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troops. although at this moment, we don't know how many were on board that aircraft. >> to clarify, marines and planes both searching fors is members right now. on the phone with us cnn correspondent barbara starr and lieutenant francona. barbara, i want to go to you. what are you learning about the incident. >> the marine corps in the last hour issuing a statement confirming what they're calling an active search and rescue operation ongoing off the coast 6 australia. it's been there for a military exercise with the australians. they're searching for members on board mv-22. this is an aircraft that can take off vertically, like a helicopter and then continue to fly on like a regular airplane. so, it's a real workhorse for the marines. they use it at sea, going on and off ships, they use it in combat

zones in iraq and syria. understanding this operation is training off the east coast of australia. the mishap occurred when the aircraft was attempting, origining to attempt, a landing back aboard ship. we are told by the marines that small boats in the water looking, aircraft are in the water. and they are -- there is some initial indication, we want to be very cautious, because it's not officially all the details are not confirmed. there's some initial indication that some of those on board already have been rescued. but at this hour, this active search and rescue operation for u.s. marines involved in this mishap during training off the east coast of australia continues. kristie, victor. >> we've got colonel francona with us as well. so, again, we're hearing from barbara the initial indication

is some have been rescued but we're waiting for confirmation there. i think we have video of his opposite pray mv-22, it's not the specific video of the specific aircraft, but it's just one that looks like it. we'll get it up in a minute. colonel francona, you heard barbara's reporting. your final questions first off the top what you want to know. >> if this aircraft had this incident while it was attempting a landing, it would be near other u.s. facilities, other u.s. personnel. so that's a good thing. so, we'll probably get indication very quickly what happened. and also the status of the members, the marines on board that helicopter, hopefully that search and rescue will be successful since they were very close. this aircraft has a very controversial history, although most of the bugs, or all of the bugs had been worked out. as barbara said this is a workhorse for both the marine corps and the air force. it's used mostly in the air force for special operations,

search and rescue and the marines use it for virtually all of their visimissions. it has had accidents in the past but this is cutting-edge technology aircraft. as barbara said it's a tilt rotor, so it takes offer as a helicopter. and they ever the engines actually move into a vertical position where it flies like an aircraft. it's a very tricky aircraft to fly. the marines have been flying it now since 2007. and they use it daily, in almost all of their operations. so, i think we should wait and see what the actual cause was. you know, they -- they're conducting operations. and they're simulating combat. so these are very, very difficult conditions for these persons to operate. >> colonel francona, thank you, barbara starr. this is a picture of the osprey

that is being used. this is a picture of one that is similar. this gives an indication of what they're dealing with as they continue the search and rescue there in queensland. thank you both very much. this is obviously a very fluid situation and things can be changing rapidly with it. also now, a cnn exclusive report, sources tell us dozens of fbi analysts monitored social media accounts, facebook, twitter and they did so on election day. tracking suspected spread of fake news. believed to be peddled by russia in an effort to harm hillary clinton during that election. but they risk freedom of speech protections in process of doing so here. also for the first time, the special counsel is asking the white house to turn over documents related to the former

national security adviser michael flynn. but mueller is looking into potential secret payments made to flynn that maybe he took from a foreign government during the trump campaign. outside of revelations that he discussed with sergey kislyak, the month before donald trump took office, kislyak is defending those conversations saying there were, quote, no secrets, adding he did not discuss sanctions with nip. and attorney general jeff sessions promising to shut down leak togs to the media in part targeting. >> they cannot shut down and protect the nation's role with national security. >> and we learned the justice department is reviewing policies with potentially handling out subpoenas to journalists. and that's prompted some questions about taking legal action. >> the fbi, cyber, and counterintelligence analysts

were, quote, right on the edge of constitutional legality, when they monitored those facebook and twitter accounts we just spoke of for suspected russia propagan propaganda. pamela brown is here with cnn's exclusive reporting on this. well, good morning, victor and kristie, our team has learned that they spent election day huddle in a war room for fake news. and what they found news about hillary clinton some having to deal with her health that were generated by suspected russian links. in fact, fbi agents could see how the fake news was impacting the conversation online. now, the idea for monitoring for fake news was certainly uncomfortable and certainly new territory for the fbi as one official told me, quote, we were right on the edge of constitutionality because of first amendment protections. but it was something they believe they had needed to do

