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i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. questions for the white house over what jared kushner told congress. >> sources tell cnn jared kushner told them they did not communicate with wikileaks or anyone in the trump campaign who had. but a new report says that he forwarded an e-mail in senior campaign officials from donald trump jr. and in that e-mail according to "the atlantic" trump junior said he had made contact with wikileaks. >>> and eighth woman has come forward with accusations against roy moore. she said moore grabbed her inappropriately back in 1981. our panel jack pinkston and tara seth meyer. thank you both for being with us. i want to ask you, jack, first and foremost, with the eighth women who has come forward with accusations against roy moore, where does he stand? what does the republican party do with this? >> i think they all have dug in. and i've talked to a lot of people in alabama it seems like they're getting in their camps and deciding that this issue is still credible. if not, some have come to the c

. >>> this is new day weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> good morning to you. this morning, the russia investigation is causing more problems for the white house. did the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, lie to congress about the campaign's communications with wikileaks and russia? >> in his testimony, he said he never communicated with wikileaks and didn't know anyone in the trump campaign who had? >> a new report shows that he did receive an e-mail about wicky leads and forwa wikileaks and forwarded to campaign officials. >> any accused him of withholding documents and democrats are accusing him of lying under oath. he has had to amend his security format several times because he did not list meetings with foreign officials. here is cnn's evan perez. >>> jared kushner told congressional investigators he didn't communicate with wikileaks and didn't recall anyone in the trump campaign who did. we now know from disclosures that donald trump jr. sent an e-mail to kushner and others to pass on information that he learned from wikileaks. kushner then forw

. ♪ >>> this is "news day weekend" with victor blackwell and christie paul.reaking news hour, president trump is ready to have dinner with vietnam's president. earlier today, the president says he spoke with vladimir putin of the election 2016 election, president trump says putin denied the allegations and the president says he believes him. the two leaders chatted informally so far. >> gel zeleny and matthew chang is live with us in nanang. tell us what the president said regarding his discussion with president trump. >> reporter: good morning, the president says he's done talking about the russian meddling in the election. he was trying to move forward to other issues. he briefed with reporters here in nanang to hanoi here. he talked about the briefing here in nanang. he says that look, he believes he's taking vladimir putin at his words that the russians did not meddle in the election. >> now t president said this n an off camera briefing arrest force one to reporters, lets look, every time he sees me, he says "i did do that". i really believe him. the pre

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. and former secretary clinton made a trip down memory lane as they celebrated the 25th anniversary of the president's election. but the current administration was clearly part of the conversation. secretary of state clinton took the opportunity to talk about the president's favorite topics, at least one of them. >> you know, i'm going to keep speaking out. apparently, you know, my former opponent is obsessed with my speaking out. apparently there was another somebody told me tweet today. honestly, between tweeting and golfing, how does he get anything done? i don't understand it. so maybe that -- maybe that is the whole point. >> the clintons appearance come at a difficult time for a lot of people in politics in light of the sexual assault allegations on capitol hill. some say the president's past is coming back to haunt democrats. you may read that in some opinion pieces this weekend. some feel force to condemn his history of sexual misconduct but how much is defending or abandoning h

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell.morning to you. >>> president trump just landed in the philippines a little while ago and greeted there with violent protests and flag burning. >> the president will meet with the philippines president to discuss human rights, just one of many topics. as the president arrived, protests clashing with police and yelling anti-truch slogans and setting the american flag on fire. >> today's meetings could be overshadowed by the president's latest comments. he not only attacked kim jong-un but also former u.s. intelligence officials and refused to definitively say whether he believes russia interferes in the 2016 election you are looking live at manila. president trump will arrive at any moment and we will take this live again when we see the president. let's start this discussion. joining me is andre bower a former lieutenant governor of south carolina and brent is a columnist at "the hill" and brian stelter who is host of cnn's "reliable sources." good morning to you, gentlemen. >> good mo

