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terror attack at the time. details are scarce so we will keep our eyes on this. >> in addition to two big stories this hour. the clock ticking on the health care bill in the senate. the gop hoping to vote on this plan on thursday. this is restricted deadline here. is there a lot of back room wheeling and dealing going on. >> in fact, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell trying to cobble together yes votes there. so far, several gop holdout and combined with all of the no democratic votes right now, the prognosis for the bill does not look on promising. meanwhile, president trump is slamming the obama administration when it comes to the russia hacking allegations accusing them of not taking action to stop it and to help hillary clinton's presidential bid. athina jones is following that

aspect for us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president has been responding to that "the washington post" report for the last couple of days now. it started friday night when he sent out a tweet that seemed to acknowledge that he accepted the conclusion that u.s. intelligence agencies reached months ago that russia meddled in the election and months after calling the russian meddling story a hoax and a phony. certainly it's possible that the president was responding to the "the washington post" report and not making a definitive statement about his own beliefs about the election, but it was noteworthy. he continued his responses to that story on saturday with a couple of more tweets. i'll read them to you and they are up on the screen. here is another tweet.

that second tweet a direct reference to a quote included in that "the washington post" article. so it's clear the president, a very much focused on this story, and wanting to shift the blame to his predecessor and away from himself. i should mention that he followed up those two tweets by talking about the health care bill pending before the senate, putting pressure on republicans to vote for the bill since it is, of course, republicans who are standing in the way, but it's still very, very clear that the whole issue of russian meddling remains top of mind for the president. we will have to see what he tweets today. >> thank you. congressman adam shift tweeted the following. let's bring in sarah westwood white house correspondent for the washington

examiner and julian selizer of princeton university. good morning to you. we are getting the first sound bite out of the this fox interview that will air this morning. the president discussions a last minute effort to get the senate health care bill passed. let's watch a portion of it. >> came out on facebook recently you may have seen it. he said your bill is a master transfer of wealth and harm americans and it's mean. what do you day? >> that was my term, mean. i wanted the -- i want to -- i speak from the heart. that's what i want to see. i want to see a bill with heart. health care is a very complicated subject from the standpoint that you move it this way and this group doesn't it like it. you move is over here. you have a very narrow path and you're talking about a very small winding path. honestly, nobody can be totally

happy. even without the vet so forget about votes. this has nothing to do with votes. this has to do with picking a plan that everybody is going to like. i'd like to say love, but like. >> sarah, the president at the top of that sound bite referencing the word he used, mean in describing the house bill. as we look to the senate, how much weight does the president have in trying to get this over the finish line considering this was the senate bill that the working group put together and the president signed on late in the process? >> it's the same basic sort of dilemma the press faced when the legislation was working through on the house. at that point the house revealed the health care act and the white house legislative affairs team and the president, himself, got involved in whipping individual house members and ipts the same basic problem that the republicans in the senate are facing which is there is such a diverse group of republican lawmakers who oppose the bill in its current form

that it's difficult to find the middle ground where that bill could find broad support. you have on one side senator senator dean heller who opposed the bill and on the other side you have ted cruz who oppose the bill because the cuts don't go far enough. president trump is right for the path to find sufficient support is very narrow for the bill and it's hard to see how you reconcile those two kind of objections. >> senator rand paul is calling it obamacare light. this has nothing to do with votes but picking a plan that everybody is going to like, he said. this is a fight to get votes. but everybody here, one would assume, the american people. what this president is not doing is what we saw president obama do in the push for the affordable care act, town halls, one-on-one interviews about the specifics of the deal. as we go into the final stretch, what role does that lack of

specificity play in the president's sales pitch? >> it's very debilitating to the legislation. part of the problem here this is not a progropular program so th president might be correct but he has a problem on his hands. he doesn't have the votes and right now, not a piece of legislation that the republicans can sell to their voters and the president isn't doing a lot of the work you're talking about, trying to use the bully pulpit to sell this plan. so that leaves senate republicans not having a lot of trust that they can count on the president to change public opinion and why you see the fracturing of the senate vote right now, leaving mcconnell in a very tough place. >> so, sarah, we heard from americans for prosperity. it is run in part by the koch brothers. they plan to spend 3$300 millio

