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please welcome the jake tapper of tv news, jake tapper! hey there! always nice to have you on here. how have you been? >> i'm good. yeah, excellent. why? something going on? >> stephen: no. ( laughter ) how are you celebrating the mueller-versray? >> it's been one year which by my calculations is 36 and a half scaramuccis. ( laughter ) put that in your pipe and smoke it. >> stephen: so one year in, donald trump is still calling this "witch hunt," okay? >> they've caught a few witches, by the way. >> stephen: they have. there have been a few witch indictments. >> stephen: i would buy witch insurance if i were donald trump. >> some witch bond bailsman are in business ( laughter ) >> stephen: giuliani, great lawyer, clearly. ( laughter ) fantastic. fantastic lawyer. ( laughter ) he has said that the whole investigation at this point has become absurd, it's absurd. is it absurd to you? >> no. >> stephen: is there anything absurd about it? >> the fact the president keeps talking about it. >> stephen: do you think he should just shut up? >> i th

. >> the republican congressman told jake tapper about flood attending the meeting saying, quote, it is the craziest shit i've ever heard.

. >>> hello, i'm jake tapper in washington, where the "state of the union" is trying to get the story straight. president trump is in washington, perhaps watching television as we speak, as rudy giuliani tries to clean up a potential legal mess he made for his client. but rudy giuliani's cleanup act

. >>> hello, i'm jake tapper in washington, where the "state of the union" is trying to get the story straight. president trump is in washington, perhaps watching television as we speak, as rudy giuliani tries to clean up a potential legal mess he made for his client. but rudy giuliani's cleanup act is raising new questions, telling abc news in a new interview this morning that michael cohen may have paid off other women if it were

( applause ) kellyanne conway took a different approach to a similar question with jake tapper: >> when the president said, "no" on air force one, he was talking about he didn't know when the payment occurred. the president has said he didn't know it when it occurred. and that is the "no" on air force one. the "no" refers to "no" at the time the payment occurred. so, i think she's saying that, in 2018, trump knew, but he was answering as if it were 2016 when he didn't know. ( laughter ) let me respond to that not as current stephen colbert but as the stephen from before i saw that clip: "i could not have a lower opinion of kellyanne conway." ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) that's true now. of course, stormy daniels isn't the only legal trouble that trump's in.

i'm jake tapper. we begin with the world lead and one of the most important foreign policy decisions of the trump presidency, the president announcing the u.s. will withdraw from t-- with the iran nuclear deal and defying president obama's whose administration negotiated the agreement. >> america will not be held hostage to nuclear blackmail. we will not allow american cities to be threatened with destruction and we will not allow a regime -- that chants death to america to gain access to the most deadly weapons on earth. >> the president also called the deal a great embarrassment to him as a citizen and he declared, quote, we have definitive proof this iranian promise was a lie. that is a reference to the presentation by israeli prime minister netanyahu. and though top trump officials should be noted, secretary of state mike pompeo and dan coates before the senate in recent weeks that iran was in compliance with the agreement. president trump also revealed that mike pompeo is on the way to north kore

i'm jake tapper. president trump's attorney, rudy giuliani, keeps going on television to try to explain what the president knew about the stormy daniels' payoff. but even stormy daniels is doing television these days. she was on "saturday night live" last night. here to react is stormy daniels' attorney michael avenatti. thank you for joining us. i want to ask you right away about the latest from rudy giuliani on abc news. take a listen. >> you said he -- this is a regular arrangement he made with michael cohen. did michael cohen make other payments to women? >> i have no knowledge of that, but i would think if it was necessary, yes. >> do you have any indication there might be other women we don't know about? >> well, jake, i think when all the facts a mdz the evidence come out, there's going to be evidence of payments to other women. i think that's going to be laid bare for the american people. but i have to tell you, this interview that rudy giuliani gave this morning is just the latest in a series

i'm jake tapper. we start with breaking news in the world lead. minutes ago north korea warned the united states that the highly touted summit between president trump and kim jong-un is now at risk. this just moments after a surprise move by north korea to suspend planned high level talks with south korea. it is all because of a joint military drill going on between the united states and south korea. north korean state tv is referring to this drill as provocative military disturbances with south korea. now talks between north and south korea were scheduled to resume tomorrow and one official telling cnn the white house was caught off guard by the warning and announcement from north korea. we have reporters and analysts covering this breaking news around the world. we'll start with barbara starr at the pentagon. and this sounds like a major wrench in the works. >> reporter: it does. at this hour washington is scrambling to figure out exactly what the north koreans are talking about. trying to translate news reports and accounts to get the exact lan