because it was important and better understanding how fake news played into this, what role it would have and whether or not anyone in the trump campaign, in the trump world, worked with the russians in this disinformation campaign. and amid all of this, we've learned there was constant cooperation between the fbi, department of homeland security as well as dni holding conference calls with the white house to discuss any problems. at that time, during the conference calls, the big focus was that the vote could be tampered with, that the machines could be tampered by with hackers. and while the fbi said that didn't happen, there's smil open questions about whether the disinformation campaign for the russians impacted the outcome of the election and it's something, we, frankly, may never know. victor and christi. president trump is waking up at his golf resort in bedminster, new jersey. he's on what the white house

calls a working vacation or 2 1/2 weeks, caitlin collins is in new jersey. what will the president be doing? what are his plans in bedminster? >> reporter: well, that's a great question. it's day one of his 17-day vacation in beds minister, new jersey, he'll be there for essentially two weeks when the west wing undergoes renovations in the west wing. the white house is billing this as a working vacation because this was the same president when he was a private citizen regularly criticized barack obama for taking too many vacations for too long and playing too much golf. he said he would not be the kind of president who would take vacations. all of this is going on as the president is voicing support for this snfrnational security advi who came under fire. the president issued this state overnight saying general mcmaster and i are working very well together. he's a good man and very

pro-israel. i'm grateful for the work that he continues to do serving our country. mcmaster came under fire in conservative circles for two things one is for edgar wattnic the intelligence aide brought in by michael flynn, the former national security adviser who was let go earlier this year. and secondly, because a letter came out this week where mcmaster had extended susan rice's security clearance. susan rice is barack obama's national security adviser who has been accused of mishandling classified information that pertains to these trump associates. and some say that mcmaster was going too easy on her. but the white house said he issued these letters to all national security advisers so they could participate in the discussion with the current administration for issues that arose when they were in office. >> indicate lan collins in new jersey. >> i want to bring fbi and page

pate, i want to start with the fbi monitoring fake news on election day. they said it was uncomfortable territory for the fbi. and that we were right on the edge of constitutional legality. we were monitoring news. page pate, how close to the edge were they from a legal standpoint? >> well, christi, based on what's reported i don't think they were that close to violates the first amendment. once you put information out in the public domain, social media, information on facebook, that information is being broadcast to the public. so there's nothing illegal about the fbi sitting there reading that information, monitoring that information. but if they try to get involved in at least trying to overhear or trying to monitor communications between individuals, like direct messages on twitter, e-mail communications, that's problematic, unless they have a warrant. but sitting and listening, i think that's constitutional

okay. >> would you having uncomfortable with those duties? >> no, i would not have, christi. and i just think this is soap hypehyperbole. and facebook is a social media, and there's no privacy when you put something on facebook, you're putting that out there. it's in the public domain. that's no different if fbi agents were sitting at home watching cnn or other cable news or local news, and monitoring news broadcasts that way. or going on internet accounts and looking at that. as long as they're not monitoring somebody with an expectation of privacy like your personal e-mails or text messages to another person, there's no protection of that, this is in the public domain. >> josh, is fake news as it's called considered to be free speech? >> well, what we're dealing with

here was a coordinated, directed foreign adversary, foreign government intelligence operation. an information operation. a propaganda campaign that was masking as real media, okay? that's a little different, okay? and the fbi has the ability to track that stuff and they should be tracking that stuff. what's so amazing about the reporting here is that they didn't have a handle on it, they didn't know what the russians were going to do if they were going to do something. they didn't know what tricks they had up their sleeve. as we see president trump going around the country calling the idea that russia interfered in the election fake news, when we look at reporting like this, we see that's simply not true. these were serious professionals tracking a serious foreign threat before the election. and quietly, they weren't trying to make fake news. they were trying to stop it. >> tom, how confident are you that there will be through all of this some sort of

