u.s. president donald trump set to arrive in hanoi, vietnam, at any moment now as the kremlin issues a joint statement with vladimir putin on syria. the two leaders talk on the sideline of the apec summit. we'll have more on that ahead. also ahead here in the united states, republicans are divided on how to respond against sexual allegations on a senate candidate. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell, from

cnn world headquarters in atlanta. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. 5:00 a.m. here on the u.s. east coast. the u.s. president set to arrive in the capital of vietnam at any moment now. we continue to monitor this as part of his travels throughout asia. but in his previous stops there was -- there were several meetings. he crossed paths with his russian counterpart vladimir putin several times. we now know from russian state media. that a brief meeting did occur earlier between the two leaders. and reportedly resulted in a joint statement on the syria conflict. >> the kremlin says they spoke at the apec summit and agreed that they must push for peace on negotiations and maintain negotiations on the grounds on syria. nic robertson is reporting, ivan watson is hanoi, where the president will be arriving any minute. first, nic, about this meeting

only reported so far by russian state media. that's unusual, isn't it? >> reporter: it is unusual. it's three hours now since the russian task news agency, the state news agency, first put details out saying that they agreed to continue fighting isis. that they agreed that they were going to, you know, continue the joint military coordination to avoid the skon fliblconflict an the area. and they agreed that it was not military but political and should be done under the resolution 2254. and the u.s. president saying that assad had signed up for that. what is odd here, all the detail that's task news agency listed these are all things that united states and russia would have been doing for some time. it would have been a headline saying that these have been cancelled but what they're

really saying is this is a continuation that this is already going on.fact that we don't have any feeling from the white house this gives us a sum of a rerun between president trump and president putin back in hamburg on the g20 where they met for 2 3/4 hours, but it was the russian side that came out initially with the details of what came out in that meeting. the white house seemed to play catch-up with it then. but it's not clear why we don't have a fuller picture from the white house. really, we only have a partial accounting, if you will, of what really took place. >> all right, nic robertson, yes, unusual for sure. we'll wait to hear what we hear from the white house. unusual that the statement about syria comes out about the waning days of the war there. let's turn to ivan watson because he is in hanoi, and we're told that the president has just landed there, ivan.

>> reporter: that's right, air force one has just landed here in the vietnamese capital. vietnam is a country thats that enjoyed a blossoming of relationship with the u.s. all the more striking when you consider less than 50 years ago, these two countries were locked in a deadly long conflict with each other. part of that due to the fact that vietnam sees the u.s. as a counterweight to its neighbor to the north china. if you go to museums here, you read about how vietnam has been engaged in wars with china, going back thousands of years. and china has laid claim to almost all of the south china sea where vietnam has claimed some maritime territory. that's put them at odds. and the u.s. can challenge some of those claims that china has made. but the u.s. and vietnam are at odds on the issue of trade. down in da nang, where you just heard from nic, that's where president trump gave a long

speech where he argued against broad, multilateral trade agreements arguing they infri e infringed on u.s. sovereignty and they were not complied with. well, vietnam has announced, the trade minister here, that the 11 other countries of the transpacific partnership which outgoing president obama had negotiated and that president trump pulled out of. while 11 countries had unanimously agreed to finalize negotiations to sign up for that agreement, an agreement that the u.s. is no longer part of. another head-scratching moment was that president trump at that apec meeting talked about how he wanted to establish bilateral trade agreements that would be mutually beneficial. but then he didn't engage in any bilaterally meetings down in da nang. now, he will engage in bilateral meetings with the leadership.

the last time he sat down with the prime minister, they talked about a memorandum of understanding for future defense cooperation. and one of the areas there has been the u.s. providing vietnam with a coast guard cutter. talking perhaps of more of that on the way. that, again, comes to the issue of china. coast guard cutters can help protect the vietnamese vote on its ongoing maritime territorial disputes with china. >> ivan, i know you're covering the president as he's just arrived there in hanoi. >> let's bring in cnn's jill dougherty. jill is live for us in moscow at this hour. jill, good to have you. we just saw the two images of trump and putin together. and we're getting a statement from russian state media, but nothing in the united states at