he is jake tapper, and he book is "the hellfire club," his first novel. it opens in 1954. main character wakes up drunk in rock creek park and he's somewhat rescued. but i won't spoil the whole book.bu why did you open up this way? and tell me why you thought readers should have this scene as an introduction to washington, d.c.? >> actually, i had originally written the book more linearly, and that scene was in the middle of the book, or actually more like the first third. and then a friend of mine read it, and suggested, w don't you en the book with that scene because it's so compelling and you're just thrown into the siesation. he wp, he's face down in the mud. he doesn't remember getting there. a car has crashed behind him. it turns out that there's a dead body nearby. and you're just thrust into this world. and it just seemed a good way to grab people. i wish i could take credit for the brilliant idea, but it was a friend of mine, jeff, who cameit upit. >> alcindor: the hellfire club was a real place in britai iand apparentireland, it was the name of some exclusive clu

i'm jake tapper. we'll begin with breaking news from "the new york times" about the russia investigation. and president trump and his team, a remarkable new look at how the fbi handled the earliest days of the investigation into the trump campaign ties to russia. this revealing report coming as we're getting new concrete details into another key part of that investigation. of course that is the trump tower meeting between donald trump jr., paul manafort, jared kushner and russians connected to putin and russian oligarchs but the new details from "the new york times" in which we learned the original investigation had a secret code name, cross fire hurricane. a nod to the rolling stones lyric from jumping jack flash and the agents were afraid of leaks so much so they kept details secret from the justice department, only five officials at doj knew the whole story. the facts had they surfaced might have devastated the trump campaign and his national security adviser was under investigation and his campaig

. >> she also told jake tapper she doesn't believe the white house has a credibility crisis. >>> offering to withdraw her nomination after some white house officials raised concerns of gina haspel's ability to get confirmed. the acting cia director offered to step aside if it would make it easier for the white house. later friday, she received a visit from press secretary sarah sanders and director mark short and the tension cooled. on sunday, the white house was still in her corner saying haspel's nomination will not be derailed by critics on how to keep the americans safe. >> before the meeting, former cia director michael hayden had nothing but praise for her. >> with the president who does not attach decisions to the real world and data and evidence, gina haspel is the one woman i want in the room when you are saying, you are right, boss. gina won't. >> haspel faces a confirmation hearings on wednesday. the nomination would be in jeopardy if she loses support from republicans. >>> the top democrat on the house intelligence committee says critical comments from the federal judge do not

i'm jake tapper.pped up his meeting with the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and the fbi director christopher wray. with whom the president has been engaging in open political warfare over the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. the three men were set to discuss is a mong other topics an fbi source who met with at least three trump campaign staffers in 2016. deputy attorney general rosenstein and wray were concerned that providing the house intelligence committee with informati

this morning on jake tapper, he talked about the president speaking to advisers and other leaders andow to speak to kim jong-un with chinese president xi jinping. he actually tweeted just moments ago, so you can tell it's still on his mind. i do want to tell you what mike pompeo said on one of the talk shows that was echoed by bolton. the united states was not going to walk into these rose i disconnections about denuclearization. watch this. >> we've seen this happen before. we have our eyes wide open with the respect that they have not carried on through. we want to make sure be don't give them a bunch of money and the other side walks away. >> both bolton and mike pompeo being realistic, but very unrealistic about this case that was violated before. you mentioned the prisoners that returned, and the fact that you. they've been reunited with their families, fred. >>> in iran and north korea, joining me right now, political commentator seth meier and andrea bower. it's possible there will be secondary sanctions imposed on european countries working with iran. andre, what's the signal

i'm jake tapper.ll begin with breaking news from "the new york times" about the russia investigation. and president trump and his team, a remarkable new look at how the fbi handled the earliest days of the investigation into the trump campaign ties to russia. this revealing report coming as we're getting new concrete details into another key part of that investigation. of course that is the trump tower meeting between donald trump jr., paul manafort, jared kushner and russians connected to putin and russian oli