determination as to whether that fake news did impact the result of this election in 2016? >> well, i think we have enough experts that can say, you know, whether the needle moved based on the news that was put out there. whatever was done on election day, no matter what the russians were trying to do is really too little too late, if they didn't tamper with the voting machines. then it was only what will they were putting out in the media which may have been true or not true. fake, disinformation, all of the above. that how many people had already cast their ballots weeks in advance. how many absentee ballots were over and wasn't going to be rescinded. how much were people going to change their vote on that or even monitoring the fake news outlets. so i think whatever the fbi was doing on election day would be to me too little, too late, even if the russians were trying to put this massive amount of fake news on the airwaves and out on

social media, i don't know what they could have done with it. and how would that have affected the election day. or how would they be sure that it did or didn't. >> that's all true, but i would just say this wasn't the entirety of the fbi effort. they've been tracking this for months. there's been reports on this russian intelligence for months. and the russians have been doing it for months. we'll never know exactly what influence, when someone is spilling water in the barrel and the water spills over, nobody knows whose water spills over, but it did spill over, okay? trump did win. whether or not this is a problem it's something that we have to admit that it happened and see how we prevent the russians from doing this in 2018. >> and the question is how long has it happened at the end the day. yes, we know it happened in 2016, but when you go back even farther, how long has this been going on is part of the question. >> right. >> page, i wanted to ask you as i sit here to special counsel mueller, he is now asking the

white house for general michael flynn's -- his documents here. and we're hearing from russian ambassador to the u.s. kislyak this morning, saying when he spoke with michael flynn, they spoke about the simplest things in a transparent manner, with no secrets. he jut said this morning in an interview with state broadcaster russian 24. what do you think mueller is searching for specifically in niece documents, and how likely will he get other things? >> well, christi, i think this investigation started, really, with michael flynn. so, i know the special counsel's office has been focused on all of his transactions, not just with the russians, but with the turkish government and representatives of turkish business as well. the issue here is not going to be whether misleading statements were made on the proper financial forms and whether or not mr. flynn failed to register as a foreign agent. we know that he did. the question is, did he intend to do that, trying to mislead

the government. did he make a false statement, a material false statement with the intent to mislead? and that's the focus, i thinks, of the special counsel's investigation as it relates to mr. flynn. i'd like to go back to that fake news issue whether or not it had an impact on the election. to me, it's not the importance of whether there was impact but any cord dags with the trump campaign. it's hard to believe that the russians knew where to target this fake news without some advice. and if the trump campaign gave any advice to the russians how to do this, then you have the possibility of illegal collusion with the russian government. so, i don't know whether this information will make its way into the special counsel's office. but that is a possibility that if that news was out there, whether it had an impact or not, it still could lead to illegal conduct in a criminal investigation. >> i only have a couple -- >> christi if i could make a quick comment. >> yes. >> the russians knew more about our election process before this campaign and will always know

more than anybody in the trump campaign knew. they had no clue. they were not politicians. they were just starting, really amateurs. the russians experts in it's u.s. election process. they would have needed no guidance. i'm not saying they didn't collude or didn't try to interfere, i'm just saying they didn't need guidance from anybody it's in trump campaign or in the clinton campaign for that matter, they know what they're doing. >> and the trump couldn't include by themselves, right? >> right. >> thank you. vacation time. president trump on vacates indication. congress is starting their summer break. and they are still, as they go into this break, questions about legislation, accomplishments. will the president be able to deliver on his pledges to build a wall? repeal and replace obamacare? we're going to speak with a republican congressman about that in just a moment. also, a northwestern

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23 minutes after the hour now. the president is at his resort in bet minister, new jersey, starting a 2 1/2-week vacation. congress is headed to break as well. and as they head to break, still the unfinished business of repealing and replacing obamacare. but the vice president told the group last night, this ain't over. watch. >> my fellow conservatives, let me be clear, this ain't over. this ain't over by a long shot. and president trump are absolutely committed to keep our promise to the american people. we were not elected to save obamacare. we were elected to repeal and replace it.