in the election. they promised to set aside a fund to support gop congressmen who voted note on that health care bill. they do not like the one in the senate. how much does this outside money influence what is happening in the senate in because the koch brothers said they wanted a no vote on the house bill and that eventually passed. >> there are conservative republicans who are concerned that groups on the right are going to hammer them if they do support this legislation. so that is part of the equation that particularly the conservative members are taking into account when they are objecting to this bill on the basis that it doesn't do enough to dismantle obamacare. certainly they are going to find pressure from the white house to accept a compromise that maybe doesn't do as much to repeal obama as they were hoping to initially. the president sort of hit on it in that interview which is that no one is going to love this bill. that was sort of the sentiment we saw in the house and very few

republican who are actually excited about the bill. they acquiesced to the fact that politically they had to pass something and that is the kind of reality that they are going to hope will shepherd the bill through the senate. >> julian, quickly. a school of thought, a couple of op-ed out this weekend that mcconnell doesn't want this to pass and get this done and move on to tax reform. what is your view of that? >> i don't think that is impossible and in fact, i think many republicans are hoping this issue goes away for now that it's defeated and can blame the democrats for being obstructionists, quote/unquote, and they can move on to taxes. look. i think the republicans want to deliver on this promise but i don't think they have a bill that will work and i think they have a bill, if it actually passed, might cause more problems for them politically than it would bring benefits. so i don't think it's a wild speculation to suspect that senator mcconnell might be okay if at the end of the week, he accepts defeat and moves on to

some winning issues. >> thank you both so much. >> thank you. >> thank you. did you know that there are more than 800 firefighters still battling a series of wildfires that are blazing across the southwest? we are talking about 18 large fires burning across half a dozen states. they are threatening homes, businesses, and part of it is a result of a record breaking heat wave. the state of arizona, in fact, has declared a state of emergency and then you've got utah. nine communities evacuated there. we are following the devastation and the angst that this heat wave has already caused. take a look. >> reporter: two massive wildfires in southern arizona and utah are threatening homes, properties, and lives. the so-called brian head fire in utah has already expanded to more than 40,000 acres and only 8% contained. nearly a thousand firefighters are trying to save communities and while some spots are cooled off enough for residents to

return for a short time. >> we will all go in and get what they need for 15 minutes and you come out together. >> reporter: others gathered at this community center. >> that is where the fire started was there. >> correct. >> reporter: are still waiting to go behind fire lines. >> we got out there last night about 1:00 and we could see the flames up over the top. >> sleepless nights. we have 20 years of memory on that mountain. >> so no go to go up there, they had -- said. we can't get in. >> reporter: they are relying on burn maps to see if their properties is still there. >> it's heart wrenching. i get it. you know? there is cab bins up there that are generations old. with the cab bins we have lost and that is heart wrenching. it could have been much worse. >> reporter: in the meantime, arizona's governor has declared a state of emergency as crews battle the fry fire northeast of tucson. that fire was sparked by a

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president trump now criticizing the obama administration's response to russian meddling in the run-up to the 2016 election. valid question. what is another valid question? what is the white house doing to prevent russia from inferring in future elections? let's bring in scott, an intelligence expert. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> let me put up on the screen a tweet from president trump in which he wrote yesterday. the president referring to himself as t there. he could have said me. let's talk f internal revenue

