her first significant trip. >> do we know which countries? >> we don't know yet. >> you'll be going along, covering that trip as well. good reporting, kate bennett. thanks very much. i am wolf blitzer in "the situation room." thanks for watching. erin burnett starts right now. outfront next, breaking news, president trump says he has stayed out of the special counsel's investigation, but he could, quote, run it if he chose to. a major headline tonight. plus, what he says whether he would go as far to revoke even mueller's security clearance. the reporter that spoke to the president is my guest tonight. john brennan threatens to sue him. his attorney calls the former cia chief a blowhard. do they want this to end up in court? and a harvey weinstein

accuser, is she a hypocrite. let's go outfront. i am poppy harlow, in for erin burnett. outfront this evening, breaking news, a stunning series of statements from the president about bob mueller's investigation. reuters just posting an interview moments ago with the president. here's what the president said, and i quote. i decided to stay out of the mueller investigation, now i don't have to stay out, as you know, i can go in and i could do whatever. i could run it if i want. let that sink in. i could run it if i want. an investigation into the president. that's right, suggesting he could run the special counsel's entire probe. now, a probe that is investigating not only him but his campaign and his associates. the president also echoing his attorney rudy guiliani saying speaking to the special counsel and his investigators could be a perjury trap. this comes as sources tell cnn the president is unnerved by the stunning revelation that white house counsel don mcgahn has been cooperating extensively

with the special counsel's team. three interviews lasting 30 plus hours. outfront tonight, jeff mason, reuters reporter that broke this story. jeff, you spoke to the president moments ago. there are a lot of headlines here. let's begin with the bombshell that the president told you i could run the mueller probe if i wanted to. >> yeah. that is one of the more interesting things he said in the sbinterview with me and my colleague. he talked about the probe. he said again it was a witch hunt. he interrupted us when we started to question to be clear that's how he viewed it. i mean, this quote is getting a lot of attention with good reason, but actually the run up to the quote is he said he was staying out of it, that it was better if he did. so it is interesting, he was making it clear that he viewed it as a decision, and that he had made the decision to stay out, but it wasn't the only option he had. >> right. he has long said that he wants to sit down with mueller. he has nothing to hide, wants to

answer mueller's questions, it is his lawyers that won't let him, they're trying to negotiate. the response from the president tonight on that seems different. what did he say? >> he wouldn't say specifically whether he would do an interview, and in fact we sort of thought maybe that would be the next natural place for him to go after saying what he did. he didn't comment on that specifically. what he did comment on, we asked him about rudy guiliani's comments about potential interview being a perjury trap. and he said he agreed, it could potentially be a perjury trap, he might say something that would not align with what james comey said and then he believes that robert mueller would believe james comey instead of him and then that would be a problem. >> also when it comes to russia and action against russia, right, we all know what the president's rhetoric on russia has been and continues to be, but he and the white house have said look at the sanctions, look how tough the administration has been on russia. tonight he spoke about potentially lifting sanctions on

russia. what did he say? >> so we asked him about that. we asked him about the controversy surrounding his meeting with president putin helsinki and whether or not putin asked for the united states to lift the sanctions. he said we're not going to lift those sanctions unless we get something in return. then he went on to say which is true, the united states and russia need to and are working on a lot of different things together, including syria, so the implication was if you scratch my back, maybe i'll scratch yours, but on a bigger geopolitical thing that the united states is pushing moscow to do. >> did he layout what, for example, putin's regime would have to do in syria or have to do regarding ukraine for the u.s. to lift sanctions? >> no. that's a good question. we didn't get more details about what he would do or envision, but that's sort of the conditions he suggested would be necessary, broadly, for that to happen. >> all right. really important reporting, jeff mason, thank you for giving the

interview and hustling to the camera. i think he sat down 30 seconds before air. we appreciate the hustle. thanks for being outfront. let's talk more about this. former deputy and independent counsel joins us, patrick heely from "new york times" is here. a lot of news tonight. let's begin with the headlines. solomon to you. the president saying to jeff mason and colleagues at reuters that he could run the mueller probe. he could run the russian investigation if he wanted to. your reaction? >> my reaction is it is a lot of sound and fury. we all know he is not going to run the mueller investigation. he just wants to divert everybody's attention or get the media talking about it. at some point he will make a decision whether or not he wants to fire mueller or attempt to and will face the consequences of that, but he is not going to run the investigation.

