including the chamber which republicans need the chamber to spend millions of dollars to help them elect republicans in november. >> fascinating economic story. we'll keep at it. thanks for joining us today on "inside politics." see you back tomorrow. jim acosta is in for wolf blitzer. he starts right now. hello. i'm jim acosta. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. thanks for joining us. his once loyal fixer michael cohen showing signs he might flip on the president. the man who once said he would take a bullet for donald trump now shifting loyalties. telling abc, quote, my wife, daughter, and son have my first loyalty and always will. i put family and country first. the divide seems to be deepening between cohen and trump as this criminal investigation continues into cohen's personal finances. and they are weighing on that

relationship. a major shift from the close relationship the two men have shared for years. >> i will use my legal skills within which to protect president trump to the best of my ability. i'll do everything to protect mr. trump. i'm loyal and dedicated to mr. trump. one thing donald trump is, he's a compassionate man. he's a man of great intellect, great intuition, and great abilities. he's an amazing negotiator. maybe the best in the history of this world. i would say i'm definitely a cheerleader. he will ultimately and i've said this so many times, he will ultimately go down in history as the greatest president. >> it's quite the mashup. president trump is expected to speak next hour. will he address this loyalty shift? kaitlyn collins joins me now. are they shaking in their boots over there about what cohen said on abc? >> aides are declining whether

they've spoken to the president yet on this. his legal team also isn't commenting. we know how he is. it will be stunning if he doesn't reply to these remarks that michael cohen made in this interview. what was remarkable is what cohen didn't say. saying he would take a bullet for him in the past. none of that in this interview here. he also made two quite stunning comments. though in the past he said he acted on his own in that payment to the porn actress stormy daniels. he said he could not answer. he also wouldn't answer on either way if the president knew beforehand about that meeting at trump tower with russian officials and donald trump jr. in 2016. he also broke with the president in several key areas praising the fbi saying they were polite when they raided his house, hotel, and office. he also condemned russia saying they did meddle in the election.

essentially saying the president should not be sliding vladimir putin's denials of that. and he also said that he did not believe that special counsel robert mueller's investigation is a witch hunt. those are all things that are definitely going to grab the president's attention. we likely could hear from him in person in the next hour. that certainly could also come on twitter. this is quite stunning. this is someone who said before he would rather jump out of a building than turn on president trump. with this interview, he seems to be calling of that into question. >> that's right. president trump has also voiced some doubts as to whether michael cohen will flip. joining me now to discuss this, shan wu. kim b i wa kim, i want to ask you. what do you read when you see that michael cohen had comments this morning? does he suggest it's a done

deal, he's going to turn against the president? >> certainly now he has new counsel and we've seen this with other witnesses. with mr. gates as well as with mike flynn that there was a decision to corporate after getting a lawyer that is going to negotiate that kind of situation. we don't know why he's out publicly making these statements. but what is stunning to me is what kaitlan reported about how he's taking opinions on what has been super polarizing as well as in congress. the notion that the fbi is corrupt. the notion that mr. mueller's investigation is a witch hunt. the idea that putin is not a threat to the american democracy. and to me, those are fighting words. it's unfortunate they're fighting words because this is a big issue. it's something we should also pay attention to. but i would certainly draw from this a very strong inclination that he's about to cooperate or if he's not already in negotiations. >> sort of laying the ground work.

and cohen was asked how he would respond if his legal team tried to come after him. he cohen said i will not be a punching bag as part of anyone's defense strategy. i am no a villain of the story and i will not allow others to depict me that way. what do you make of this interview, the final breaking of the relationship between president trump and michael cohen? is that -- i mean, he is making it very clear his loyalty is with his family. his loyalty is with his country. not with the president. not something you hear often in trump world. >> not at all. something we haven't heard cohen say. we had that mashup of him reaffirming his loyalty to trump no matter what. this is the first time we've heard cohen speak since the raid on his home office and hotel room in april. he strongly is attacking these points of components that trump has been strong on. he's saying very clearly, you know, his loyalty is to his family and crystal clear. this comes after he's been

sending up smoke signals through his friends he feels angered about comments the president has made and that his lawyer giuliani has made. >> it almost sounds like michael cohen feels almost betrayed by the president when asked if the president directed him to pay stormy daniels. the hush money. cohen said i want to answer. one day i will answer, but for now i can't comment further on advice of my counsel. it sounds as though cohen is dangling that over the president's head. >> he certainly sounds like a man who is now very aware of whose hand is going to be feeding him. he doesn't want to bite that hand backing away from the witch hunt kind of language. i think in light of the documents that are now being discussed, he now knows what the government knows.