service about the trump administration. "the washington post" characterized what they found out about the obama administration's responses, deliberate and cautious, hoping not to make things worse. you say that was the wrong approach. >> yeah. that's a huge concern that the obama administration was taking this deliberate and cautious approach with the goal not to make things worse and that failed with russians. russians don't respond to or half measures but they respond to affirmative action. i think a good model here we have to go back in time to see is president kennedy during the cuban missile crisis. to deal with the russians you need to be deliberate, courageous, and predictable. the stop or else message just confirms to a guy like putin that his plan is working. >> scott -- >> that's not what we need. >> what allowance do you make what we are hearing from some obama administration officials since the "the washington post"

reporting if we knew then what we know now justification that they say that their 2016 decisions are being judged in a 2017 framework with a 2017 context? >> is there a certain amount of legitimacy there in the fbi. there is always extreme deference given to the agent on the street in the situation. i think what we also have to have in the mix here is being president of the united states is not easy. it's hard. and if you don't have the courage of convictions, if you're playing to not make things worse, that means you're going into the championship game playing not to lose. what we need is a president who has the courage of conviction to do what is necessary and then explain it afterwards. i think getting involved in the politics of the situation was a mistake. and i think everybody gets it.

you have to be cognizant of politics but dealing with russians, you need to focus on the outcome first. >> scott, i want you to listen to kellyanne conway in which she told cnn. >> reporter: my question for you what is president trump doing to prevent russia from doing this again? >> this report is new and we will discuss it with him later. he has been very clear on the record that he believes in any type of number of measures to make sure that democracy flourishes and that voter integrity is intact. >> reporter: such as? against russia what is he doing specifically to try to stop this? >> look. i realize we like to say the word russia russia to mislead the voters and i know cnn is aiding and abetting this nonsense again. you've asked me the question three times and i've answer the defendant. >> you're not answering it. what he is doing? i don't understand what you're doing in terms of trying to talk without --

>> you've asked me the question four times and i've answered it four times. >> reporter: what action is the white house doing to stop russian interference in elections? >> so what is the consequence of what you just watched? the lack of a stern condemnation and warning to russia? >> yeah. the conversation that we just saw is a political conversation. the focus there is how it looks. what we need president trump is focus on the outcome and the consequence and that does take courage, not recklessness. it takes courage. i think what president trump is going to struggle with is being predictable. he is very good at being unpredictable and keeping people off balance, but as long as trump remains unpredictable, putin, in my view will continue to try things. as soon as putin understands that his behavior is going to get a solid predictable response from this administration, he's not going to stop. >> president trump has said that that is one of his greater

qualities, the flexibility and unpredictable you say in this arena, it is so much. scott olson, good to have you here this morning. >> thank for having me, victor. >> all right. some groups are calling it outrageous. two of cosby's publicists will join us with the insight behind that plan. a oil truck explosion in pakistan. more than 130 people have died. stay close. we will tell you more coming up. look closely.

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president trump spoke to fox news about moving his agenda forward. watch. >> a couple of -- for example the health care bill you're reporting on and everybody is reporting on. it would be so great in the democrats and republicans could get together, wrap their arms around it, and come up with something that everybody is happy with. it's so easy. but we won't get one democrat vote, not one. and if it were the greatest bill ever proposed in mankind, we wouldn't get a vote. and that is a terrible thing. so there is -- well, look. their theme is resist. i've never heard of anything like this. resist. >> as of right now, the senate's health plan is in jeopardy. senate majority leader mcconnell trying to cobble together enough yes votes but democrats and five republican senators say they are not going to vote for it. >> the president blasts his predecessor over the handling of

russian before the election last year. he tweeted this. more fallout surrounding bill cosby's plan to host the town halls on sexual assault and how to avoid being accused of it. >> cosby's sex offense case ended last week in a mistrial. women's groups are blasting the town halls as outrageous. we have heard some describe them as disgusting. attorneys who represented gloria allred dismissed them as a publicity stint. >> this is a transparent and slick effort potentially by the cosby defense team or its supporters in order to try to confuse the public to try to suggest and advance the theme that mr. cosby has been falsely accused. but that is not what the jury in the first trial found. they didn't acquit him, nor did

they convict him. there is a mistrial. there was a deadlock. he is going to be tried again. and most women underreport rape and sexual assault. >> i spoke with linda kirkparker who claims that cosby drugged and assaulted her over in 1981 and furious cosby hosting the town halls and said he is a convicted murderer who knilled and ate his victims. >> 70% of perpetrators are known to the victims. it could be a family member, a neighbor, or a hello friend to victimize what were we wearing, what do we think was going to happen? women have a right to drive and a right to vote and we have a right to wear whatever we want to wear and we have a right not to be raped.