i think it is a silly, ridiculous comment. >> his tone and language changed when it comes to the question jeff mason asked him whether he will sit for interview with mueller. it has consistently been i will or i want to. it is up to my lawyers but i want to. now he is echoing guiliani, using the same language, saying this could be a perjury trap, and he said it would be my word against james comey, impa am paraphrasing. he said even if i'm telling the truth, that makes me a liar. fair concern? >> well, i think he is playing good cop bad cop which is a ruse to show both of you are going to be bad cops, you want to have an optics argument to make here. i think it is very clearest concerned there's already testimony that's been given to robert mueller and his team that's going to corroborate other people's versions or alternative facts he talked about. he is concerned rightfully so a statement he may make,

disingenuous or outright wrong or deceitful will not be corroborated by testimony they have. having said that, that doesn't mean every time somebody sits before an investigator that they themselves do not run the same risk of perhaps being other information that's out there that would contradict that. for the president of the united states, head of the executive branch under which its investigate to gary team says you can't answer questions because it is wrong is laughable. >> jeff mason from reuters seemed broad on question of security clearances, the president revoked john brennan's security clearance, and he didn't say i have no reason to do that. he essentially said i haven't given it much thought. the big difference between john brennan and bob mueller, and there are a number, is that john brennan is all over the air waves criticizing the president. mueller hasn't said a peep. >> robert mueller hasn't divulged classified information, neither was brennan, but there

are no grounds under rules for security clearances why the president would be revoking it, except for vindictiveness, punishment, in attempt to derail the special counsel investigation. this is trump going to his bag of tricks. he is used to decades of controlling and running his business empire, telling his underlings and lieutenants what they should and shouldn't do, basically bossing people around. he has been so bothered from the get go that he has not been able to control the mueller investigation, jeff sessions, rod rosenstein. so this is now -- he has now basically found his weapon which is revoking security clearances. but the notion that he would use that, you know, as in any sort of credible way is a threat against mueller dsh as a threat against mueller is ridiculous. >> it was the lead story until 20 minutes ago when this reuters

news broke. that is that the president was truly caught off guard, so off guard by his own white house counsel. you were white house counsel during whitewater. he didn't know mcgahn did 30 hours of interviews with mueller. he didn't know his own personal lawyers didn't get a full debriefing whatsoever about what mcgahn said. how shocking is that to you? >> well, there are a lot of strands there. first of all, i was in the white house counsel. i was deputy independent counsel. i was up against the white house counsel. >> thank you for clarifying. >> and president clinton's white house counsel, bruce lindsey, didn't come to talk to us for 30 hours. that would have been great. i would have died for that. we had to take him to court and defeat his claims of attorney/client privilege. i think it is very significant the president and his original legal team let don mcgahn go in, to me it is a sign they didn't have -- didn't feel they had

anything to fear. keep in mind back when john doud and ty cobb made this decision in consultation with the president, they looked at the mueller probe primarily about conspiracy with the russians and members of the campaign to effected the election or hack computers. it is now clear that bob mueller is focused more on obstruction of justice and that mueller has a very broad view of obstruction, and i would be very, very worried, very scared to go in and talk to bob mueller. and keep in mind, bob mueller's people have indicted four people for lying to bob mueller, lying to his investigators. four people. if he wasn't the president, let's put it this way, any white collar attorney in d.c. would tell you you would be crazy to let your client go in and talk to prosecutors under these set of facts. >> laura, i think one of the reasons that solomon is noting this, that it was a lens of