except for you, jake tapper. i bet it is something like this. okay, that is all the time we have.plause] it is kind of crazy that the trump campaign was in contact with russia, when the hillary campaign wasn't even in contact with michigan. of course, trump is not here. if you haven't noticed, he is not here. i know, i would drag him here myself but the president of the united states is the one pussy you are not allowed to grab. he said it first. yes, he did. i know people really want me to go after trump tonight, but i think we should give the president credit when he deserves it. like, he pulled out of the paris agreement. i think he should get credit for that because he said he was going to pull out and then he did and that is a refreshing quality in a man. most of men are like, i forgot. i will get you next time. oh, there is going to be a next time? and people say romance is dead. [laughter] people call trump names all the time. look, i could call trump a racist or misogynist or incompetent or unstable or impotent, but he has heard all of those and he doesn't care. tonight, i

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on a diplomatic tour, stick around, white house national security advisor john bolton tells our jake tapperen. >> i'm here to discuss president trump's national security advisor, ambassador bolton. we have a lot of topics to get to, i want to start with the iran deal. it took a decade of sanctions against iran to get iran to come to the table to make this deal. can you explain to me how you're going to be able to get iran to agree to a new, tougher deal without -- >> all right, bolton has long pushed for regime change in iran, but is he still doing so now that he has the president's ear? jake asked about that and bolton responded, the advise i give him, him being the president, is between us. >>> from america first to saving chinese jobs, why does president trump want to help a chinese company banned from the u.s. for violating sanctions on iran and north korea? hotel, car and activity all in one place. ♪ >> vo: they share one planter. and last season, it was a flowering disaster. this year, they're not messing around. miracle-gro guarantees results with rich potting mix that uses ingredien

i'm jake tapper. we start with breaking news in the world lead. minutes ago north korea warned the united states that the highly touted summit between president trump and kim jong-un is now at risk. this just moments after a surprise move by north korea to suspend planned high level talks with south korea. it is all because of a joint military drill going on between the united states and south korea. north korean state tv is referring to this drill as provocative military disturbances with south korea. now talks between north and south korea were scheduled to re

jake tapper on this network asked donald trump about david duke. all of a should he didn't know who david duke was. donald trump is moving cultural norms backwards. abc said if you're going to use racist comment, we're not going to have it at our network. >> he won't there. jim accoosta ask him, why don't donald trump apologize. >> i applaud sarah for saying we don't defend the comments but it would be helpful if they would denounce them. this is a very teachable moment for the president. this is not about political correctness, this is about human decency. you don't talk about people and maybe these disparaging comment about people without consequences. clearly the president is not going to go there. it wouldn't hurt him at all for him himself to say this is not acceptable, we cannot accept this. if you remember after roseanne barr did the awful national anthem, at least president bush had the decency to say this is disgusting. it would be helpful for the president to do that. >> let me remind you of your words. "what is surprising is the apparent

one gop congressional staffer told cnn's jake tapper that this was some of the craziest and then thissed an expletive to describe how the meeting unfolded. of course a senior administration official said that this did little to quell concerns that these briefings were politicized. if you remember, the briefing earlier in the day at the department of justice and the meeting on capitol hill, there were so many questions about who was going to be in which meetings at what time before or after the congressional recess. rudy giuliani said -- told dana bash of cnn that he assumed that flood was in these meetings because the president wanted him in there. of course he said that he had never heard that directly from president trump, but that is what he thought the reason was behind flood and kelly being in these meetings to begin them at least. >> lauren fox, thank you for the reporting. there's a lot to digest and we'll get to our panel in just a moment. sources tell our gloria borger and evan perez that the president's lawyers and special counsel actually set a date for bob mueller to inter

we have jake tapper with us to discuss this.uthor of the new novel, very good novel, the hell fire club which will debut at number three on the best seller's list this sunday. congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> so as we look towards tomorrow, do we know anything about what we're expecting to hear? >> no, we don't know and obviously with president trump, nothing is firm until he actually goes out and does it. that said, you can look at the tea leaves. one, the prime minister of france tried to convince the president to stay in the iran deal. he left washington seeming to think that president trump was going to withdraw. and in fact he's been out there subsequently talking about how he thinks that this will more likely lead to war in the region. two, the national security adviser john bolton is much more skeptical of the iran deal than the previous national security adviser hr mcmaster. and three, everything the president has said in recent weeks suggests that he thinks that it is a bad deal and he doesn't support it. so re

