yang: thank you for looking after me. his last name is yang. [indiscernible] [indistinct conversations] >> thank you. >> thank you so much for coming. i am totally in line with what you are saying. why don't democratic candidates care about the rust belt and automation? mr. yang: i like your professor. >> she is great. at unh, summary people support you. just give herou your info, i will visit unh. we are coming back. >> nice to meet you. [indiscernible] >> are you going back to new york? mr. yang: i am here until friday. i am going to the north country and visit some places a lot of people don't visit. like what you are talking about, the factories closing and the rest of it. trying to be true to the message of looking after people. appreciatetely [indiscernible] could you take a picture for us? thank you all for coming. thank you. [indiscernible] mr. yang: she has brown hair and she is wearing all black. you are back. how are you doing? [laughter] mr. yang: good to see you. you have the book already? >> dan. [indiscernible] >> in a four-page

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[laughter] >> yang for president. >> i love it. that's a great memo. yang the incredible. thank you. >> so you need the help? >> oh, thank you. >> also, if you come you answer, any time, just call me. > thank you. > sorry. >> do you want -- >> it's for purposes of our -- >> thank you. thank you. my camera. had >> thank you both so much. congratulations, what a great story. >> you need a party or something, i can help. >> thank you. beautiful. >> no problem. > that would be great. >> taking one book between the two of us. >> i like watching the conversations and stuff. >> i'm supposed to go on another of the shows pretty soon the jimmy -- is that a good one? -- s very >> i like the sound of that. what a guy, what a guy. >> you're the best. thank you. appreciate it. >> thanks for making the trip. >> kong has received attorney general william barr's summary of special counsel robert mueller's report on his investigation into russian involvement in the 2016 u.s. election. you can read that summary on our website at c-span.org. >> tonight on "the mune indicators" from capitol h

miss yang says that she is simply a volunteer and a donor. these people. but the level of access she's been granted is extraordinary in some sense for a small business owner from florida in the day spa industry. and she certainly seems to have come out of nowhere. >> sam, this is where the scandal might start, if there is one, which is that in december of 2017, cindy yang, there pictured with the president, brought a group of chinese businessmen to a trump fund-raiser and does that raise alarm bells for you? >> this raises major counterintelligence red flags to me. we don't yet know yang's motivations but we know a lot about chinese intelligence. according to our own intelligence community, they are one of the leading counterintelligence threats to our country. we know that china keeps very close tabs on naturalized chinese americans. they've actually used them as assets in the past, which has resulted in major espionage charges. and we also know that there's no such thing as a private sector in china. it just doesn't really exist. the idea t

, she goes by cindy yang. she was extensively invited for her work on something called the women's charity foundation. women's charity foundation. that must be something to get you this kind of invitation? think about the women's charity foundation is that it doesn't show up as currently registered when you look for it in florida records. we can't really tell much about it at all. it doesn't appear to have done anything that pops in public records in any way. so why did the founder of this then brand-new and even then super low profile and now apparently nonexistent none specific charity get invited to a high level military event for the chinese government? according to the chinese press, only ten people got the invitations. why was she one of them? according to mother jones magazine around the time she was starting this charity that got her this invitation to go see the chinese warships, she was also given leadership roles at two organizations in florida with ties to the chinese government. and around the tim

but yang, who sold the spa seven years ago, says none of it is true. she's given money to the republicans, like millions of others. and has only two pictures of herself with donald trump, who she does not know. she says it all comes down to prejudice. >> nobody else has happen, only me. i think it because i'm chinese. i'm the chinese republican. that's the issue. >> is that what you believe? >> yes. >> reporter: but dismissing the concerns that were raised may not be that simple. >> if we study how the chinese intelligence services work, they are constantly looking for windows of opportunity to get next to their targets. get access to their political targets, their targets of wealth, power, and influence. >> reporter: frank figliuzzi is the former head of counterintelligence for the fbi. >> i'm convinced after years of counterintelligence experience that she would have been very much on their radar screen. >> reporter: you're aware that in the u.s., there's a tremendous amount of concern about chinese espionage against the united states taking place ri

yang said she sold the spa in 2013. cnn tried but was unable to reach yang for comment.i herald. >> she didn't answer the question whether sex was happening, she simply told us that she's no longer in the spa business, she doesn't know president trump, and she's planning to move to washington, d.c. >> reporter: it should be noted, yang was not charged in the anti-human trafficking bust that led to misdemeanor charges against kraft and closing of several spas in south florida. the white house declined to comment on yang, but president trump did speak about the charges against kraft. >> well, it is very sad. i was very surprised to see it. he's proclaimed his innocence totally, but i'm very surprised to see it. >> reporter: yang donated upwards of $35,000 to the trump campaign, according to sec filings. she's a self made entrepreneur who according to miami herald showed little political interest before the 2016 election, and that she had not voted in the ten years prior. so yang's recent political activity seeming to be a new passion of sorts, fred. cnn has learned she con