collusion and not obstruction lens they're looking through, remember the whole that don mcgahn played in protecting mueller. the president, "new york times" reported, wanted to fire mueller. you do that, i'll quit, walk out. so he has obviously talked to mueller's team about the questions surrounding the desire of the president to fire mueller. >> absolutely. i think don mcgahn has done an artful way of trying to show he is the one transparent last line of defense in the white house. whether that's entirely true in the end, poppy, i don't know. 30 hours is a long time to talk to the investigators. if the focal point of robert mueller's entire probe was obstruction, i would be shocked. obstruction is almost never the focal point. it is a tangential claim that can be added on, the real meat is what you want me to stop investigating, why you want my attention diverted. i suspect the overwhelming information that mcgahn spoke

about was probably in line with one, he has no attorney/client privilege to protect the conversation. he could i assume talk executive privilege. but remember, don mcgahn is a campaign finance expert. was once on the sec as a commissioner. he probably has information and insight into the role he played on the campaign, whether there was in kind contribution, which are of interest to mueller's team. >> which would tie back perhaps to michael cohen if we see more play out there. again, executive privilege wouldn't cover, if there was, the time that he was on the campaign, right? >> precisely. >> before he was in the white house. patrick, when you look at the big picture. >> transitional period, there is some protection. >> fair point. important point and nuance. politically looking at this, if you look at the president and his reactions this month and the month isn't over, he tweeted about the quote, unquote witch hunt, which he deemed this 67 times. 67 times. compared to 19 times in july.

we counted. what's going on? is this back firing? is this working? >> i mean, you can tell that they think the end is getting near, that he has -- rudy guiliani and others around him are saying we're going to have to make a decision on an interview, no interview at some point, and that the midterms are about two and a half months away. trump is eager to get on the road to start campaigning. the reality is there will be a couple of big moments here, his decision whether to do an interview or not, and ultimately bob mueller and some final report. i think there's a sense that the pressure is very much on, and he wants the base to know again and again, this is a witch hunt. his point of view. >> again. patrick appreciate it. solomon, nice to have you, laura as well. thank you all. outfront next, former cia chief john brennan threatens to sue the president over revoked clearances. it was a tough month for the

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sit down with the special counsel for interview, saying quote, even if i'm telling the truth, that makes me a liar. this comes after his attorney, rudy guiliani, said this on "meet the press." >> when you tell me that, you know, he should testify because he's going to tell the truth and he shouldn't worry, that's silly because it is somebody's version of the truth, not the truth. he didn't have a conversation -- >> truth is truth. i don't mean to go -- >> no, it isn't truth. truth isn't truth. >> hmm. outfront, mark lauder, special assistant to trump, and former national press secretary. nice to have you both. simone on this monday evening, truth is not truth, in what world? >> not this world, poppy, perhaps in 1948. george orwell wrote the party told you to reject what you saw with your eyes and ears and that was their final command. i think the trump administration and the president's attorneys would love us to believe, to buy

into the idea that there are different versions of the truth. that's the opposite of the definition of the truth. no one is buying this. the special counsel i don't think is buying it, lucky for the president and other people, this is not what democrats are running on across the country in midterm elections. this just doesn't make sense. >> mark, you worked at the white house, former assistant to the president, worked for the vice president, it is not just this statement this time from one man, from rudy guiliani, it is the totality of it, right? let's jog everyone's memory a moment. take a look at this. >> if fact counting is anything, we never had anybody with the level that he has. we will leave it there. >> in the eye of the beholder. >> facts are not in the eye of the beholder. you're always welcome to argue the case. >> don't believe the crap from these people, the fake news. what you're seeing and reading is not what's happening. >> you're saying it is a