this point. how does that strike you? >> a bit odd. quite obviously, you know, you would expect that both sides would have this choreographed, as mostly happens at events like this, and they would work out things behind the scenes. they would time it. both sides would make statements. and both sides would come out and probably do a little briefing on how it all happened. now, what we're getting is coming exclusively from the russian side. i was checking the kremlin website. and they have it there very specifically that this agreement, which is nothing new by the way, there are no, from what we can tell, new details in this statement. but that it was worked out by experts on both sides. presumably the foreign ministry, u.s. state department. that it was agreed to by tillerson and mr. lavrov, who are both the foreign ministers of each country. and then approved, approved, not

worked out by, both presidents. so that brings you back to this idea of a meeting. well, from what we can see, and we have it on video, it was a meeting, a nice little shake hand session when they both had the blue shirts on. and then later when they were in suits walking down a little hill and chatting for a few minutes. we do not believe that there was any type of sitdown, in which the two leaders worked out this statement. this was precooked. and precooked because it really didn't change the equation in syria. so then i think the ultimate question is why couldn't they get beyond this? and the russians did, apparently, want to do something much broader. there was speculation, near speculation, no confirmation of this, that maybe it would include some type of deal on ukraine, and it would be a tit for tat. but that certainly did not happen. in fact, very little happened.

and i would note one more thing, george, i was just looking at the task news agency, a russian news agency. they said that in fact, the meeting in da nang at apec were, quote, the biggest intrigue of the summit. so, that gives you the idea that there was probably more behind the scenes than in front of the cameras this time. >> okay. again, we're able to confirm this from the russian side. we're not able to confirm this from the u.s. side. jill dougherty live for us in moscow. thank you for the reporting. until we do, we'll talk about the other aspect of the president's trip to asia with glenn shive, the executive director of the hong kong american center. glenn, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> president trump let asian leaders know with trade, america

first. and these countries reached a trade deal without him basically, didn't they? >> in a sense, it shows the isolation of america from the trade agreements that he pulled out right at the beginning of the administration, it sent a shock through the region. and i think we want to have bilateral agreements, but these days, multinational corporations, the way the supply chains work, i mean, they need in a sense regional sort of coverage of these agreements. it didn't help these companies a lot just to have these bilateral -- because of the way in which pieces of shipments and movements. so, i think it's really going to be a question whether the follow-up on this -- i mean, what does he mean about bilateral trade agreements? will they engage with vietnam and say take a lot of the stuff from tpp, but we'll do it bilaterally. you know, vietnam is really set back. and it's interesting now on this occasion, they're putting this

forward. i mean, they were much benefited. and they would have been much benefited by it. question by the tpp 11 is that without the american market in the picture, will it be compelling enough? is there as much to gain for everybody if america's not in that package? because a lot of what everybody wanted was access to the american market. but now, globally, it's very low, there's not a lot to gain more from lowering tariffs unless there's another round of trade conflict and they would go up. but basically, there's barely been a lowering of tariffs. what's the challenge now is intellectual property and the questions about investment protection and what they call the barriers beyond the border. so trade negotiation is evolving. and america needs to stay in that process. and just say we're changing our philosophy. we're looking after balance and reciprocity. so we're maybe not so much the nice guy that we used to be.

we have to look after our own people, but in that context, we still want cooperation. we still want to work together in trade and economic growth. >> yeah. and we'll see what advantage that gives the united states, if at all. what will you be looking for as far as what president trump achieves there in hanoi? >> well, i mean, this is a question if he has good optics, he has a good event, and it all looks good on the media, and he goes home and he looks at stuff, and, you know, will he follow up? i mean, will there be something that the leaders see as a change in american policy operationally? or whether this was, as it were, a lot of talk. this is the question that everybody has laid. he's been in office for a year. he said clearly, we've had terrible trade agreements. now i'm here and i'm going to do it differently. well, show me how it is different. how this is going to benefit the

americans and also be of interest to the various countries. now, some of these small countries working -- negotiating directly with america, i mean, they could be overshadowed. yes, u.s. could be at a great advantage. but longer term for the regional, sort of security of the region and american strategy in the region. we've got to have something that draws people to us economically, and, you know, this is what's happening with china expanding and engaging in regional trade agreements. they're go to be rising in their influence over the economies of the region. and are we going to be shut out, even if it takes some time, if we get there? but this is a crucial moment. and he's got maybe another six months, a year, to demonstrate to these people what does america first mean in terms of bilateral trade agreements that's going to be good for them as well as the u.s. >> very good.

thank you, glenn shive, thank you. still here on "newsroom," explosive allegations of sexual misconduct threatening to derail the candidacy for republicans for senate. >> you'll hear what reporters are saying. we're back with that. you're watching "cnn newsroom." alright, off you go.