, she goes by cindy yang.vely invited for her work on something called the women's charity foundation. women's charity foundation. that must be something to get you this kind of invitation? think about the women's charity foundation is that it doesn't show up as currently registered when you look for it in florida records. we can't really tell much about it at all. it doesn't appear to have done anything that pops in public records in any way. so why did the founder of this then brand-new and even then super low profile and now apparently nonexistent none specific charity get invited to a high level military event for the chinese government? according to the chinese press, only ten people got the invitations. why was she one of them? according to mother jones magazine around the time she was starting this charity that got her this invitation to go see the chinese warships, she was also given leadership roles at two organizations in florida with ties to the chinese government. and around the time all this plum

yang is a naturalized u.s. citizen, according to the "miami herald." fund-raiser and tells cnn in a statement the president's campaign only accepts contributions from american citizens in accordance with the law. they deny any wrongdoing on the part of the rnc or trump's campaign. yang, who has not returned our requests for comment, tells "the miami herald" she's out of the spa business. the herald reports she's made a new business out of selling access to the president and people close to him. >> miss yang seemed to appear out of nowhere politically speaking. she hadn't voted in ten years before the 2016 general election. in 2016, 2017, starts to give tens of thousands of dollars to the point where she is able to have access to the president, the governor, ron desantis, one of florida's u.s. senators, rick scott, at, you know, seemingly as often as she wants. >> reporter: three weeks ago, this day spa was closed following a raid by local police. that led to this complicated web of connections being uncovered, which has led us to put president trump, r

ye >> yang: 8-old santa anita park is one of the most storied tracks in america.hollywood's golden age, it was a gathering spot for movie e royalty, like clark gabld carole lombard, and maene deitrich. bing csby was a part owner. in modern hollywood, it's beenlo the filming cation for movies like 2003's "seascuit." and now, after so many horses have died, santa anita is shuttered, with a date for its re-opening uncertain.fo r the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> nawaz: generation z-- people born from the mid-1990s to around 2010-- make up a quarter of the u.s. population, and they're growing up in an increasingly cash-less society. how does that affect theirti reship to money and finance? economics correspondent paul solman took a group of kids on a field trip, to find out. it's part of our weekly series, "making sense." >> so, anybody want ice cream? >> reporter: a chilly day in renhattan, but for ten- and 11- year-olds, thereo unseasonable treats. but the excitement for the grown-ups-- myself and personal acnance expert beth kobliner-- this was a transtion with a

her name is lee yang, she goes by cindy.'s who of the gop, including the president's sons and mar-a-lago and sarah palin. it's this selfie yang took of president trump at a super bowl watch party that is raising eyebrows. yang is the former owner of the orchids of daja day spa where authorities caught robert kraft on camera paying for oral sex. >> he's been charged with the same offenses as the others and is soliciting another to commit prostitution. >> reporter: kraft denies wrong doing. according to the miami herald, yang no longer owns orchids of asia, she sold it in 2013. cnn tries, but was unable to reach her for comment. she did speak to the miami herald. >> she didn't answer the question if she knew there was sex happening. she told us she is no longer in the spa business. she doesn't know president trump and she is planning to move to washington, d.c. >> reporter: it should be noted, yang was not charged in the anti-human trafficking bust that led to misdemeanor charges of kraft and the closing of spas in south flori

the owner, robert kraft, now facing charges stemming from the raid on that spa yang once owned. prosecutors offered him a plea before bargain, but tonight, we have learned kraft has turned it down. for her part, yang says she knows nothing about any alleged illicit activity. >> reporter: david, democrats are questioning whether cindy yang is a counterintelligence threat, but he vetly denies she's a spy. she's scared and she thinks she's being targeted because she's china and a republican that supports president trump. david? >> tara, thank you. >>> next tonight, president trump lashing out at the highly anticipated mueller report today. the president calling the report, quote, ridiculous, but he also said, let the public see it. and late today, the president unleashing a new attack on the late senator john mccain, who passed away nearly seven months ago now. his wife, cindy mcgain, just today on the hate she's now receive egg, and meghan mccain reacting, too. here's our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: standing before a line of tanks at a factory in li

yang's facebook page is offline. but before he was taken down it had photos not just with donald trump and selfies she took with him at a football game, but with sarah palin, elaine chow, matt gets and other people. were the photo opportunities this woman getting near the people, taking a picture to market it to her clients that she could get them in rather than a genuine relationship with these people? >> i think we still don't know exactly what her relationship is. she was very active in republican party politics as a donor and volunteer. some people she may have known looked like meet and greets where she snapped a photo. the most important photos are the ones on the website that shows she had the ability to get chinese executives in the room. as you know, joy, a photo with the president or the president's son or president's sister, particularly a sister that's not well known, is something that chinese executives and everybody else can use back home to show they have influence in the united states whether it's tru