>> she actually compared him to jeffrey dahmer saying that bill cosby going on a tour of sexual assault is like jeffrey dahmer giving somebody cooking lessons, so to speak. ebony, start with you. strong words from one of the women accused bill cosby of sexual assault. what is your reaction to what linda kirkpatrick had to say? >> i think miss kirkpatrick is entitled to have her opinion about this issue. first, i want to be clear. the town hall meetings are not about sexual assault. i will repeat. these town hall meetings are not about sexual assault. this went way beyond a comment made from an interview by my colleague a couple of days ago when we initially talked about the town hall meetings, it was about restoration of legacy, much to what mrs. cosby spoke on

in statement is the sensationalism brought on by the media and this is another example to take something meant to talk about the restoration of this man's legacy that was destroyed by the media before he had a chance to step into the courtroom is what this is about. this is about education and teaching that the revolution begins in the home. with we also said that if people wanted to ask mr. cosby about his situation, that he would speak on it because it is an open panel discussion. but within whatever parameters his legal team has set for him. >> ebony, just so we understand this. what you're saying is the intention is not necessarily to educate people about sexual assault -- >> the intention is not about sexual assault at all. >> it is to restore his legacy? >> absolutely. >> it is to restore bill cosby's image. >> to start what he did 50 year ago in the entertainment business which is importance of community and importance of education. >> so when you, andrew, say this is going to be an educational

town hall, what are you going to be educating the audience about? >> this town hall -- >> i'm sorry. ebony, i wanted give andrew a chance to speak. thanks. >> sorry. >> no, that is okay. sometimes it's hard. andrew, go ahead. >> good morning. it's about the restoration of legacy as ebony spoke on and also mr. cosby's mantra is the revolutions in the home and not blaming yourself as a victim. education has been his key to success and his speech throughout the years. talking about personal development, talking about cleaning up your neighborhoods, asking for safe passage and creating relationships in the community with the police department and gang members to try and clean up the community. it has nothing to do with sexual assault. i think the media took it up on themselves to turn it into a sexual assault conversation

because what happened, a question was asked what happens if mr. cosby receives a question about his criminal case and about sexual assault, would he be able to answer those? >> surely, you know he is going to be asked about those questions. sinned it aas i understand you' taking the town halls to chicago, detroit, philadelphia and in july and you are taking questions from that audience. you would expect that audience to ask him questions about what is in the news right now, particularly since there is going to be another trial, most like likely. yes? >> i think not another trial. i think the district attorney, he ran a -- horse style campaign you elect me i will bring bills cosby to justice and castor told bill cosby he would not be criminally charged. if you were at the courtroom, mr. cosby has always said, i did not want anyone to proclaim my

innocence or guilt. i want them to come to the courtroom to hear and see the truth. that is what happens. you saw the inconsistencies in miss constand's statement. you see inconsistencies with the jurors. the jurors said when we got in there we had a full acquittal for mr. cosby and now jurors saying 5-7, 7-5 in favor of mr. cosby and why they had two deadlocks. >> there was one juror who said it was 10-2. ten who wanted to convict. two who would not. and this juror came out and said, listen. we believe what andrea constand had to say. we believe what happened but we didn't understand the charges and verbiage of those charges and how we were supposed to proceed. so definitely there is no doubt that there was some confusion in that jury room, but when we are talking about -- i want to listen real quickly here to some