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accusation that he molested her when she was 14 years old was quote completely false and misleading. >> for now, many people in alabama who supported him in their recent primary seem to be sticking with him. we'll get more from cnn's martin savidge from alabama. >> reporter: roy moore, taking to conservative talk radio making a strong denial of accusations leveled against him including allegations of sexually abusing a 14-year-old in 1979, first reported by "the washington post." >> these allegations are completely false and misleading. but more than that, it hurts me personally because, you know, i'm a father. i have one daughter. i have five granddaughters. and i have a special concern for the protection of young ladies. this is really hard to get on the radio and explain this. these allegations are just completely false. >> reporter: moore says he has no recollection of his most serious accuser leigh corfman

said when she was 14 and he was 32 he undressed and sexually abused her. >> i don't know miss corfman from anybody. i never had any talk with her. allegations of sexual misconduct is completely false. >> reporter: one question looms, should moore continue on continue this quest for the u.s. senate. fellow republicans are divided. >> if that's true, that's bad. he needs to step out of the race, there's no question about it. >> reporter: moore is still finding support in his home state but in washington where he's hoping to take over jeff sessions' senate seat, more than a dozen gop supporters saying if true, he should step aside. >> if true, he should step aside. >> reporter: the political scandal triggering reaction from president trump halfway around the world. speaking on air force one, white house press secretary sarah

sanders first giving the impression trump was supporting moore. >> the president believes that we cannot allow a mere allegation, in this case, one from many years ago to destroy a person's life. rur but in the very next line -- >> however, the president also believes if the allegations are true, judge moore will do the right thing and step aside. >> reporter: moore himself is showing absolutely no indication of quitting. in a phone interview moore's brother said his brother's accusers are either being paid or supporting the opponent. and then comparing moore's political problems to the persecution of jesus christ. but the allegations remain with the shocking allegations impacting alabama voters? it depends who you talk to. >> why didn't they come out seven, eight months ago when he was running. all of a sudden, two weeks now, they're coming out. i believe it's bs.

>> reporter: those who know roy moore will tell you things, including first and foremost, he's not going to back down. and they do not expect the republican party to interfere or intervene in any way. what they do expect is that roy moore will win the senate seat in alabama in december. martin savidge, cnn, gadsden, alabama. >> martin, thank you for the reporting. we want to show you the reaction from this disturbing situation from other lawmakers. first, the republican member of the alabama state house who strongly supports mr. moore. >> it is disingenuous, in my opinion for 50 something-year-old women to come forward, four weeks prior to a major senatorial election, you know, one of the most 100 most powerful people in the world that we're going to elect in four weeks. and four weeks out, we have

these allegations. no one in alabama has heard about. it surfaces, it just reeks of politics. if he had anything like this in his past, it would have come out by now. and here we are, right before a huge election, with national implications between a republican and a democrat, all of a sudden, this is front page news. this is headline news. and i'm not buying it. it is political. it is political at every level. >> ed henry there in an interview earlier with my colleague anderson cooper. now, u.s. senator amy klobuchar of minnesota recently released legislation requiring sexual harassment training. in the senate, here's her response to it all. >> i think when you have someone in this kind of a prominent race as was pointed out earlier on your program, people decide it matters to come forward.

and they make that choice. and it didn't mean it didn't happen. in fact, it seems to me these are pretty documented stories with someone -- with a news organization as republic kabul as "the post" that are running them. so, to me, it just means the stakes are higher. and maybe, you know, when you see women across the country are coming out and speaking out about what's happened to them and harassment and sexual abuse and things like that, there's also been a change in this country. a change where women are willing to stand up and speak. >> let's now bring in steven you are urlinger in brussels. is there some allegation that voters will stick by moore no matter what, obviously, conversely, there are those who will vote against him and support his opponent. but does this come down to

people in the middle to determine this particular race or does he have enough support from die-hard supporters to win? >> well, roy moore is a very conservative man. what one needs to remember, he was elected twice to be head of the supreme court in alabama. and twice had to step down. once because he put a statue of the ten commandments outside the courthouse and refused to remove them. and then he was re-elected. and then refused to follow through on same-sex marriages. so, that's removed. so, he has a very, very devout right wing court in alabama, quite separate from all of these allegations. and he's been elected state wide numerous times. so, my guess is, the people who like him are not going to believe he's allegations or decide they don't matter. and my guess is he has still quite a lot of support.