>> joining me now, republican congressman frances mooney. thanks for being here. mitch mcconnell said it's time to move on to tax reform. how will republicans fulfill that promise to repeal and replace, in this environment, considering the context? >> well first of all, the house of representatives has done its part, we passed the ahca which is a good conservative view of how to bring free enterprise patient-centric care to the group for insurance and bring it back to the states. i do not understand why it's so hard to bring back the what we told people were we going to do. >> i spoke to two senators, brooks and moore said it's time for mitch mcconnell to go.

and they believe that this inability to repeal obamacare, not so much into a replacement, is part of thjustification. do you believe that mitch mcconnell, if he didn't hold to this promise, to push for repeal of obamacare should go? >> well, it wouldn't be my place to comment on the majority leader of the senate. but i do think the american people expect better than what they've been getting from all of us, in terms of repealing and replacing obamacare. i'm proud of my colleagues in the house. and i wish the senate would be able to focus on accomplishing what they're going to do. >> can you get behind this effort to make fixes, instead of repeal? >> i think we need to repeal it. i think we told the american people we wanted to repeal it. they voted us in to repeal it. we need to repeal it. >> let's move on to another pose issue here. after the week of the president's january call with mexican president 18 reek kay

pena nieto, you told us this about promising to build the wall. >> i don't think anyone thought we were seriously pay for that wall even though we all believe the wall's a metaphor for border security. >> nobody believed mexico would pay. the wall was a metaphor. do you believe the crowds at president trump's rallies believed when 93 were shouting build that wall, they were supporting a metaphor, instead of a traditional brick and mortar, cement wall? >> well, there's an element in the border, where the wall -- brick and mortar wall is appropriate. there are also elements that need to be brought to bear on policing the border like technology. what i said during the campaign, and those very people you're talking about i think understood, that we need to combine a wall with technology and we need to do everything we can do to secure the border. there are areas the rio grande,

is very narrow, that might support a wall better in places that's wide. there's places to private property that don't lend itself to a wall but lends itself to a walls where. and arizona it lends a wall all the way across. >> and the nuance, we didn't hear that from the president. we've heard you say this is a metaphor. here's what the president said the wall would be. >> it's going to be a real wall. it's going to be a high wall. it's going to be a beautiful -- >> it's going be made of hardened concrete and rebar. and we're going to set them in nice heavy foundations. in in order to get the wall started, mexico will pay for the wall. on day one, we will begin working on an impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful southern border wall. and mexico will pay for the wall. >> i will build a great, great

wall. on our southern border. and i will have mexico pay for that wall. mark my words. >> and you mow what let's follow this up with your own promise to voters, when you ran for the seat you currently hold. you're in the construction business. you appeared in your own ad with a safety vest and a construction helmet there, a hat. here's what you said about the wall. >> i'm francis rooney, i work in the construction industry, so i know a thing or two about building walls. in congress, i'll fight to build a big one on our southern border. >> so this is metaphor talk just an excuse to get the wall started within the first six months? >> no, like i said, there are area where is a big wall will be part of the solution. there are also areas where we need something different than a wall. where we need a wall that's removed a bit from the rio grande. but the metaphor part is there's a broad-based feeling of frustration and insecurity all

across our country over what's happened with terrorism. and people crossing our border. and our broken visa system that half the people came in legally and overstayed that we need to fix. that's what i mean about the metaphor is a small wall for big problem, border security and individual security. >> the president also has said before the inauguration and since the inauguration that mexicoological pay for the wall. do you believe that? >> no, i don't think mexico will pay for the wall. i think he was maybe speaking in a campaign hyperbole. but i don't think mexico will pay for the wall. >> he was speaking -- could you repeat that? he was speaking in what? >> it could be just campaign words, you know. >> campaign words are the basis for which -- on which voters selected donald trump. so, are we now supposed to dismiss the promise that mexicoological pay for the wall? that's why potentially some people voted for him? >> well, i don't think if they voted for him because of who was