sound about sexual assault. let's listen. >> talk to young people because this is bigger than bill cosby. you know? this issue can affect any young person, especially young athletes of today. and they need to know what they are facing when they are hanging out and partying, when they are doing certain things that they shouldn't be doing. and it also affects, you know, married men! >> that was you, andrew, talking to a legal tv station earlier this week. and you were saying that there was going to be a conversation about sexual assault in these town halls, andrew. go ahead. >> you didn't play the full interview. the full interview was she asked the question. she said so what happens if that question comes up? how are laws changing across the country? and what i said, i said that laws are changing across the country where there are -- in the statute of limitations and

laws need to be changed. >> is that what you're talking about when you talk about this an educational tour? >> that is when the confusion came in. the tour about this is people in this country in general needing to be educated on these laws is where the confusion is coming in. >> let's listen here. or i want to read a portion of the deposition used in court against mr. cosby. again, is there no doubt he is going to be asked about this because this is what is happening right now in these headlines. he admits that he gave women quaaludes, that these were women wanted to have sex with. when you know that you're going to go into a situation with an audience who is going to ask about sexual assault, is he the right messager to talk about that issue? you know it's going to come up. >> i don't think we can project what the audience will ask, especially when we are coming in there to talk about restoring his legacy. if these questions are brought up, he can speak on his personal

experience and that is simply what we have been saying. >> andrew, who you expect is going to fill the seats of these audience? >> you brought up -- christi, you brought up a deposition that he did, his own free will. he agreed to do the deposition. and if you explore the entire deposition, one of the women in the deposition, if you read her deposition, asked him for quaaludes, do you have it? and that he provided them. now that was a position talking about what took place in 1976 when that was the culture of the time. if you go and talk to any artist or any person who was in that era that was the culture. quaaluded were called disco biscuits. you cannot compare that to given somebody benadryl. i think cnn has done a great job of this thing first started with these accusers you went and ran with it and saw the depositions and try to juxtapose and that

was cleared up in the courtroom. >> absolutely. all of those things were cleared up. >> okay. all right. can you understand, however, why this seems so insensitive to people? we have got groups and how he is going to explain sexual assault without it seeming it is victim blaming? >> i think it's important for the media people in your position with your platform to distinguish facts from sensationalism. i have given facts throughout this interview this is not about sexual assault so there shouldn't be any outrage or outcries about town hall meetings discussing the restoration of legacy and bettering our community. >> so was this his idea to have this town hall that would -- >> no. >> -- revive his image and his status among people who may see him differently because of all the accusations that have come up? whose idea was it for these town halls?

>> christi, we received, after -- we did not get the acquittal that we want but we got what we needed and that was a mistrial. after that, it was hundreds and hundreds of supporters outside that courtroom. when we got back to our offices an our phones were ringing off the hook, hundreds of calls we received from civic organizations, church groups saying we want mr. cosby to come out and speak to us about education and we want him to come out here and talk to our young people. i understand you may be trying to make a headline and sensationalalize a headline. not the case. the case is talk about education and self-development and personal development, cleaning up the community. i'm pretty sure questions are going to come at him. we will vet those questions and if he can answer those questions about his personal experience, he will do so. within the parameters of how he can answer based on what his lawyers give him the guidance of. but to make the headline and keep trying to make the

headline. >> about sexual assault. >> -- about sexual assault it has nothing to do with that. >> okay. but in all due respect, your answer on that local tv station then confused a lot of people about what the intention was for -- >> that is why we are here. that is why we are here. >> i understand that. >> why we are here in this position. >> and thank you -- >> -- and to clear up any misunderstanding and have people understand that is not our intent. the fur further it is pushed that is our intent goes back to -- >> so the intention of this town hall tour is going to be to revive his image in the public. we appreciate it so much. thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> thank you. u.s. military officials give cnn information about that fatal collision at sea. seven american sailors were killed aboard their destroyer last weekend. we have got new details on the investigation. also, empowerment versus accountability. why the president is drawing fire for giving military