falsehood, and sean spicer gave alternative facts. >> you worked with the team, the strategy, what gives? >> the biggest concern is a lot of times people are taking facts, and facts are facts. >> thank you. >> but they're taking them to reach their own conclusion which often times is not necessarily the correct -- >> that's an opinion. >> and i think that's the push back, people are taking a series of facts to reach a not necessarily factual conclusion, even with what rudy guiliani talks about now, if the president has a different reactors of recollection, that's the perjury trap. >> that's not what he said. he said truth isn't truth. i had jim schultz, former white house lawyer for president trump on with me this morning. he said look, rudy guiliani has to be better prepared for this. this is not a good look for the white house. he has to be in jim's words precise with his answers, get

his facts straight. is he right? >> i agree, we can always choose. there's not probably a single interview i go back -- >> i am saying he has to get the facts right. he is the mouthpiece for the president. >> i understand it. could he have answered that better, i think he is trying to address that today a couple of times in other interviews and twitter. i will take what he is saying in the broader context, not zero in on every specific word, i would agree we have to be careful answering the questions, especially when you're speaking on behalf of the president or on behalf of the white house. >> simone, this other headline out of the reuters interview that they wrapped up moments ago, they're reporting as we heard from jeff mason that the president did say he would consider lifting u.s. sanctions on russia should they see action to the u.s.'s liking in syria and ukraine. the president didn't elaborate what that would entail.

but what's your reaction? >> my reaction is i want to remind folks that congress in a bipartisan manner passed legislation to sanction russia, legislation veto proof. the president had no other choice but to sign it. the sanctions that many folks associated with the white house, the strongest sanctions ever slapped on russia by this administration came into effect because of congress, not because this is what the president wanted to do. i would venture to say if this is something that the president truly is considering, he is going to have a tough time with congress. there's not appetite for this type of rhetoric or action, this friendly rhetoric or action if you will against russia in congress on a bipartisan level, it is just not there. >> i want you both to listen to something late this afternoon from the president. was he speaking at an event honoring border patrol agents, speaking to one specifically that had done commendable work. here's what the president said.

>> adrian come here, i want to ask you a question. so how did you -- come here, you're not nervous, right? speaks perfect english. come here, i want to ask you about that. 78 lives, you saved 78 people. so how did you feel that there were people in that trailer, a lot of trailers around. please. he didn't know he was going to do this. >> what do you think, when you call someone up to a podium to honor them, you usually don't say speaks perfect english. was it a weird thing to say or more? >> the president speaks contemporaneously, doesn't speak in perfect sound bites and poll tested. i think that's one of the reasons many people, because he is -- many people sense he is a genuine person. shouldn't let this overshadow a great message about the great work done -- >> did he step on this message. i wouldn't bring you on and say

mark lauder is with me and he speaks perfect english. >> again, the president is bringing someone up who is completely unprepared. he is trying to cajole them up. wasn't the perfect thing to say. we shouldn't let that go and overshadow what was really the important message today which is the things that we -- they are talking about abolishing i.c.e., they're arresting 120,000 criminal aliens, including 1800 suspected murderers. 5,000 suspected of sexual assaults. and that's the message. >> poppy, if i can jump in, i believe the president brought a cbp agent up today, customs and border patrol, not i.c.e. those are two separate entities. i wish folks would stop. secondly, the president felt necessary to note that the cbp agent spoke english because i believe he was latina.

that's the only manner. the president didn't bring a young white woman or young white man to the podium, say by the way, he speaks perfect english. it is important to note that. it goes to the deep biases that many believe the president has. folks accused the president of subscribing to a white supremacist ideology, to believing in the idea of culture, of american culture. quite unquote white culture. these comments lend to why people believe those things, said the things they said about the president. >> thank you both. we are out of time. nice to have you. breaking news, trump says he would consider as we mentioned lifting sanctions, u.s. sanctions on russia. what would it take, would congress go for it. a harvey weinstein accuser now accused of paying hush money to silence a man, a young man that alleged she sexual assaulted him. we will dig in ahead. from --