i think that language my family comes first is being concerned about the financial strain this is going to have on him if he continues to fight. >> meaning if he doesn't cooperate and this is a long drawn out process, he's signaling mr. president as much as i like you and have worked for you all these years, i have to do something to protect my family here. and kim, let me ask you this. in front of cohen telling to get his voice out there. they believe winning over the court of public opinion is important. can michael cohen really win. you see him so tied to this. t. >> sure. the statement that stuck with me was the notion when he said i want to get my name, my reputation, and my life back. i mean, that's a pretty profound statement that through cooperation with the federal government potentially that he could get his life back.

but it was obviously carefully orchestrated where his lawyers made sure it wasn't -- there was no audio, no video, no transcript released. so his statements were cabined in a way that he was not exposing himself to additional liability which is different from what we're seeing from the president's team giuliani in particular. >> that's true. cohen did not offer any praise to president trump. he even disagreed with him on several points. he doesn't like the use of the word witch hunt for the russia probe. he reiterated how he thanked the fbi after they finished sweeping all of his properties. he condemned russia meddling in the u.s. and he goes out of his way to spare her to the immigration policy the president has been conducting on the border separating children from their

families. it's almost as if he's trying to deta detach himself from trump world, the president. i'm no longer part of your world anymore, president. >> i think that's right. cohen is saying they were so professional, i shook their hand. he's also the one wo has this acute investigation and he's starting to have the realization of the impact it could have on his family. i think he's going one by one on these. and he is saying he doesn't view it that way. he is distancing himself because i think he wants to be able to have a relationship with them if he does want to cooperate as it seems to be indicating from the scenario. >> where do you think it goes from here? >> i think kara's right. this is where -- you better stop attacking the prosecution. next step, if he's going to

cooperate, that's all behind the scenes. and they'll have sections just with the lawyers without him first. i think it'll take some time, but mueller's team is very aggressive, very fast. we may suddenly hear there's a plea deal. >> all right. thank you so much for all of that. appreciate it. the other big news, cnn has learned the u.s. defense intelligence agency believes kim jong-un won't denuclear. canada striking back and the eu issuing a dire warning as a key trump ally warnings this can go too. and about thailand, consider this story. a teenage soccer team found alive after nine days trapped in a cave. we will take you there live. when we were dating, we used to get excited about things

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troubling developments. the agency believes kim jong-un has no intention of giving up his full weapons stockpile. intelligence officials also tell "the washington post" that north korea's trying to find ways to hide how many weapons it actually has and is also actively trying to hide some of its nuclear production facilities. recent satellte images appear to show north korea is also finalizing the expansion of a ballistic missile expansion site. john bolton said that the u.s. does have a timeline for denuclearization once north korea is fully on board. here's what he said. >> we have developed a program, i'm sure the secretary of state mike pompeo will be discussing this in the near future about really how to dismantle all of their wmd and ballistic missile programs in a year. in they have the strategic decision already made to do that and they're cooperative, we can move very quickly. >> meanwhile, a team of u.s.

negotiators met with north korea officials sunday in the demilitarized zone. will ripley joins the now. are there now concerns this whole negotiates process could be derailed? >> there certainly are based on what we're hearing from the defense intelligence agency which has now assessed that north koreans have no intention of fully giving up their nuclear weapons. that kim jong-un's plan is not the complete denuclearization at least not any time soon. they have made that assessment based on some of these images coming out showing enhancement at north korean missile and nuclear facilities. also the hacking of north korean computers and on the ground intelligence inside north korea. they did have those talks over the weekend presumably to tee up these higher level negotiations between mike pompeo and his north korean counterparts. those are expected to happen in pyongyang in the very near future. and we're told the americans will be presenting a detailed

list. things that need to be done right now for these denuclearization talks to move forward. if the north koreans are unwilling to do that, then it could be a short meeting. likely vastly different from the american definition. and certainly from the north korean perspective. not something that's going to happen in a matter of months even though officials have continued to hold out hope. we have heard a bit of a change in tone even from president trump himself acknowledging that perhaps the deal they signed with kim jong-un could fall apart. although the deal was such a broadly worded pledge that even if the north koreans are, indeed, expanding their facilities. right now they're not actually violating any agreement signed with the united states. they never said they would disarm. they never said they would stop producing components for ballistic missiles. especially considering the fact