going to pay for it or they voted for it because they wanted to see our border strengthened and bring security back to the american people. that's where i get back to the broader metaphor idea. >> the president supports a plan to cut legal immigration in half by the end of the decade, end of this term. in your district, florida 19th, there is a construction labor shortage right now in the middle of a construction boom. pew finds 1 in 8 construction worker is a lawful immigrant. 1 in 5 and is also a lawful immigrant. is this reduction in high-skilled workers really best for your district? >> i think the idea in senator cotton's bill of shifting the concept of immigration from family to skilled say good idea. now, when you get into exactly the formula, and the type of skills that we need, i think we have to have employer input, because they're the people hiring the workers. but we have a broad-based

problem with our workforce in america now pop mart of it is the kind of immigrants that come in. i'm all for ending it and going for skills. and part of it we have a drastic need for quad-skilled people. we need welders, carpenters, cement finishers. >> but also some of the people in collier county and lee county that you represent, they don't have skills that match what you've just listed there. >> i'm getting to that part too. after we talked about high school, i did introduce a bill to introduce h-1 b program for high-skilled people and the skilled jobs and then the low-skilled jobs and we don't have enough team to do them either. our people in our district are crying for more h-2as.

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the marine corps said it started with it's calling a mishap with an m-22 osprey. >> it's a plane that can hover like a helicopter. it does have a troubled history but it's also referred to as a workhorse, highly used in the military. they say the osprey was trying to land on a ship and something went wrong. boats and planes are still working to rescue service members from the water. what you're looking at on the screen is a picture of that kind of craft, the mv-22 osprey. that is not the one that is involved in this incident. but we're working to get more information on this break ing news. we'll get that to you as soon as that becomes available, of course. a northwestern university professor and an oxford university employee in custody in california. police across the country searched for wyndham lathem and andrew warren, and this morning,

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attention and exercise extreme caution when traveling throughout the state given the series of race-based incidents occurring statewide. they said use extreme caution. the statewide advisory is the first for the knapnaacp. and comes after missouri passed a law that would make it harder for employees to sue businesses for discrimination. the governor there calls the bill common sense reform. the state's naacp branch says that it's a jim crow bill. all of this coming after the president's new immigration proposal which would grant immigrants visas, based on a point system. a move some say is discriminatory. we'll try to have time to talk about that as well. let's start with missouri. cnn contributor and former president and ceo of the naacp, cornell brooks and cnn political commentator paris denard. gentlemen, good morning. >> good morning. >> let's start with the new law the governor signed sb-43, in

order to sue for discrimination, paris, one must prove that the group was not just a contributing factor but a motivating factor in other requirements as well. why was the change necessary? >> listen, i don't know why the change was necessary in the state of missouri, as i understand it, other states have similar laws on the books already that pertain to employment issues. and so, there is precedent for it. but what i think is unfortunates is now the naacp, or naacp, is acting like a pseudo state department or travel agency, which is well beyond the means of what they're expected to be doing as a sill righcivil right organization. i'd like to agree with the woman who is the president of the lewis county naacp who said that, you know, she may not agree with the law itself, but she thinks that this ban is

going to actually hurt the very people that the naacp is designed to protect. the incident workers and people in the hospitality industry and people who are dependant upon tourists and people to come to the state of missouri for a life. it's their business, they're working. >> let's point out that other nongovernmental agencies have issued travel warnings before. the acl has issued warnings and advisories as well. cornell, to you, this law as paris pointed out there, matches the title 7 of civil rights act of 1964. we'll put that up, unlawful employment practice is established when the complaining party demonstrates that race, color, religion, sex or national origin was a motivating factor for any employment practice. what's wrong with making this

mirror the federal statute? >> let's be clear, first of all, state laws don't match title 7. point one. point two, the law was sponsored by a legislator whose own business was being sued. point one. point two, the law also caps the amount of damages victims of discrimination are able to get. so, in other words, it's harder to make a case of discrimination and it's harder to be made whole after you've been discriminated against. this law has been passed in a state that's been wronged maliciously with discrimination. we call that michael lost his life in ferguson. and tory ferguson ended up in a jail cell held for 96 hours without being arrested and who died there. this is also a state of which the student of university of