♪ >> announcer: this is "new day weekend" with victor black well and christi paul. >> good morning.he russia investigation inching closer to the president's inner circle. next person in the hot seat will be president trump's communication speaker and expected to be interviewed by mueller's team before the end of the month now. >> of course, she is of special interest to mueller's team. >>> also lawmakers are worried about the top nuclear commander said he would push back against an order for the president for a nuclear strike if it was illegal. >> i provide advice to the president. he'll tell me what to do and. it's -- if it's illegal, guess what is going to happen? >> you say no? >> i'm going to say, mr. president, that is illegal. guess what is he going to do? he would say what is going to be legal and we will come up with a mix of capabilities to respond to whatever the situation is and that is the way it works. it's not that complicated. >>> in skancathing editorial, al.com is asking for voters to vote for democrat doug jones or write in another candidate. they write this. this

paul. >> and i'm vick victor savage in for victor blackwell. >>> and president trump is on a tour of asia. >> waking up in hawaii this morning, the president visited with military leaders there yesterday, and paid his respects at the memorial, you see him here with the first lady. they laid a wreath to remembers those in lost their lives at pearl harbor. and problems he's facing in his administration including a russia investigation making its way a lot closer to the west wing, it seems. >> and former policy adviser for donald trump revealing new details in the investigation. he tells cnn multiple members of the campaign knew about his trip to russia where he met with a senior russian government official and page e-mailed to at least one campaign trump aide, according to the "new york times." >> with all of the new threads in the russia investigation overshadowing president trump's trip to asia, there is a question about how much can actually get done. will they distract the meetings with those foreign leaders? boris sanchez is live with us this morning. what are you hearing more? >> repo

paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. >> the roy moore scandal, an eighth woman has come forward telling us thatd inappropriate when she was 28. he grabbed her buttocks when she had been in his office regarding a child custody battle with her mother. listen to what she told erin. >> he proceeded to come to the end of the desk and really close up on me. >> so close you could sort of feel his breath? >> actually, i think his knee might have been touching my knee. his hand were not on me. just like maybe his knee was brushing mine or something. then when it was time for us to leave, he grabbed me from behind on my buttocks and squeezed it really hard. i remember thinking, i'm so ashamed. i felt humiliated in that moment. it took everything out of me. >> now, roy moore has not responded to repeated requests for comment on johnson's allegations. he has vehemently denied the other women's allegations against him. despite all these, his wife says he does not plan to quit this race. >> even after all the attacks against me, against my family, against the foundation, and now against my husband, he will n

paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. we are beginning with breaking news. at a veterans day program in birmingham. let me pause for a moment, can you hear this? chants of "no moore," this is his first public appearance after allegations he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl. the alabama republican was greeted by those protesters, also signs reading "gop," "grabby old

paul. and i'm victor blackwell. >> we have breaking news in central japan. has bumped into a guided missile destroyer. and this is an accident that happened today. >> the japanese boat lost propulsion and terroristed into the "uss benfold" it's reported that it was participating in a scheduled towing exercise at the time. good news, no one is you ared but the ship did sustain minor damage. >>> and there is a new question for the white house this morning, regarding the russian investigation, did jared kushner lie to congress? >> a source tells cnn the president's son-in-law and senior adviser told investigators he did not communicate with wikileaks and he also said he did not recall anyone in the trump campaign who had. >> a new report says that he forwarded an e-mail from senior campaign officials to donald trump jr. and in that e-mail, according to "the atlantic" trump junior said he had made contact with wikileaks. >> of course, this is coming after the allegation that jared kushner withheld russian-related doubts from a senate committee. >> even as the ru

paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now.e trump administration and two members of the family. >> the president's sornl and senior adviser jardz kushner is facing allegations that he lied under oath. kushner said he never

paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. we are beginning with breaking news. roy moore has just arrived at a veterans day program in birmingham. let me pause for a moment, can you hear this? chants of "no moore," this is his first public appearance after allegations he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl. the alabama republican was greeted by those protesters, also signs reading "gop," "grabby old pervert," and many others here. cnn's martin savidge is joining us by phone. he's there in alabama. martin, there was some supporters there surrounding the candidate as he walked in, but also plenty of protesters outside this library where this event is happening today. >> right. we should point out this was a previously planned event. it is scheduled around veterans day and it was put together by the mid alabama republican club. interesting because, of course, it shows you despite maybe nationally the republican party is trying to distance itself when it comes to the state of alabama and other organizations, they are clearly very tied to this candidate. also shoul

paul. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. dinner and diplomacy is how president trump is finishing out the first day of his high stakes asia trip. >> moments al, as a matter of fact we heard from the president as he arrived for dinner for japanese prime minister shinzo abe. sarah is traveling with the president. i understand you got new sounds from the president from moments ago. what is he saying? >> reporter: well, that's right. look. the president kicked off his grueling five nation foreign trip in a more informal way he played golf with the japanese prime minister and the president gave the issue of two issues dominating this trip -- trade and north korea. >> we are in the midst of having discussions on many subjects, including north korea and trade, and other things. and we are doing very well. we are doing very well. the relationship is really extraordinary. we like each other. and our countries like each other. and i don't think we have ever been closer to japan than we are right now. so it's a great honor. believe me.