i'm jake tapper. we'll start with breaking news. the first lady's office just moments ago announced that first lady melania trump had kidney surgery today and she remains in the hospital and expected to remain in the hospital for the week. doctors performed the procedure at walter reed medical center there bethesda, maryland. she turned 48 last month. and a white house official tells cnn that president trump will visit her today and perhaps in the next hour. she is the first, first lady to undergo such a serious medical procedure while also in

i'm jake tapper. the president has called it a witch hunt time and time again. vice president pence previously generally avoided criticism of or pressuring the special counsel keeping with the law and order position. on october 28th, 2016, pence tweeted, quote, donald trump and i commend the fbi for reopening an investigation into clinton's personal e-mail server because no one is above the law. no one is above the law. but now vice president pence seems to possibly have taken on a different view. for the first time asserting the investigation has gone on too long and it needs to end with th nary a mention of seeing if anyone aided in the election and nor the guilty pleas, one person sentenced, 23 defendants and 75 criminal charges in all that robert mueller's investigation has yielded so far. cnn's caitlyn collins at the white house for us. the vice president seemingly following the president's lead to pressure mueller to end the investigation. it seems like this is a signal of a new phase for the white house. >> reporter: well, jake, it certainly is new phrasi

john bolton and senator bernie sanders will join jake tapper at 9:00 a.m. eastern and 12:00 # p.m. eastern here on cnn. that is it for "the lead." i'm jim sciutto in for jake tapper and i turn you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now, breaking news, embarrassed and distracted. white house chief of staff john kelly walks back his comment that the president is embarrassed by the russia probe and now saying the president is distracted but he's not walking back his latest comments on immigrants. >>> auditing mueller. critics of the special counsel launch a new attack on the russia investigation. will the threat to audit robert mueller team help a republican congressman get his hands on a secret memo. >>> big mistake. the head of communications giant at&t admits it was a big mistake to hire president trump's lawyer michael cohen as a political consultant. what other corporate payments reveal about the pay to play culture. >>> and missle protection. has the president gets ready for talks with kim jong-un, cnn gets access to america's first line of defense. we'l

"the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. i hate you. i need you. you can't break up with me because i'm dumping you. negotiations with north korea or a teen romance. "the lead" starts now. >>> whiplash from a letter from north korea and trump said his meeting might go on as scheduled in a little more than two weeks but beyond the logistics of suppose a meeting, has any substance been agreed upon? >>> the big if. if the high stakes negotiations with one of the most volatile countries in the world don't work out, will north korea go back to threatening the world with nuclear weapons. we'll take you inside of the tunnels inside of the hermit kingdom. >>> and say murder mystery on a mexican board and a woman found dead and a agent possibly hurt. why is there a change in the story. >>> we begin with the politics lead and diplomacy being kicked by competing agendas and plans for president trump's singapore summit in complete and utter confusion. the self proclaimed master deal maker is having his skills put to together with nothing short of nuclear war o

"the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks. by my calculations, the mueller probe has now lasted 36 1/2 scaramuccis. "the lead" starts now. quote, bigger than watergate. a year into the mueller investigation president trump airing claims about a fbi informant spying on the his campaign. what are the facts? president trump contradicting his own national security adviser on north korea. do they disagree or does the president not really understand what john bolton is talking about? and, a harrowing new video shedding light on the attack that killed four american service members. we'll show you what really happened that night. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." we start with politics and president trump sounding off today as the special counsel investigation into russian election interference and any possible trump team collusion officially enters the second year. president trump taking to twitter to call special counsel mueller's investigation a disgusting, illegal and unwarranted witch hunt. fact check, it is certai