>> and if he does win, what then for republicans who don't want to see him in the u.s. senate with these allegations hanging over him? >> well it will be news making. you already have mental mental and republican head of the senate sort of not clear that he was going to seek moore if he wins. and it's hard to prove these things. i mean, i think the point that was just made about a new climate in the united states and frankly around the world when women who have suffered harassment in the past are willing to step forward is really the new thing here. i mean, and it's something that my newspapers and "the new york times" has been very much a part of, beginning with harvey weinstein and others. so in a new climate, i think, a republican senate which really has only narrowly now

republican, very nervous about losing one more seat. they're going to be caught between their own voters' possible disgust with these allegations and their need to preserve a republican majority in the senate. >> let's talk about how this story is being viewed. there are different lenses, right, steven? so, around the world in larger cities, people hear about it. they hear about sexual harassment. it's a very disgusting allegation. in the big cities here in the u.s., the same reaction of many people. but there in alabama, very near those towns that people know roy moore where, you know, the news coverage is local. how is the story being perceived, would you surmise, with people there? >> well, you know, what tends to happen is people resent, you know, interference in their local affairs from big national newspapers. "the washington post" i believe broke this particular set of

allegations. so, that's part of it. and then they don't like to be told what to do by washington. and roy moore has been a kind of anti-consensus right wing candidate, you know, very religious, for quite a long time. so, my guess is, a lot of people will rally behind him. but things have changed. now, you know, in the south, people used to joke. and when edwards was former governor of louisiana, joked that he would get elected no matter what, unless he was found in bed with a live boy or a dead girl. now, i don't think that kind of attitude works anymore. and alabama itself is changing. so, i think this is going to be a very interesting election. >> and it's just a month away, so, we'll, of course, be watching it. we'll talk with you again, steven erlanger. coming up a political crisis

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world you're watching s "cnn newsroom." who did have you with us, i'm george howell. >> and i'm natalie allen. >> at least two have withdrawn their endorsements of senate dem roy moore in alabama. he's battling sexual allegations that he sexually abused a 14-year-old decades ago. moore denies the allegations calling them, quote, completely false and misleading. "the wall street journal" reports former national security

adviser michael flynn and his son are under scrutiny. it all stems from an alleged plot to forcibly remove a muslim cleric from the u.s. and deliver him to a turkish prison. the journal reports the flynns were offered as much as $15 million. flynn's attorney denied the story. the kremlin, now the white house, say that president proout poout and u.s. president donald trump have approved a joint statement on syria. they agreed to push for peace throughout the u.n. the u.n.-sponsored geneva talks, rather, and that there be no military solution to the conflict. the white house said the leaders agreed on the new need for constitutional reform. and free and fair elections inside syria. the transpacific partnership is moving forward with the remaining 11 countries in the trade deal. president trump pulled the u.s. out of the agreement as one of his first actions in office. the deal was negotiated under president obama. and includes major economies

including japan, canada and australia. let's take a look at live pictures at this hour from hanoi, vietnam, these are not those, but there you have it. the u.s. president, the air force one there, has arrived in vietnam, the country's capital. mr. trump is set to meet with the vietnamese president and other presidents. of course, we'll monitor the trip throughout asia with meetings with leaders throughout the world. of course, the apec summit that happened in vietnam russian ped vladimir putin also attended. in a news conference, our matthew chance got a chance to ask him a question. and matthew chance joins us live from da nang to tell us about what happened there, matthew. >> reporter: well, it's been a couple of busy days, natalie. and it's ended with these closed-door news conference that was held by vladimir putin, the

russian president, before we set off away from vietnam, to the apec summit in da nang in central vietnam. the russian president sort of opened that news conference by saying, look, you know, we want to reset the relationship between russia and the united states. and he said that significantly, because he said it having not been able to secure a proper sitdown one-on-one meeting which had been widely anticipated, by the way, with the u.s. president donald trump before he departed for 9 vietnamese capital hanoi, donald trump took the opportunity to sort of play down the meeting, or lack of meeting, saying it was merely down to protocol or clash of schedules. but i got a question into him and i asked him whether he was disappointed that he didn't manage to sit down with the u.s. president. take a listen. >> translator: it says that the relations between russia and the u.s. have not come out of the crisis state yet.