paul. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell.omorrow, is the deadline for jared kushner to hand over documents. >> they are tight find out if any meetings between the russian official and trump in the 2016 campaign. they take a closer at kushner's apparent role in the administration. >> watch dog group is slammed as a total disaster as questions swirl who is in charge tomorrow morning after the former director abruptly quit. >>> this week could be make or break. a moment for the genetic here. can the president secure a win on tax reform is a big question going into tomorrow. >>> and democrat ic senator al franken is expected to speak for the first time since several women came forward accusing him of sexual harassment. >>> kushner has been asked to turn over more documents. is kushner expected to fully cooperate this time? good morning, by the way. >> reporter: good morning, martin. yes, kushner is facing yet another deadline to turn over documents to senate investigators and all the while his attorneys have essentially been sayi

paul. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> the clock is ticking for the president's son-in-law jared kushner who has until tomorrow to hand over material. >> they are trying to find out if he had any inappropriate contacts with russia during the 2016 presidential campaign. this as two new articles from "the new york times" and "the washington post" take a closer look at kushner's apparent shrinking role in the trump administration. >>> the president is slamming the nation's top consumer watchdog group as total disaster and questions swirling who is going to be in charge after the director abruptly quit. >>> this week is a make or break moment for the republican agenda? the question -- can the president secure a win on tax reform? >>> democratic senator al franken to speak publicly for the first time since several women came forward accusing him of sexual harassment. >>> let's begin with the russia investigation. abby phillips is joining me now live. kushner has been asked to repeatedly turn over documents to or -- or more documents i should say related to the 2016 trump campaig

i'm christie paul. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell.s in charge of one of the u.s. top consumer watch dog agencies. >> president trump tapped nick mulvaney to be interim chief after the director stepped down. but that sets up a political and legal clash here because the outgoing director chose someone el else. >>> jared kushner has until monday to turn over more documents to the senate judiciary committee. >> and president trump will be on capitol hill to push tax reform next week. he's meeting tuesday, in fact, with senate republicans ahead of their expected vote. but infighting in the trump administration is threatening to over shadow a major global summit. state department officials tell cnn the u.s. is not sending a high-level delegation to next week's global entrepreneurship in india. the main reason, secretary of state rex tillerson doesn't want to support ivanka trump who is leading the u.s. delegation to the event. cnn's michelle kosinski broke this story down with the details. >> what we're talking about here is the global entr

paul. >> and i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. chaos is brewing for the agency that has one of the biggest impacts on help you safe guard your finances. >> yeah, at the stroke of midnight most likely while you were sleeping the man heading the consumer protection bureau, richard cordray stepped down. and the answer, who is going to replace him on monday? the answer to that -- depending on who you can. >> reporter: a lot of questions over who is leading the consumer protection agency and here's why. president trump tapped budget director nick mulvaney to be ahead of the consumer financial protection bure roar cfpb. richard cordray, an obama appointee formally resigned and named his chief of staff director. it sets up a political and legal clash here and the question of who is in charge when employees return to work on monday. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren who helped create the cfpb tweeted this. the dodd-frank act is clear. donald trump can't override that but the administration can appoint a current government official in

paul. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. "cnn newsroom" begins right now and we start with breaking news. the navy has identified the three sailors kills off the coast of japan. >> steven combs, matthew chialastri and bryan grosso. barbara, what are you learning? >> well, good morning to both of you. these names now being made public by the navy according to protocol. they have notified the families and then they wait 72 hours, basically, before their names are made public so the families can at least have some time for grieving privately. the next steps are going to have to be to see if they can, quite bluntly, locate the wreckage of the aircraft at sea, is there any way they can bring up the wreckage, there that give them clues about the cause of the crash, will they find the remains of those three who were lost. it was in a very extensive search and rescue effort by both u.s. and japanese forces, according to the navy, covering some 1,000 square miles eventually of ocean. so it was a very broad, very intense effort, and,