that night yang's consulting firm did what they promised clients they can do.hinese businessmen to attend that party. a source at the party told the miami herald that this woman, she identified herself as an official at the national committee of asian-american republicans. that's a political action committee based in d.c. that was started in the summer of 2016, and in reference to this group of chinese businessmen at the event, she said, they're all my guests. there are rules in this country about who can attend political fundraisers and by what means. foreign visitors can attend, but they cannot pay their own way, only citizens of this country and permanent residents of this country can donate to political campaigns. well, we have learned with the help of sec filings that in the days leading up to this event, yang donated serious sums of money to the president. yang gave more than $5,000 to president trump's campaign and more than $23,000 to the trump victory political action committee. so, again, these rules that govern our political campaign events are there

>> how long have you known about andrew yang. >> since a podcast a couple weeks ago. >> reporter: yang'spaign picked up serious steam after he appeared on a popular podcast making a case for universal basic income, or ubi. >> it's going to be a bipartisan effort. weaver going to get this across the finish line because it's something everyone can get excited about. >> reporter: yang is proposing the country set guaranteed payments of $1,000 per month to all u.s. citizens 18 or older. >> never in a million years would i think a president would actually preach this. >> reporter: some don't find it realistic, but yang thinks ubi will help millions of working americans who will inevitably lose their jobs to automation. in recent years the midwest has been hit hard by this. matt says that's why people in his hometown of cleveland supported donald trump. >> they really thought trump was their only way to have a chance to solve their problems. i don't think he has the right policies to do it. i think andrew addresses the same problems. >> reporter: friday's san francisco rally was yang's largest

lee yang, goes by cindy.ident's sons at mar-a-lago. kellyanne conway and sarah palin but this selfie with president trump at a super bowl watch party raising eyebrows. yang is the former owner of the orchids of asia day spa. the massage parlor where they caught new england owner robert kraft on camera paying for oral sex. >> he's being charged with the same offenses as the others and soliciting another to commit prostitution. >> reporter: kraft denies any wrongdoing. according to the miami herald, yang no longer owns orchids of asia. she sold it back in 2013. cnn repeatedly tried but unable to reach yang for comment. she did speak with the miami herald. >> she didn't answer the question of whether she knew that there was sex happening. she simply told us that she's no longer in the spa business. she doesn't know president trump and she's planning to move to washington, dc. >> reporter: it should be noted, yang was not charged in the bust that led to the closing of several spas in south florida. the white hous

john yang begins with this report. >> yang: dozens of countries, cluding all european uni nations, have grounded the boeing 7-max-8 and banned them from their airspace. that's on toof at least 27 airlines that have voluntarily taken the planes out of service. the actions come two dayafter an ethiopian airlines 737-max-8 crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 people on board. .sinese officials said their ban would last untilregulators act.ha >> the c.a.a.cclearlyat that they will ask ciinese aviation companies to lift ban on comm operation of boeing 737-8-max unless they are assured by the u.s. federal aviaon administration and boeing company that they have taken related measures to guarantee safe travel. >> yang: the f.a. insists the planes are safe. they say they are closely watching the probe of the ethiopia crash. u.s. investigators are on the ground whe of the victims are sifting through debris for remains and personal items. sunday's tragedy is the second deadly aident in five months where a 737-max-8 crashed justof after tali in october, air flight from jakarta crashed, ki

>> how long have you known about andrew yang. >> since a podcast a couple weeks ago. >> reporter: yang's campaign picked up serious steam after he appeared on a popular podcast making a case for universal income or ubi. >> we're going to get this across the finish line because it's something everyone can get excited about. >> reporter: yang is proposing the country set guaranteed payments of $1,000 per month to all u.s. citizens 18 or older. >> never in a million years would i think a president would actually preach this. >> reporter: some don't find it realistic, but yang thinks ubi will help millions of working americans who will inevitably lose their jobs to automation. in recent years the midwest has been hit hard by this. matt says that's why people in his hometown of cleveland supported donald trump. >> they really thought trump was their way to have a chance to solve their problems. i don't think he has the right policies to do it. i think andrew addresses the same problems. >> reporter: friday's san francisco rally was yang's largest yet and the world is watching to see if the so

to which yang replied, "negative on it." to which @jellyfishrave replied, "just to be clear, is that a negative, as in you're against the practice-- which i'm assuming-- or negative as in you have no opinion? thanks!" and yang specified, "against the practice." that is some real journalistic due diligence from @jellyfishrave. so, yang has taken a public stand that he wants to keep male genitals intact. i can see the yard signs now: "andrew yang for a better wang!" ( cheers and applause ) that was a long walk. but 100% worth it. long walk to the wang. and yang thinks this is an important voting bloc for him, saying of the anti-circumcision movement, "i'm highly aligned with the intactivists," not to be confused with the tti isere!ring movement: thesh y bufit, i a some tions to alexandria ocasio-cortez. ok i'll admit. i didn't keep my place as clean as i would like 'cuz i'm way too busy. who's got the time to chase around down dirt, dust and hair? so now, i use heavy duty swiffer sweeper and dusters. for hard-to-reach places,

