and kbet everything off your chest. i come to release all the stress from the week of work says this man. the trump loving gringo is a great character to have fun with. totally worth it. fans are rarely disappointed by the wild acrobatics as good guys battle evil. a string of over the top characters like snake toting

baddie and a mini blue gorilla. when you're this close you can see the sweat flying through the air. sam gets into character before each show with bleached locks and a roll on tan fueling the anti-trump fury in the arena. >> the same people cursing at me or screaming at me want a picture or autograph. >> reporter: they still love to see him take a beating in the ring. what's the best way to get

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