paul. >> good morning. >> i'm victor blackwell. >>> president trump and president duterte in the philippinest the asean dinner there. just a short while ago clinmaki toast and sitting down to dinner and seated next to each other. they will have a meeting later tomorrow after the president has bilateral meetings there at the asean summit with leaders of india, australia, talking trade investment and socyber crime an human rights. people are waiting to see if president trump brings up duterte's war on drugs and condemned by many u.s. congressmen and the united nations and the eu. >> what happens in the philippines could be overshadow what happened in vietnam. the president's latest comments especially. he not only attacked kim jong-un, but also former u.s. intelligence officials and refused to say definitively straight to the camera that he thinks russia interfered in the 2016 election. joining me now is rollie flynn and ceo of cybersecurity and singa consulting. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> let's start with the president's comments on rusch rou -- russia and president putin. pre

paul. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> north korea trade national security are all on theable as president trump wraps up the first day of his high stakes asian trip by dining with one of his most important allies in the region. >> we actually heard from the president as he arrived for dinner with the prime minister sin shinzo abe and he emphasized some of the discussions they are having. >> sarah, is traveling with the president. what is the president saying about progress so far on this trip? >> reporter: well, martins, it's been interesting to see the president kick off this five nation foreign trip on more informal footing by playing golf with prime minister shinzo abe and then out to dinner and the president gave a preview of the big issues that are going to mark this trip. >> we are in the midst of having discussions on many subjects, including north korea and trade, and other things. and we are doing very well. we are doing very well. the relationship is really extraordinary. we like each other. and our countries like each other. and i don't think we have ever been

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. >>> this "new day" weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> good morning to you. listen, we want to show you live pictures that we're getting in here. first of all, president trump sitting down with vietnam's president in hanoi. >> earlier, he spoke with the russian president vladimir putin about meddling in the 2016 election. president trump said putin denies the allegations and that he believes them. but putin's press secretary told cnn that that discussion never happened, as far as he knows. meanwhile, president putin is calling this an internal political struggle and saying that russia is ready for better relations with the u.s. >> translator: as you know and i often talk about it, we are prepared to turn the page to go forward to look into the future to solve the problems that are of interest to people of the 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.

paul. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell.w president trump is finishing out the first day of his high stakes asia trip. >> moments al, as a matter of fact we heard from the president as he arrived for dinner for japanese prime minister shinzo abe. sarah is traveling with the president. i understand you got new sounds from the president from momen

paul. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. in charge of the nation's top consumer watch dog agency. >> president trump tapped nick mulvaney to be chief of the consumer protection financial bureau after the director steps down. that sets up a political and legal clash because the outgoing director, he chose someone else. >> this comes as the president tries to push tax reform next week. trump will meet thursday -- i'm sorry -- tuesday with senate republicans ahead of their expected vote. >> monday is the deadline to register to vote in alabama. this is a close race that can see a democrat flip a seat in a deep red state. >> despite sexual harassment and sexual abuse allegations against roy moore, democrat doug jones is still facing an uphill batter to energize his base. here is cnn's kaylee hartung. >> reporter: the name dominating national headlines for more than two weeks. we know roy moore is running for the u.s. senate and his campaign is in trouble. >> they were girls when roy moore immorally pursued them. now they are wom

paul. >> i'm martin salve individual savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> president trump starts his longestip since taking office and arguably his most crucial. >> multiple meetings with world leaders. in just hours he's leaving hawaii to get to japan, where he'll meet with one of the united states top allies in that region, and on the agenda, of course, confronting growing nuclear fears in north korea and re-establishing power in that region. >> this trip comes after the struggles facing his administration back home, including a russia investigation that is making its way closer to the west wing. we're covering this story now from just about every angle. our correspondents and our contributors. we're going to start with cnn's ryan nobles, who is traveling with the president. ryan, packed schedule ahead for the president. >> yeah, that's right, martin. his trip has already been busy up until this point. he touched down here in hawaii yesterday and had two different military briefings, one with the leader of the pacific command and then with other military leaders. he then had a very solemn

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