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we are learning more about the collision of an american navy destroyer and a container ship. defense official says five of the seven sailors were killed pretty quickly, pretty soon after the impact. the "uss fitzgerald" and a container ship smashed into one another last saturday and tearing a giant hole into the "fitzgerald." >> reporter: u.s. navy investigators are learning new details about the collision between a cargo ship and the "uss fitzgerald" which cost the live of seven u.s. navy sailors. again, this investigation is ongoing, in addition to investigations by the u.s. coast guard and japanese authorities. but some of the initial details beginning to merge is where the collision took place on on the starboard side of the ship

impacting the sleeping quarters and birthing areas of that ship and forcing sailors to use satellite cell phones in order to communicate with their higher headquarters as they tried to keep the ship immediately afloat immediately after the collision. investigators are most interested in finding out how this collision could have taken place without any of the crew aboard the fitzgerald being able to detect the incoming cargo ship and avoid the collision. now they are going to be reviewing radar data from the sophisticated weapon system aboard the "fitzgerald" as well other data and information from the cargo ship in an effort to find out exactly how such a tragedy could have taken place that cost the lives of seven u.s. navy sailors. back to you. >> thank you so much. it's ban happening since president trump took office. the white house says it helps the military move quickly and more efficiently on a tactical level. critics say the move allows the

president to duck responsibility from controversial decisions. so let's talk about it with the lieutenant colonel rick francona, a cnn military analyst. lieutenant colonel, thank you and good to see you. the most recent example i want to point out of this is giving defense secretary james mattis, recently retired four star generally, the power to set troops in afghanistan. are military members comfortable with that kind of power? are you comfortable with that? >> actually, i'm not. thif the president is the ultimate -- has the ultimate responsibility for determining troop levels. he can take advice from the secretary of defense, from the chairman of the joint chiefs from the battlefield commanders. that is all well and good. the ultimate decision rests with him because he is the one who has to explain to the american people why we are sending young americans into harm's way. i think at that strategic level you need to make that decision

making power with the president. below that, i don't have any problem with the pentagon receiving more authority from the president. i think that has been long overdue. we are talking about two different levels here, strategy and tactical. >> the white house says the military cuts out needless bureaucratic steps. here is what president trump said after a raid in yemen where a navy s.e.a.l. died. >> this was a mission before i got here. this was something that they wanted to do. they came to see me and explained what they wanted to do, the generals, who are very respected. my generals are the most respected that we have had in many decade, i believe. and they lost ryan. >> they lost ryan. obviously, giving generals much credit, where credit is due. but do you get the sense that there is an avoidance of responsibility there for the consequences of that decision? >> no. i'm going to give the president

a pass on this one. it was due to the office and all that. but this is the kind of operation that you want decided at the tactical level because the commander on the ground on scene have to be able to react fast. i don't think you need to go up to the president every time you want to launch a special operations raid unless it's into a sensitive area outside of the already established zones of conflict. now if you're talking about yemen, syria, iraq, with we have ongoing operations there so you have to give the battlefield commander the man on the ground the decision making authority to conduct opgs quickerations quic. you have to get inside of the decision making of the enemy. if you're outside of that the targets disappear and you lose the opportunity. in one instance i think the president need to have the -- retain the authority for strategic but at these tactical levels i have no problem it being pushed down as low as possible. >> good to know.

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ramadan. one in front after mosque in davis, california. >> in a second incident, a burned koran filled with bacon was found hanging by a handcuff from a fence outside of a another mosque in sacramento. civil rights groups are condemning the acts. >> they want to rip out pages of our book in their homes, is there no issue but when you try to intimidate a community, unfortunately, we have been seeing these kind of cases around the nation. >> the council on islamic communications said this. >> at least 135 people are dead. dozens more injured after an oil tanker exploded in parkistan early sunday morning. it came after a truck came off the road here. the villagers try to siphon off

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