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latest on the eruption and new dangers ahead. >>> welcome to "the lead," i'm jake tapper. we begin with the politics lead and president trump pushing a new conspiracy theory, one grounded more in suspicion and his desire for a counter narrative than based on established facts. tweeting, in one of his five tweets today on the subject of this confidential fbi source who spoke with three trump campaign members in 2016, quote, spygate could be one of the biggest political scandals in history and he went on to say this -- >> [ inaudible question ]. >> just look at the basics and you'll see, it looks like a very serious event. >> well, we have looked at the basics. what we know is this -- the fbi conducting a counter intelligence investigation in 2016 into whether russians were trying to influence the election or what they were up to, sent a confidential fbi source to speak with members of the trump campaign. u.s. officials tell cnn that that source was not planted within the campaign. he wasn't a campaign staffer as far as we know. there is obviously a lot we don't know. but th

i'm jake tapper. we'll start with breaking news. the first lady's office just moments ago announced that first lady melania trump had kidney surgery today and she remains in the hospital and expected to remain in the hospital for the week. doctors performed the procedure at walter reed medical center there bethesda, maryland. she turned 48 last month. and a white house official tells cnn that president trump will visit her today and perhaps in the next hour. she is the first, first lady to undergo such a serious medical procedure while also in the white house since first lady nancy reagan had a mastectomy in 1987. we have a team of reporters -- kate bannon broke the story. and dr. sanjay gupta is on hand before the procedure and kaitlin collins is at the white house. i want to start with kate bennett. was this planned or emergency procedure, what can you tell us? >> reporter: i don't believe it was an emergency procedure. i would imagine that this is planned, of course the white house has not said that but all indications point this

i'm jake tapper. minutes ago speaking at the nra convention in dallas, texas, president trump continued his attacks on the special counsel investigation into whether members of his team conspired in the 2016 election. the president informing the crowd of a judge's statement about the money laundering trial of his former campaign chairman paul manafort. >> on cnn, they have a headline, judge in manafort case said mueller's hame is to hurt trump. can you believe. it that is the witch hunt. >> that is the president trying to battle various investigations at the end of the week where a presidential credibility gap seemed to become a credibility capital expenditu chasm after rudy giuliani undermined that trump knew nothing about a hush payment to a porn star to whom trump allegedly had a affair and it is stunning for those trying to support trump and with fox news anchors criticizing the president. today it got more difficult to discern the truth. giuliani said he was disclosing th th that he reimbursed co

we send it to erica hill in for jake tapper." the lead" starts right now. >>> brook, thank you. one tweet, president trump puts the "me" in memorial day. "the lead" starts right now. >>> game on, south korea trying to save the summit. could we see the leaders shake hands? alberto alert, first storm of the hurricane season about to crash into the gulf coast kicking off the summer with two feet of rain. plus, politics and finger pointing with kids in the middle. why the trump administration is not taking speedomete ining res losing track of 1500 migrant children. >>> welcome to "the lead" on monday, i'm in for jake, and we begin with politics lead. president trump marking this memorial day at arlington national cemetery touting on twitter, quote, those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud how well our country is doing today, followed by a list of what he claims are achievements, finishing with, quote, nice. meantime, a high level team of u.s. envoys is in north korea with a second team in singapore preparing for trump's potential summit. the same summit can

john bolton and senator bernie sanders will join jake tapper at 9:00 a.m. eastern and 12:00 # p.m.re on cnn. that is it for "the lead." i'm jim sciutto in for jake tapper and i turn you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now, breaking news, embarrassed and distracted. white house chief of staff john kelly walks back his comment that the president is embarrassed by the russia probe and now saying the president is distracted but he's not walking back his latest comments on immigrants. >>> auditing mueller. critics of the special counsel launch a new attack on the russia investigation. will the threat to audit robert mueller team help a republican congressman get his hands on a secret memo. >>> big mistake. the head of communications giant at&t a

jake tapper continues our special coverage right here on cnn. >> i'm jake tapper. cnn special coverage on another deadly shooting. this time in texas. ten people have been killed, nine of them student and within of them a teacher after a gunman, a student, opened fire right outside of houston. investigator say the suspect is a 17-year-old student, currently injured and in custody. he's talking to authorities. a second individual is in custody. this individual is 18 years old, and is believed to be a possible accomplice though not the shooter. all of this as officials say explosives were found at the school and off campus. right now investigators are searching a trailer where they believe those devices were assembled. i want you to take a listen to some of the student and parents from earlier describing the terrifying moments of chaos that broke out just after classes started this morning at santa fe high school. >> it was very emotional, you know, because i was so concerned. it's one of our fears as parents to send our douds schokids to s nowadays and not know that