that not only are we seeing enhancements at the chemical material institute in hamhong, but there are also reports leaked to a number of different american news agencies that they may be enriching plutonium. and not fully disclosing how many warheads they possess. i can tell you from many trips to north korea, they are certainly not going to put themselves in a situation where they don't have a way to protect their government and their leader kim jong-un if these negotiations with the united states fall apart. as you know, the north koreans have always prioritized protecting their regime over any economic incentives. they've been willing to endorse sanctions for many years to keep those nuclear weapons. and it's going to be quite a tough job for secretary pompeo to negotiate with the north koreans to get rid of them quickly. >> all right. will ripley, certainly raises a lot of questions about what was accomplished in singapore. thank you very much.

we appreciate it. joining me here is bruce clinger. he's a former cia division cheap for north korea. you've been in negotiations in the past with north korea on their weapons programs and so on, last year you wrote that writing to kim jong-un is a waste of time. given what we're seeing from the reporting out there, was the singapore summit a sham, do you think? >> it certainly didn't accomplish as much as what many of us had hoped for and certainly what the white house was telling. as will points out, the expansion of these facilities are not themselves a violation of the singapore summit because there is no deal. they are a continuing violation of numerous u.n. resolutions which prohibit not only testing of nuclear missiles, but also the continued existence of those programs. >> and we've also learned that the trump administration will give north korea a list of tasks they must undertake to begin this denuclearization process.

how do you think kim jong-un is going to respond to that? >> north korea has always defined it as global arms control. they'll go to zero when we go to zero, the rest of the nuclear powers. and also they define the korean peninsula as including things as the strategic bombers on guam. what we need to do is get a much fuller agreement such as we had with arms control treaties. we need to get that from pyongyang with robust verification. >> and john bolton seems to think denuclearization could be done in a year. does that seem realistic to you? >> whether it's one year or 15 years as outside experts call for, what we need is to get them to commit to it. the policy would be a se sequential operations of data declaration, interviews with scientists, some inspections, some challenge inspections. and then destruction. we could be doing a number of things simultaneously. even as we're verifying. they can be moving some nuclear

weapons to a destruction facility even as we verify how many is actually in the arsenal. >> as somebody who has been in this field for a very long time and dealing with the north koreans, dealing with the situation on the ground in the peninsula, when you hear the kind of reporting that you've been hearing over the last several days about the north koreans maybe doing this, they may not be fully willing to denuclearize their arsenal. does it just remind you of the past shenanigans we've seen this regime engage in? and does it feel like deja vu all over again? >> it does feel like deja vu. we always hope each time is different and perhaps this time is different. perhaps either because of president trump or kim jong-un. we have to be wary and skeptical as we go into this. >> do you get the sense the president is conscious of that? that he's aware of that? when you saw what was going on in singapore, did it seem as if

he just wanted a show, an interesting piece of television with himself and kim jong-un walking around the gardens in singapore and that sort of thing or did it feel to you that this is a serious attempt to denuclearize north korea that was unfolding in front of us. >> certainly they're trying to get north korea to denuclearize. the communique was weaker than previous iterations. so there's a lot of work for secretary pompeo and others to add meat to the bone. so they really need to get verification and clear commitment by north korea to denuclearize. so perhaps it's different. but we have to keep our eyes open and our shield up. >> and the president was saying, you know, he's been saying for so long that the iran nuclear deal was the first deal ever negotiated. that was an intricate and all encompassing agreement.

>> rugt. you know, as you point out. the criticism by the president and the administration not only of the iran deal but really all previous attempts at negotiating with north korea really raises the bar pretty high. in a way any north korean agreement has to be better. as well as the 11 existing u.n. resolutions. >> and it's not there yet. >> far from it. >> bruce klinger, thank you very much. one of the president's top allies says his trade car is going too far and it comes as canada is striking back and the eu is sending a very serious warning. we'll discuss. plus, live pictures out of thailand where an amazing story is unfolding there. 12 teenage soccer players and their coach just found alive at nine days trapped in a cave. it's an incredible story and we will take you there.