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have the opposite effect as in spur on congress to implement more sanctions. just look at the united states senate tomorrow, two committees chaired by republicans will be having hearings on potential new russian sanctions, and overseeing russian sanctions passed in 2017. the reality is there are two or three significant substantive bipartisan proposals moving around in the senate now that hope would implement new sanctions, one that would slap on sanctions if the russians are found to have meddled with an election again. those haven't been able to get a broad consensus behind a single proposal. should the president push forward on something like this, that according to several aides may change. people may coalesce around that. it is worth looking back at the 2017 law, implementation of the broadest new infrastructure of sanctions against russia the united states put in place in a long time. 98-2 the senate voted, congress

would have review over it. there's no appetite politically to make changes to that anytime soon, poppy. >> thank you for that reporting. now republican senator john kennedy on the judiciary committee, good evening, thanks for being with me. >> good evening, poppy. >> the president to be clear in the reuters interview didn't elaborate on what russia would have to do to help aid in syria or in ukraine to get sanctions relief, but in any scenario is lifting sanctions on russia at this point something you would support? >> not until i saw a change in behavior by mr. putin. mr. putin is russian. and russia is mr. putin. the political philosophy is whatever mr. putin said and says, and unless he changes his behavior in ukraine, crimea, in syria, in meddling with our elections, i wouldn't support

lifting of the sanctions. now, if he started to change his behavior, that would be a separate matter, but i think it is important that we watch what mr. putin does, not what he says. >> what would he have to do in your mind? russia's annexed crimea, invade i did ukraine, continues to support atrocities carried out in syria. it would take a lot, right? >> it would for me. we could start with syria. i think if mr. putin wanted to, we could get a settlement and end to the bloodbath fairly quickly. mr. putin could start by telling iran to get out of southern syria. there's going to be a war if iran tries to establish a foot hold there because israel is not going to put up with it. so we could start with syria. we can start with him calling off the dogs and stop trying to

meddle in midterm elections. we're going to have a classified briefing tomorrow with our security agencies to talk about what mr. putin is doing in terms of midterm elections. would that be enough? i don't know. it would be a start. i'm just not going to accept mr. putin at his word that he will do better. i mean, i want to see some action. >> all right. on another topic, senator, rudy guiliani, the president's personal lawyer is taunting john brennan to take him to court. he said he would consider that. president trump granted a request and jay sekulow and me to handle the case after threatening if you don't do it, it would be like obama's red line. come on, john, you're not a blowhard, from the president's personal lawyer. you called brennan, former cia chief, and i'm quoting your

language, quote, a butt head. feelings for brennan aside, is there any way this thing goes to court? >> i mean, i don't know. i'm not one of the lawyers. let me try to explain my concerns about mr. brennan. i am talking about people like the late george bundy, brent scowcroft, intelligent intellectuals if you will, they served republicans and democrats. they're above the political fray. they should be able to keep their security clearance. mr. brennan has made a decision and it is a free country, he is entitled to do so to basically become a politician.

in our free enterprise system, he is being paid and paid well to make provocative statements on television that are very political. >> senator -- >> but let me finish my point, poppy. if mr. brennan repeated in an airport some of the things he said on tv, he would either be in handcuffs or in a straight jacket. and i can't imagine anybody going to mr. brennan for objective analysis of the national security situation. >> what comments do you think would get him arrested in an airport specifically? obviously there's the calling the helsinki summit with putin tantamount to treason, there's the hogwash comment regarding collusion in "new york times" opinion piece, but what specific language are you talking about regarding brennan. >> i think mr. brennan's