i'm jake tapper. breaking news, the president just wrapped up his meeting with the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and the fbi director christopher wray. with whom the president has been engaging in open political warfare over the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. the three men were set to discuss is a mong other topics an fbi source who met with at least three trump campaign staffers in 2016. deputy attorney general rosenstein and wray were concerned that providing the house intelligence committee with information about this source would put the source anonymity and safety at risk. but over the weekend, the president took the unusual step of siding against his own administration, tweeting, quote, if the fbi or doj wassin fill fi -- was infiltrating the campaign for the benefit of another campaign that is a big deal. and the senate judiciary is asking for and can give the conclusive answers. drain the swamp. the president responding to a conspiracy they'

and t and -- "the lead" with jake tapper begins now. >> brand-new polls in and trump's popularity is soaring. not donald trump. "the lead" starts right now. >>> breaking news. poll showing most people think are going well in trump's america but other numbers get really stormy after that. president trump unleashing on the russia investigation suggesting legal action against the special counsel team. as any lawyer rudy giuliani suggests he might stop talking about taking the fifth. didn't he say once if you plead the fifth you are definitely guilty, and after the headlines, melania trump has her moment. the first lady launching her platform devoted to stopping cyber bullying and encouraging kindness. has she met her husband? >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to the lead and we begin with breaking news in our politics lead and brand-new cnn poll numbers revealing americans perception of the donald trump presidency and they look pretty locked in while also becoming increasingly newanced below the s -- surface, 41% approve of the job and 53% disapprove. that is about the

. >>> hello, i'm jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is global.sident trump is trying to keep the focus on his major international moves, as unforced errors from his own white house compete for attention with foreign policy. the president took to twitter saturday, to call former president obama's iran deal, quote, a big lie, and point to a new announcement from north korea, saying, quote, north korea has announced they will dismantle nuclear test site this month ahead of june 12th. thank you. a very smart and gracious gesture, unquote. international stability may not depend upon president trump's negotiating prowess, and the president is gearing up for another major foreign policy week. monday he will appear by video at the opening of the new u.s. embassy in jerusalem. as foreign ministers from germany, france and the uk plan to meet without the united states to try to save the iran nuclear deal. >> and here to discuss, ambassador bolton. >> glad to be with you. >> i want to start with the iran deal. it took a decade of worldwide sanctions against

"the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. house republicans want an investigation of the investigators. but if the democrats win, will there be an investigation of the investigation of the investigation? "the lead" starts now. >>> a democratic outcry after the justice department tries to work to find a way to address the president's political concerns about the russia investigation. now gop lawmakers say even that is not enough. is the justice department facing a potential constitutional crisis? the highly anticipated summit with north korea could be delayed or canceled the president acknowledged raising doubts about the meeting that could bring him a nobel peace prize and where would that leave the nuclear program. we'll talk with a correspondent inside of north korea. >>> and explosive lava eruption and forcing evacuation on the big island. the video of the molten lava vaporizing everything in its path with the fears that a power plant might be next. >>> almost to "the lead," i'm jake tapper. we'll begin with the politics l

she spoke with cnn's jake tapper. >> he's saying that he didn't know about the payment when it curred. he didn't find out about it until after the fact. >> sreenivasan: and adding to the allegations, the attorney for stormy daniels, michael aventi, said this morning he thinks there are more payments to other women. >> women have comeorward and contacted our office, george, as i've stated in the past. and we haven't completed vetting those stories but i think at the end of the day, there's going to be evidence of such payments. >> sreenivasan: last night on "saturday night li," stormy daniels herself made a surprise appearance in a skit featuring ec baldwin in his usual role as the president. >> oh come on, we'll always have shark week. i've solved north and south korea. why can't i solve us? >> sorry donald, it's too late for that. i know you don't believe in climate change, but a storm's a coming baby. ( cheers and applause ) >> sreenivasan: president trump denies having had an affair with daniels, denies any collusion with russia, and said last week o that while he would lovelk to s

seem to be universally liked amongst korea's cia, including a former analyst phil mudd who told jake tappern cnn yesterday that you have to put this in context of those times, and that the attacks on her he says amounted to hypocrisy. just listen for a moment. >> now that we don't face the same threat and that we have different senators, it's okay to attack one of my former colleagues. i am pissed off. this is collective amnesia. we didn't do it. america did it. get over it. >> alberto mora, america did it. >> that's ridiculous. first of all, i'll bear witness to this, many individuals at the pentagon also were instantaneously opposed to using torture as a weapon of war. every senior military lawyer i worked with during my entire five years at the pentagon was of the view that the use of enhanced interrogation as they called it was torture and was illegal and was counter product and made america weaker, not stronger, and violated our values and our principles. that has all proven to be true. the torture program that cia initiated, and other civilians in the military and caused enormous stra