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and we're following breaking news out of thailand. members of a thailand soccer team have been trapped in a cave for nine days. they have finally been found safe. just an amazing story out of thailand. we're going to take you there in just a few minutes. stay with us. this story unfolding right now. 12 kids and their coach found alive after nine days trapped in a cave in thailand. we're going to take you now out to cnn's photojournalist mark phillips. he has been on this story in thailand all week. mark, just an incredible story. a lot of people thought these kids were not going to be found. what can you tell us? >> reporter: that's true. a lot of people did think these kids weren't going to be found. thai authorities never gave up hope. they always knew they were going to be found. they always kept on pushing through. the thing is, today they -- day

nine, they pushed into the cave system once again. they were pushing for a place called patia beach. as they came up into that system, they didn't see the boys straight away. and at first there was, like, a bit of concern that the boys had been moved further down. as they went along that chamber, they found the boys at the far end. weakened, but alive. and relief here. the joy from the navy s.e.a.l.s off to the right of me, the international crew that had been helping out, they've been ecstatic. they've been cheering. there have been monks who have been praying. all in all, it's a wonderful story. a really good happy ending. the big problem is trying to get the boys out of the cave. they're in a weakened state. we don't know if they have to go under water to be brought out again. at the moment the relatives are just happy to have their sons back. >> and mark, what do we know about the conditions for these kids right now?

and what was it like for these children? do we know yet what they were dealing with when they were trapped inside this cave? how they were able to survive all this time? i suppose as the hours and days go on, we'll get these details and it'll be a remarkable story. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: the problem is we know very little. we know they went up there after playing -- after soccer practice. they were near the cave. we do know they went to a shop and bought some supplies. they were only going in there for the afternoon. so we don't know how much food they had. but one reason why the thai authorities knew they would find these boys is because the boys were local boys, they knew the area. they've been to that cave before. and they were strong young men. of anybody to get lost in the cave, as terrible as that is to say, they were the best because they had the best chance of survival. but now it's how bad they are at

the moment, they're sending in a doctor. they're sending in a nurse to assess the boys and see how they can bring them out. >> all right. well, mark phillips, that is an amazing story. we'll see how this develops. of course we want to hear from these kids. thanks for bringing that story to us. mark phillips with a very good story when we need one. thanks very much. coming up, in a new interview, michael cohen says his first loyalty is to his family and country and not to president trump. so how worried is the white house that he could flip on the president? a democratic congressman reacts. plus democrats divided as calls grow to abolish i.c.e.. is this all about? does the stance actually help the president? he thinks so. we'll have more on that when we come back. uded. so your family can watch what they love in more places. get an unlimited family plan with netflix on us.

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family and country. that's what president trump's former attorney michael cohen says is where his loyal tties l. within his circle think the president could be turned against by cohen and potentially put the president in legal jeopardy in a series of matters including the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels. joining me now is congressman ted lou. democrat on both the house judiciary and foreign affairs committees. congressman, what do you make of michael cohen's comments? they seem to be carefully choreographed this morning. but they do seem to indicate the possibility that he may turn against the president. what do you make of that? >> thank you for your question. it is not remarkable that he said he would put family first. but when he added that he would put country first, i found that very interesting. because it suggests that donald

trump was not putting country first. and then looking at this entire int interview as a former prosecutor, it seems he's signaling to the president he's going to flip on him. i hope the president does not pardon michael cohen, because if he does that's crossing a red line for democrats and also some republicans. >> do you think it also could be a flair to the president that if you're going to pardon me, do it now? is that how you're reading between the lines here potentially? what do you think, congressman? >> reading between the lines, it absolutely seems like he is telling the president that he will likely flip on the president if he is charged and he's hoping in his own mind, i think, to try to get a pardon. i think that would be a grave mistake. i hope the president does not go down that path. >> and moving onto other topics, as you know, we found these massive immigration demonstrations over the weekend. tens of thousands of americans taking to the streets around the country. protesting the zero tolerance

policy of the president. the policy that forced family separations. with that as a backdrop, as you know, i don't have to forecast this too much. there is a growing call among democrats who want to abolish ooiss. immigration and customs enforcement. where do you stand on eliminating i.c.e.? there are a number of democratic congressmen in both the house and the senate who are starting to come forward in saying this. are you joining that core, i suppose you can call it, of democrats who want to see i.c.e. eliminated? >> i have called for the resignation of nielsen of homeland security. we just put in a new i.c.e. director. i think he should be given some opportunity to try to change the culture of i.c.e. then we need to change the policies of i.c.e. so they don't terrorize communities. if none of that happens, then i would support abolishing i.c.e. and replacing it with an agency that is more consistent with america's values. >> and let me ask you this. because the president seems to