as you know, and i often talk about it, we are prepared to turn the page and go forward to look into the future to solve the problems that are of interest to people of united states. and people of the russian federation. to think about fulfilling our economic relations with the specific serious content. just look at the latest economic forum in st. petersburg. there was the greatest number of american companies there. there were more american companies at the forum in st. petersburg. everyone wants to work in russia. but the exson mobile was banned from work flg the arctic shell. they cut off the interesting perspective work that would have increased chick power of the united states, created jobs in the united states. would have brought profits, taxes, et cetera, and this is just an example. but take into consideration restrictions in the sphere of financing and many other examples. your place will be taken over by competitors. it's unavoidable in the modern

world. but we want to have harmonious relations with the united states. not only an economic sphere but also securing security. look, we have a treaty for reduction, a strategic defensive arms treaty. when this treaty was not signed i was not president of russia then. and president trump didn't participate in preparing this document as well but it exists. and there are issues there requiring discussion. another problem, low and medium-range missiles. we hear reproaches from some partners from the united states that russia allegedly violates this treaty but one should then show where we're violating it. but there are launchers in romania that can be used not only for missile defense but trident systems and those are missiles based at sea. and those could be easily transplanted by land and used as a land-base missile. this is already a direct violation, in our opinion. there are also other issues that we can and must discuss.

including counterterrorism. the fact that we're able to agree on at least some things, what i mean is a statement on syria, that is already good, but that is not enough. >> well, all right, well vladimir putin did in fact meet president trump on a couple of very brief occasions. they shook hands with the family photograph at the traditional end of the apec summits and they met during dinner as well. putin said they spoke about security and economic cooperation which is at almost zero, in his words, at the moment between the united states and russia. he also spong about the character of donald trump. he said he was an educated person who behaves correctly. and he was comfortable to work with. so, despite the fact there was obvious frustration about the fact that they didn't meet about the lack of a meeting, president putin still has very positive words of praise for his american counterpart. natalie. >> very interesting. interesting, too, that president

putin held a news conference. we have not gotten the same from president trump. it will be interesting to hear the white house's perspective on all of this. thank you, matthew chance for that. the depart of saad hariri, who announced he's resigning as prime minister of that legislation last week. and he made that announcement in saudi arabia and condemned hezbollah and iran. >> and that has led to accusations that he's being detained by the saudis but they say he's free to leave. lebanon's president has said he can return. let's go to gul in istanbul, turkey. let's talk about the allegations that will hariri is being held against his will. what do you hear?

>> reporter: well, a high-level official in lebanon told cnn that they believe saudi arabia is restricting the movements and communications of prime minister saad hariri. sources told cnn that they don't believe prime minister hariri can really express himself. and that even his lock within the lebanese government had no idea about what was going on. and ever since his announcement of his resignation in saudi arabia, he didn't make that announcement from his own country of lebanon, but, rather, from saudi arabia. there has been speculation about whether or not he was forced by saudi arabia to tender his resignation and whether or not he might be under house arrest. these allegations denied by riyadh who has come out and said that these are baseless allegations. but just yesterday, the leader of hezbollah came out and said -- and reiterated these

allegations. here is what he said. >> translator: it is clear that saudi arabia and officials in saudi arabia have declared war against lebanon and hezbollah. >> reporter: that's the leader of hezbollah, hassan nasrallah. and his words go to show you how difficult the situation in the middle east is, as iran and saudi arabia continue to square off against each other through proxies. george. >> gul tuysuz live in istanbul, turkey. thank you. let's go live to the images in hanoi, vietnam we're following. again, images of president donald trump. his tour throughout asia. again, he'll meet with the leader, the president of vietnam. as part of his extended trip there. >> yes. he's just coming from da nang, and we've been reporting our top

story in that russia is talking about the fact that the russian president and president trump did have very brief meetings. but russia is indicating that they made some headway on some statements surrounding syria. and the war there. our nic robertson who is reporting from da nang said it's kind of the reiteration of what they agreed to in hamburg germany already. so, the confusion is we haven't heard anything from the white house about this. president trump has not held a news conference or taken questions. so, we'll wait and see, if during his stop to hanoi, we'll learn more about the vladimir putin meeting. >> other top issues, though, that the president has covered throughout his trip, certainly talking about trade. the president wanting bilateral agreements. again, president trump backed out of the transpacific partnership of tpp. and what we've also come to understand, the 11 other nations involved in tpp, well, they have

moved along without the united states on that issue of trade. the president also focused on defense spending and talking about getting more support for north korea. >> so, as we've been hearing from our ivan watson who's covering this portion of the president's trip in hanoi, the president is very well greeted in vietnam. very well liked by the vietnamese who aren't that close with china. so, they're hoping that they will see some trade deals that will come out from this meeting with the president as he arrives there in hanoi. we'll take a quick break. we'll continue right after this. all right says i do, all right says i dare. all right is how you feel... because all right flows here. only in jamaica. the home of all right.