out of the iran deal national security adviser john bolton when he was speaking with jake tapper he leftanctioning our european allies if they continue to do business with iran because france, the uk, germany are s g staying in the iran deal. would that be beneficial if sanctions were placed on those that continue to do business in iran? >> it might be. what i hope is that the europeans will go to iranians and say you know the president means business. he has said he is fine to have a treaty if we reform it so we can talk about ballistic missile testing. why not make a couple of amendments and put it back in place? otherwise the capitalists will sell us the rope use to hang them with. >> why would it be beneficial to america? >> the purpose of sanctions is economic strangulation just like it seems to have worked pretty well with north korea. >> the president over the weekend sent a tweet that has a lot of people scratching their head and has to do with the chinese company called zte, huge telecommunications and cell phone maker out of china. the commerce department banned it from doing b

now "the lead with jake tapper" starts right now. >>> thanks, brook. abc pulled the plug on "roseanne." "the lead starts right now. "roseanne" is cancelled after a crude and racist twitter rant. what might president trump have to say about this at a rally tonight? >>> armed with exactly zero facts, president trump heading a brand new conspiracy. this one that the investigation into election meddling will meddle in the next election. >>> plus spy versus spy. kim jong-un sends his right hand man to meet an fbi person. could he and the president really be meeting two weeks from today. >>> good morning. welcome to the lead. we begin with breaking news in the national lead today. abc entertainment dropping news this afternoon. executives

jake tapper and cnn did note that the president was taken out of context earlier today. and the ap acknowledged that it had made an honest mistake writing, ap deleted a tweet from wednesday on the animals comment about immigrants because it wasn't made clear he was speaking after a comment about gang members. good for them. but even after those clarifications, msnbc could not help itself. >> president trump lashing out during an immigration round table at the white house. during the discussion with state and local leaders on california sanctuary laws that the white house says he was referring to the criminal immigrant gang ms-13, not to all immigrants. he didn't say so. he didn't make that clear. >> make it clear? he was responding to a point about ms-13. andrea knows better. this, my friends, is this anatomy of a smear. take a comment out of context, isolate it, blast out the worst characterization of its purpose and meaning and writes, so-called reporters and politicians spit it back on panels where the number of furrowed brows seem to outnumber the number of brain cel

"the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >> calle >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> an extraordinary remark this afternoon from the man supervising the mueller investigation. speaking out in a way we've never heard him do so before. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein responded to a question today about articles of impeachment against him that have been reportedly drafted by members of the conservative house freedom caucus. alluding to other attacks, presumably from the president himself. >> i can tell you that there have been people who have been making threats, privately and

. >> explaining these stories and "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks.eresting decision, copying nixon almost word for word. "the lead" starts right now. wrap it up. vice president pence now pressuring the special counsel to end the russia investigation. as cnn gets new details on michael cohen's aggressive pitch to sell access to president trump, where does all this money lead? >>> well, that escalated quickly. hours after president trump pulled out of the iran deal, the world scrambling to prevent a war with iran and israel trading rockets and missiles. >>> plus -- from tearing up the iran deal to welcoming home three americans once held prisoner in north korea, president trump is shaking up

speaking of being fair, jake tapper and cnn they did note that the president was taken out of context earlier today and the ap aknowledged it made an honor mistake. they deleted a tweet about trump's comments about immigrants because it was not made clear it was a comment about gang members. even after those clarifications msnbc could not help itself. >> president trump lashing out and stirring controversy over his harsh record towards immigrants branding them animals. the white house said he was referring to the criminal immigrant gang ms-13 and not to all immigrants. he didn't make that clear. >> laura: he was responding to a point about ms-13, andrea. she knows better! this, my friend, is the anatomy of a smear. take a comment out of context. isolate it. blast out the worst possible characterization of its purpose and meaning and writers and reporters and politicians spit it back on panels where the number of furrowed brows out numbers the number of brain cells. as for ms-13, about whom trump was speaking, this is some of what they have been up to lately. in a horr ific crime in wa