missouri have been subjected to ugly racial slurs and bigotry. and the point being here that the naacp state confidence issued this travel advisory out of concern for the citizens of the state. in the same way that the state department being concerned about american citizens travel ago broad, the naacp say confidence and the national naacp being concerned about with the travel has issued this. >> if the naacp is so concerned about people traveling into states they would issue travel advisories for people in their own headquarter demonstrate baltimore, maryland. they would issue -- >> let me hit finish. >> they would issue travel advisories for people traveling in chicago, oil. if you're talking about the history of things, quote/unquote discriminatory or bad for african-americans which i will not deny. my point is when you have the church of god in christ the

largest penaltecostal organization, 40,000 people coming into that city every year, you're going to tell them stay away? this policy, this ban, it's horrible. because it directly impacts it's people who they actually need to serve. >> but the people in missouri are not the only people being discriminated against in the country. why specifically the state. and people will tell you this as well, it expires on august 28th. i mean, that's the date that the law goes into effect. why would that be the expiration date. is this just publicity? a stunt? >> no, let's be very clear about this. this is not a publicity stunt. this is a civil rights measure based on widely known facts. the fact of the matter is, in the state of missouri, african-american citizens are 75% more likely to be detained by the police than their white counterparts. those are facts.

the racial disparities with regard to policing within the state are well-known facts the naacp conference and the national naacp took this step to provide a measure of protection for citizens traveling within the state. it is not an economic boycott. let's focus on the facts. it is a travel advisory. in other words, making people aware of the unjust and unsafe civil rights conditions within the state of missouri. >> but issued a travel advisory for baltimore, issue a travel advisory for chicago. >> cornell, it's a travel advisory -- considering your former role with the naacp, it's a travel advisory that ends in three weeks. what is expected to happen that's going to be dramatically different once the law takes effect that the naacp has these quarrels with, that you would end it at the end of the month? >> well, first of all, the travel advisory was issued in

response to the passage of the law. it is a first step, not necessarily the last step. that's the first point here. second point is, this travel advisory goes to the civil rights conditions within the state of missouri. as a nation's oldest civil rights organization, we're concerned about the conditions on the ground in missouri. and here what we've not heard. we've not heard anyone contest the lack of safety for the citizens in the state of missouri. in terms of policing. we've not heard that. and so, the point being here, the naacp took a critical first step. it's not necessarily the last step. >> it's important to point out those stats that you reported. i think we have them on the screen, actually came from the attorney general in missouri from the 2016 report. not from the naacp. so, this is the state

acknowledging their own disparities with regard to african-americans and being stopped and searched. paris. last word. >> nobody denies the fact that there are obviously serious issues going on with our brothers and sisters in the state of missouri. that's a fact. but for the naacp to not also focus on other cities like baltimore, like chicago, or different states is just disingenuous. this looks like a political stunt. and if you have a problem with the bill, there are other ways of going after the bill without punishing the very people you're sworn to protect. >> we got to wrap it there. good conversation. >> thank you, victor. >> quick break. we'll be back. rethink your allergy pills. flonase sensimist allergy relief uses unique mistpro technology and helps block 6 key inflammatory substances with a gentle mist. most allergy pills only block one. and 6 is greater than one. rethink your allergy relief.

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has called defense secretary james mattis to offer support. they're calling this a mismap with the mv-22, the osprey. >> it was apparently trying to land on a ship. on the right side of the screen that is an osprey, but not the one in the incident. it has had troubled history but most recently become classified as a workhorse for the marines. we're working to get more information on this breaking news. obviously, we'll bring that to you as soon as we learn more. >> that's it for us this hour. we'll see you back here at 10:00 eastern for an hour of "newsroom." don't go anywhere. "smerconish" is with you after the break. stay close.

♪ i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia. we welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. another wild week in washington winds down, one in which we learned that special counsel robert mueller has empanelled a garage to investigate russian meddling. and might protecting mule letter's probe be that which finally ignites republicans and democrats. i'll talk to senator chris coons. plus, despite all of the dysfunction in d.c., the president has been bragging about the record-breaking dow jones high and jobs numbers. credit i