be delighting in this possibility that you're going to have a lot of democrats calling for the elimination of i.c.e. he seems to think that this is a winning issue for him going into the midterms. you've been hearing this for a couple of weeks, positioning himself against the democrats saying he's for border security. he's for -- he's against crime and that democrats are for open borders. and an increase in crime. obviously there's a lot of political hyperbole in that. but this notion of eliminating i.c.e., are you concerned the democratic party could be portrayed as being anti-law enforcement going into the midterms? and doesn't that concern you somewhat? >> i'm not concerned because i.c.e. actually doesn't deal with borders. that's customs and border patrol. no one is calling me for elimination of border patrol. what happened to i.c.e. is it was an agency with multiple missions including tackling child pornography, sex

trafficking, things people can support. but part of the mission went beyond what they were supposed to do and they started terrorizing communities. that's the part democrats are concerned about. and the president since his inauguration has been bashing immigrants this entire time. at the same time democrats won 43 special elections, flipped alabama, flipped a seat in western pennsylvania. so we're happy to talk about immigration as well as the economy and jobs. clearly people are not experiencing the benefits of this economy. especially middle class families. >> i want to ask you about this upcoming summit. president trump sitting down with vladimir putin. the president's national security adviser john bolton will not rule out the possibility that they cowl recognize the annexation of crimea. what do you make of that? >> that's a grave mistake because that only incentivizes russia to go for others as well.

that russia should be sanctioned more for what they've done. i'm glad the administration has taken some steps towards that. they need to fully implement what we all pass on a bipartisan basis. >> what would it say about the president, do you think, if he says that russia can keep crimea? that he essentially is recognizing crimea as part of russia? what does that say about the president, do you think? >> i do not understand why the president is so close with vladimir putin. he seems to do everything putin says nap is a mystery to me. i don't really understand how the president of the united states is taking all russia's talking points and making them into american policy. it is very, very concerning. >> all right. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. we'll see you next time. anthony scaramucci who normally defends the president is now warning the trade wars are going too far. this as canada is striking back in a way that will hit americans. plus an anti-trump leftist is elected president of mexico. so how does all of this impact

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and today the white house announced it will temporarily reshuffle some of its staff to work on the supreme court nomination full-time. president trump says he'll announce his pick to succeed anthony kennedy on the u.s. supreme court july 9th. just one week from now. the staff reorganization is a signal of the gravity of the situation over there at the white house of republicans only having a razor thin majority in the senate. senator susan collins of maine is a key vote in the confirmation fight. her vote could hinge on whether the top nominee supports

precedent of roe v. wade. listen what she told our jake tapper yesterday. >> i would not support a nominee who demonstrated hostility to roe v. wade because that would mean to me that their judicial philosophy did not include a respect for established decisions, established law. >> and to discuss this, i'm joined by senior political reporter nia malika henderson and congressional reporter for politico ravchel bade. she indicated she does not want a nominee showing hostility to roe v. wade. but she talked about it in ways of legal precedent n. that this is law of the land. >> we've been here before in

terms of susan collins. she's voted with the president's agenda about 80% of the time. but she is known for being a pretty pro choice in terms of her voting in the senate. i think the question for her is how does she determine in the questioning either privately as she meets with the nominee or in the senate confirmation hearings, where does she find where they are on roe v. wade. we've seen that with gorsuch. she voted for gorsuch. in the questioning he was like, roe v. wade is precedent. it's the law of the land. that doesn't necessarily tell you how he would vote if it were to come down to whether or not roe v. wade should be overturned. so it's a question. you know, we're all going to watch susan collins. we'll watch murkowski as well. those democrats up for re-election in red states also important to watch as the president proceeds on this. >> we know what conservatives are looking for in a nominee.

the president, i can't imagine he thinks of himself being caught in a box here as much as collins was trying to create one over the weekend. because if the president does not nominate somebody who would seek to overturn roe v. wade, he would have conservatives in washington screaming. right? if he doesn't do that? >> absolutely. this is -- so you're going to see conservatives' interest and collins' interest collide here in the next few weeks. even the president said on the campaign trail said a litmus test on picking a supreme court would be somebody who would overturn roe v. wade. so they know collins is a key vote. they have to get her. they have a razor thin majority. they can only lose one person since john mccain is out. they've had her to the white house. the president has spoken to her personally. don mccann one of the top lawyers at the white house has made phone calls to her. the president has said i'm not asking anybody about roe v. wade. come on.

