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jet suit pilots take to the skies. "early today" starts right now >> good friday morning i'm phillip mena >> and i'm frances rivera. two days after robert mueller broke his silence, his words continue across the hill president trump inadvertently admitted russia helped him get elected before walkingack the comment. peter alexander has more >> president trump saluting cadets >> russia did not help me get elected. you know w got me elected? i got me elected russia didn't help me at all >> he attacked the hoax tweeting, i had nothing to do with russia helping me to get elected. by packing docratic email.

the president again blasting mueller.>> i think he is aotal conflicted person. i think mueller is a true never trumper. >> reporter: according to the mueller report, his claims he was conflicted were ridiculous and petty. his claims that mueller did not charge him with any crime. >> so he sai essentially, you are innocent >> here is what mueller actually said >> if we had confidence the president clearly had not committed a crime, we would have said so. >> and he believes mueller could have offered a conclusion despite the long-standing policy that forbids inindicting a sitting president. >> the opinion says you can't indict bute could have reached a decision whether it was criminal actity.

>> drum beat of democrats calling for peachment is growing. >> it is a dirty word. impeach. a dirty, filthy, disgusting word it had nothing to do with me there was no high crime anno misdemeanor. how do you impeach based on that president trump is taking aim at mexican economy starting june 10, the u.s. will impose tariffs on all mexican imports. the white house said mexico must step up and help with this problem. tracie potts joins us from d.c these tariffcould climb as high as 25%. >> reporter: that'pls right. the is to start at 5% and add 5% up to october up to 25%

if mexico doesn't do something to the trump administration's satisfacti we are starting to get reaction starting with democrats. take a look. the committee tweeting that president of the united states has a severe lack of understanding when it comes to both immigration as well asis c economics. we are also getting a letter from the president of mexico responding saying social problems are not involved with taxes. we are sending his foreign minister all of this happens as the u.s., mexico and canada are considering whether to improve that new trade deal that president trump has been proting. vice president mike pence was in canada talking about that on thursday and democrats are saying here that iapt came citol

hill in a rush, the draft version offot r their approval the white house says they don't believe these new tariffs will slow down approval of that deal. the legal battle over abortion rights is intensifying as the louisiana governor signs into law a fetal heartbeat ban t moren two dozen states have or are considering correct anti abortionaws. these are fuelling protests and marches a around the country >> reporter: supporters ofht abortion rs taking to the streets of st. louis waiting for a federajudgesin ruling on the license renewal of missouri's only abortion clinic. based on the new law banning abortions after eight weeks. >> we do not want to be the

first state to lose access to legal and sa abortion. >> planned parent hood argues the state department keeps moving the goal posts. the governor parsons says the state is jusdot g its job. >> this is not an issue of prolife. this is about the standard of care for the women in missouri >> reporter: more protests in louisiana as it became the latest state to outlaw abortion once a heartbeat is detected a similar law in georgia you may cost a film business netflix and disney weighing the impact and possibly pulling from the state. >> many people who work for us wouldn't want to work there. >> reporter: consequences of is divisive issue. democrats on the senate armed services committee are

demanding answers from the navy aboutht e order to move "uss john mccain" out of sight as the president visited japan. the president claims he had nothing to do with that. >> what a group. what a group >> reporter: the commander and chief onda memorial y in japan but the president said he was not behind the unusual move to keep the "uss mccain" hidden from view. >> i don't know what happened. i wasn'tnvolved. >> a military officer told the navy, "uss john mcca" needs to be out of sight. it is not clear who gave the order. >> i wouldiv never ge an order like that. somebody did it because they thought i didn't like him. they were well mning >> reporter: among those not vieted to the president's speech

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