russian tass news. derek is here to tell us about the unusual cold snap that the

eastern u.s. is having. snow in new york city already. >> cold in chicago. >> cold in chicago as well. >> your hometown, i believe. >> that's right. >> unbelievable. >> it's the middle of november, and looks like the middle of january. check this out. let me take you down to the center of chicago, i believe -- is that michigan avenue? >> that's just right outside of the bureau there. >> cold. that's quite a sight and a little premature. >> they can take it, chicago. >> i know. i'm from the midwest as well. and this place, they get hit hard with this type of weather. and it comes early. sometimes as early as halloween. not this year. it's the middle of november but goodness, it feels like the middle of winter in the u.s. and eastern u.s. and we're breaking records all across the border. in fact, this morning waking up to 40 potential record-low temperatures in the eastern u.s. all the way from boston, philly, and the nation's capital, chicago didn't rise above 32

degrees celsius for the day on friday. that is why the precipitation fell in the form of snowfall. big dip in the jet stream. this is a short-lived cold snap. temperatures are only going to slowly rebound. frigid, cold and chilly, that's really what we have across the eastern u.s. as we speak. temperatures today, still cold. if you're in the nation's capital, 42, new york, the big apple, 37. you can see how they start to warm up through the course of the weekend. atlanta, you're also falling to a cold spell temperatures only in the 50s, which is well below average for this time of year. those are the temperatures on the increase for new york city. i want to talk about something else, the smog that is choking new delhi right now. we're taking to you the subcontinent of india. and they have an air quality emergency at the moment. i also found this bit of information quite interesting as well that 13 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are

found within the subcontinent of india. and new delhi is one of those cities as well. you can see on the satellite images the smog that has backed up in the himalayas that has acted as a blocking mechanism. the air quality index 433 for new delhi, as we speak, that rates as hazardous for elderly and, of course, young children being outdoor. it is a coincidence or not? i'll let you be the judge of this. it is coinciding with what is the top three warmest years on record. that's just behind 2016 and 2012. by the way, the safe levels here are about 40 times what they should be according to the world health organization in new delhi. >> thank you, derek, appreciate it. all right. we're following the images of the u.s. president in vietnam. again, this is president trump from moments ago.

he arrived in hanoi, vietnam. that's where he's set to meet with the president of vietnam. part of his continued tour throughout asia. we want to read through information we're getting, this coming from the president -- rather, the white house. we understand that president donald trump and russian president vladimir putin discussed russia's meddling in the 2016 election during a series of brief conversations at the apec summit. >> he brought his comments, president trump did, to reporters on his flight. apparently he said that mr. putin said to mr. trump, quote, he said he absolutely did not meddle in our election. he did not do what they're saying he did. however, we all know that members of trump's own team say that russia did meddle in the u.s. election. and then he was pressed on whether he believed mr. putin when he said that. and trump said to the reporters, mr. trump said this, look, i can't stand there and argue with him. every time he sees me, he says i

didn't do that. trump said. i really believe when he tells me that he means it but he said, i didn't do that. >> again, the president said that mr. putin denied that russia meddled in the election in 2016. but president trump suggested that he believed putin's denial. important to listen to the phrasing of those words, believed his denial. the president believing putin's denial in contrast to the finding of his own intelligence community that has determined with confidence that russia did interfere in the 2016 u.s. election. >> mr. trump and mr. putin apparently spoke casually at least three times while they were in da nang. so, again, he has arrived in hanoi now at this hour. and we'll continue to bring you the latest of what transpires there. we'll be right back. "cnn newsroom" continues after this.

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. good morning to you and we begin with breaking news, president trump just arrived in hanoi. >> earlier today, he did speak to vladimir putin about russia meddling in the 2016 election, we are just learning this as the president said vladimir putin