objectivity and for me his credibility is broken. it is more broken than the ten commandments. now, there's no reason that he can't continue in a free country to say what he is saying, but if mr. brennan has decided to become a politician, you know, politics is not bean bag. if you want to run with the big dogs, you can't hide on the porch. he can't go on television and make overtly political statements that are over the top if he believes there is a top, and then at night call his friends in the bureaucracy and receive inside information. it doesn't work that way. >> look, some of that criticism has been echoed even by james clapper just yesterday who told jake tapper look, some of this hyperbole is too much. he is like a freight train sometimes, but he shares the concerns we have. the reason one maintains their security clearance is not just

to call their friends and get this information. i mean, it is to help current intelligence officials, right? and john brennan was a key officer in all that. he helped plan the navy s.e.a.l. raid that killed osama bin laden. and when you look at his clearance and his former deputy national security adviser called brennan principal architect of the drone policy. is that not, senator, politics, opinion aside, is that experience and knowledge not worth anything to current intelligence officials? >> certainly it is worth something. i think -- i thank mr. brennan for his service, but that's before he became a politician. let me say it again. if you want to be a politician and you say something, you're going to be challenged. >> you cannot speak out against

the administration and maintain a clearance that you could help current intelligence officials by having? is that what you're saying? >> no, it is a matter of degree, poppy. i don't think any fair minded person would contend mr. brennan and his statements has any nuance, has any gray area. the president had a bad day on his press conference with mr. putin. i said that before. i don't think he should be put to death over it. i don't think that makes him a traitor. i think that was clearly over the top. i'm not sure mr. brennan believes there is a top, but i don't see how any fair minded person would go to mr. brennan now and ask him for his, quote, institutional wisdom, and put any value on it. he can't be. he is not objective. i will say it again, his objectivity and credibility is broken. it is more broken than the ten commandments.

and that's his decision, but he's made his bed. he's decided to be a politician, and i don't think it is fair for him to be a politician and then call his friends in the bureaucracy and get inside information. >> senator john kennedy, i have to leave it there, i am out of time. i appreciate you taking the time. thanks for being with me. >> thanks, poppy. a leading figure in the me too movement alleged to have paid off a young man that accuses her of sexual assault. and prosecutors charging a husband in the gruesome murder of his wife and daughters. a stunning twist. he is claiming his wife is the one that strangled the children. breaking details healed. ahead -- ahead. cade game: fist! your real bike's all fixed. man, you guys are good! well, we are the number-one motorcycle insurer in the country. -wait. you have a real motorcycle? and real insurance, with 24-hour customer support. arcade game: wipeout! oh! well... i retire as champion.

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all right. tonight a stini -- stunning report that one of harvey weinstein's most vocal accusers sexual assaulted a young man. encrypted documents showing she paid money to an actor, musician that played her son in a film in 2004. look at them here. this is them in a movie scene together. he at the time there was just 7 years old.

bennett is 22. he claims that she sexual assaulted him in 2013 at a hotel when she was 37 and he was 17, the age of consent in california is 18. now argento is a leading voice in the me too movement, saying she was raped by harvey weinstein when she was 21 years old. now the reporter that broke the story joins me. thank you for being here. before we get into how the documents ended up in your inbox, tell us more about what you're reporting, what bennett is alleging, sexual battery is among charges. it is very disturbing. >> it was a long list of charges in this intent to sue notice that we got, and it was emotional distress, it was sexual battery, it was assault. a number of charges that really stem from this one afternoon or morning actually at a hotel room in marina delray in 2013. >> in your article you talk

about how you got the document, how they were sent to your inbox through encrypted e-mail by an unidentified party. do you have a better understanding of who sent these to you tonight? >> we have a pretty solid idea of how they came to us, but without solid confirmation, we of course took the documents that came after i had be reporting on anthony bourdain's suicide and previously had been reporting on some of the me too movement stories that came out of the restaurant world, i write about food, and i had be talking to people in the bore takurdain talk to talking to people that knew he and asia's relationship. i heard about this story maybe a month and a half ago, kept asking about it, trying to pull strings. knew a few strings here and there, nothing reportable or

verifiable, and then in a series of a couple of e-mails these documents trickled in. two of them were particularly key because they were signed by attorneys so we were able to go back and verify the documents. obviously we aren't in the business of taking things and running them in the paper, we spend a lot of time verifying these from different sources. >> still, i think it is stunning still no response to you, no response at all. >> we spent time, the reporter in the rome bureau interviewed asia extensively regarding the harvey weinstein material and, you know, he had a relationship with her. he reached out, i reached out. we know her attorney had gotten our e-mails and requests for interviews because she had called other sources, called two of the other attorneys involved, so they clearly don't want to talk about this right now.