of course he is. >> he doesn't need to ask. the list presented to him has been cleared by this community in washington that turning to trade issue. back on the foreon the frochlt canada officially firing back at u.s. steel and aluminum tariffs. how important is this? the president is showing some signs that he wants to support this legislation that would essentially pull the u.s. out of the wto. i guess we are all watching the dow on a daily basis to see how it reacts. >> it reacted and sort of corrected. i think the test will be jobs. whether or not you start to see jobs being impacted in some of these states, particularly red states, manufacturing states. we saw some of this with harley saved davidson. some of them saying they are going to basically move production to europe when it comes to exporting some of their motorcycles. that's the big test. he has dug in pretty firmly. even in the face of harley davidson's decision he said you

waved the white flag. you should hang tough and see what happens. you see the markets reacting. we'll see what happens with jobs and others, republicans who don't like this course, what they say and loo he blichks. >> rachel, as unbelievable as this may seem, anthony scaramucci has an issue with the president's ideas on trade. i'm sure you have seen this tweet. wto has its flaws but the united states fair and reciprocal tariff act -- aka -- i don't want to say this word on television but you can read it on screen. stinks. american consumers pay for tariffs. it reads better than it sounds. i don't know to say it. time the switch tactics. i don't know if the president is going to listen to anthony scaramucci but os someone who into branding. at the very least i can see him rebranding this piece of legislation. >> yeah this. legislation is dead on arrival. there was a story when axis

reported it. they had a nugget about how mark short in the white house said to peter navarro in the white house, this is dead on arrival. it's not going anywhere. there is no way republicans are going to pass any sort of legislation that backs the u.s. away from the wto. they see the wto as an ally. actually when the united states thinks another country is implementing unfair trade practices against us they go to the wto, who regularly rules in favor of the united states. there is no way the republicans will support this. i think this is blueser the. but we thought a lot of the tariff stuff was bluster and look we are engaged in a trade war right now. >> tactical bluster. a lot of this for negotiating position. >> if you are in business the uncertainty of a negotiating tech tack doesn't work. that's why you have seen u.s. chamber of commerce basically

come out and say tariffs are taxes. >> farmers in iowa. >> exactly. >> that's part of the trump base. interesting to bring up the tension among conservatives over the trade pall policies, one of the few areas where they will buck the president. coming up, mexico elects a new president. what does that mean for mexico's relationship with the u.s. an unmanned rocket crashes to earth. and also see how the control room reacted.

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a new era of u.s./mexico relations. president trump congratulated obrador in a late night tweet. leyla joins us from mexico city. what will a trump/lopez obrador relationship look like? will it be any better? doesn't sound like it. >> lopez obrador known by amlo here went on tv very early saying message received, he was congratulatory, they look forward to working to the. the town so far has been one of mutual effect. how long will that last? i don't know. amlo said he would tackle corruption and violence. early on, he also said he's the man to take on trump. this is a man who wrote a book called, translated, listen up

trump. he pushed back on the idea of building a wall saying that is not a solution to immigration. the next big issue that could be a point of contention in this relationship is trade. initially, amlo said he wasn't a big fan of nafta. during the campaign he softened under pressure from the business leaders here in mexico but he sort of has that same tone as president trump saying look i'm not going to accept anything that's not a good deal for my country. in this case, it will be mexico first. that is why so many analysts out there have said this is a new era in which it will be interesting to see if they sort of slash. because they are very similar, and saying i am going to protect my country's interests first. >> how will he differ from epn, enrique pena nieto, the outgoing president of mexico? he did not seek to confront president trump very much. he did from time to time. it seems like amlo, as they call him down in motion cois going to

be much more pugnacious. >> we will have to see. every now and then we would see enrique pena nieto whose approval ratengs are still very well low we saw a lot of that back and forth between him and president trump on twitter. >> that's it for me, i will be back at 5:00 eastern on the situation room later on today. the news continueses right now here on cnn. hello, and thanks so much for being with us. i'm jim sciutto in for brooke baldwin. he once said he would take a bullet for the president. today he fired his own warning shot that his loyalties could lie elsewhere. michael cohen, the president's former personal attorney and fixer, speaking out for the first time since the fbi raided his home, his office, and hotel room this past april. he's seeming to suggest that he could cut a deal with feds. cohen telling cbs