>> again, argento says she was raped by harvey weinstein, and weinstein's lawyer is capitalizing on this tonight, responding in part. this development reveals a stunning level of hypocrisy by argento. two things can be true at the same time. important to point out what she's alleging many other women allege happened to them as well. >> right. police argento is not part of the six charges harvey weinstein is facing, and this is -- the thing that seems essential here is one person doesn't make an entire movement, and we don't know what argento's side of this was, so i think there's a lot to be considered. but, you know, the idea that this one incident would somehow unravel an entire case against harvey weinstein and this young

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for a bit and when he came back upstairs to the bedroom, she had strangled her two young daughters. in a fit of rage, took them to a worksite at an oil in a sillty. he dug a shallow grave for his wife. that's the story that chris watts is telling. there are reports he had been having an extra marital affair. >> formal charges against the father were filed today. murder charges for the death of his wife and 3 and 4-year-old girls. and three counts of tampering with a deceased human body. >> i am shanaan's dad.

this is her brother. we would like to thank everyone in the frederick police department and all the agencies involved for working so hard to find my daughter, granddaughters and niko. thank you everyone for coming out to the candlelight vigil and saying all your players. they are greatly appreciated. >> after she and her two girls went missing. he said he and his wife got into an argument. >> i want them back. >> nicole atkinson told good morning america she had dropped shanaan off at home after a business trip, the next day, she and her young girls were gone, with so few clues, even from watts. >> he kept saying she didn't know where she was. >> late last week, shanaan was

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bullying. the president not able to attend. here's jeanne moos. >> reporter: do what she says, not what he does. melania was speaking -- >> on cyber bullying prevention. >> you know, like calling someone that dog. or tweeting democratic thugs. tweeted one critic, it appears she's never met her husband. tweeted another. irony, thy name is melania, misspelling her name the way the president once misspelled it. another commenter used the words of the church lady many. >> well, isn't that special? >> no, at real donald trump doesn't cyber bully, he cyber counter punches. some thought the first lady was sending a veiled message to her

husband. >> most children are more aware of the benefits and pitfalls of social media than some adults. >> this adult. it's all gotten so surreal that it's hard to tell what's real and what's parody. very proud of first lady melania trump for using social media for her anti-bullying campaign. that was a parody donald trump, but dozens found it so authentic they lashed out. you literally can't make a tweet about not cyber bullying, without cyber bullying. someone else took a page from rudy giuliani. >> truth isn't truth. >> hence, bullying isn't bullying. >> melania has acknowledged that people are skeptical of her discussing this topic. >> it will not stop me from doing what i know is right. could there be marital fallout?

>> my husband will be so mad. he will not speak to me. >> jeanne moos, cnn, new york 37. >> thanks so much for joining us tonight, ac 360 starts now. good evening, after a weekend of bruising headlines, president trump is ramping up attacks on the russia investigation, while one of his current attorneys tries to explain why truth isn't truth. so there's a lot to cover tonight. breaking news, the president telling reuters he's stayed out of the mueller probe so far, but could run it if he wants to. there's reporting that federal prosecutors are priping charges against michael cohen. there's reporting that don mcgann the current white house council has been meeting and talking with robert mueller's team. there's also the president's former campaign chairman, still waiting for a verdict in his tax evasion and bank fraud trial. and dozens more weighing in