>> how long have you known about andrew yang. >> since a podcast a couple weeks ago. >> reporter: yang's campaign picked up serious steam after he appeared on a popular podcast making a case for universal basic income, or ubi. >> it's going to be a bipartisan effort. we're going to be able to get this across the finish line because it's something that everyone can get excited about. >> reporter: yang is proposing the country set guaranteed payments of $1,000 per month to all u.s. citizens 18 or older. >> never in a million years would i think a president would actually preach this. >> reporter: some don't find it realistic, but yang thinks ubi will help millions of working americans who will inevitably lose their jobs to automation. in recent years the midwest has been hit hard by this. matt says that's why people in his hometown of cleveland supported donald trump. >> they really thought trump was their only way to have a chance to solve their problems. i don't think he has the right policies to do it. i think andrew addresses the same problems. >> reporter: friday's san francisco rally

an true yang held a rally in san francisco today. as jobina fortson explains, he's promising a universal basic income. >> introducing the future president. dr yan ago, a lot of people in this crowd had no idea who this man is. >> how long have you known about andrew yang? >> since the joe rogan podcast. >> reporter: he appeared on a popular podcast, making the case for universal basic income, or ubi. >> it's going to be a bipartisan effort. it's something that everyone can get excited about. >> reporter: he's proposing the country set guaranteed payments of $1,000 per month to all u.s. citizens 18 or older. think a president would n years preach this. >> reporter: some don't find it reisti but yan thinks losth to automation. the midwest has been hit hard by this. matt says that's why people in his hometown of cleveland supported donald trump. >> they thought donald trump was their only way to have a chance to solve their problem problems. >> reporter: friday was yang's largest rally yet and many are watching to see if it will won't t

cindy yang is seen here in a selfie with president trump attending a super bowl party at mar-a-lago,ns a consulting company which promises chinese clients access to the president of the united states and his family for a price. let's bring in cnn's kaylee hartung, who is in jupiter, florida. walk us through all of this new information. >> fred, it turns out the photo from president trump's super bowl party with the former owner of this spa that's at the center of the human trafficking investigation, that picture was just a glimpse of cindy yang's connection to the president and his orbit. as you mentioned, "the miami herald" is reporting she's running a florida-based consulting firm. she says she's no longer in the spa business. but this consulting firm, as advertised, promises to introduce chinese investors to the political elite in america, specifically president trump and members of his family. so the spotlight has moved from that super bowl party onto a night in december of 2017. there was a paid fund-raiser for donald trump in new york city that evening. and yang, as reported by

as john yang reports, it's shining a spotlight on questions abou racing's four-legged athletes. >> yangis was to be a big week at santa anita park outside los angeles-- a major prep race for the kentucky derby was setfo saturday. instead, it will be silent. all racing and training,fi suspended indetely. since december 26, 21 horses have died while training or racing. that's almost double the track's fatalities in all of 2018. the mostecent race fatality was this past weekend: a horse named eskenforadrink was in the lead, en she broke down. the four-year-old filly's ankle was injured beyond repr. she had to be euthanized. the spike in devastating bone fractures at santa anita is renewing focus on the rang industry's practices. publ attention was heightene in 2008 when the filly, eight belles, had to be put down aft finishing second in the nationally televised kentucky derby. santa anita is the home track for bob baffert, who's trained two triple crown winners. >> we love these animals. we don't send them out there thinking something bad's going to happen, and it's stressful. >> yang: oth

cnn tried, but was unable to reach yang for comment.th the miami herald. >> she didn't answer the question whether she knew there was sex happening. she simply told us she is no longer in the spa business, she doesn't know president trump and she's planning to move to washington, d.c. >> reporter: it should be noted, yang was not charged in the anti-human trafficking bust that led to misdemeanor charges to kraft and the closing of spas in south florida. the white house declined to comment on yang, but president trump did speak about the charges for kraft. >> it's sad. i was surprised to see it. he's proclaimed his innocence, but i'm surprised to see it. >> reporter: as for yang, she donated $35,000 to the trump campaign according to fcc filings. she's a self-made entrepreneur, according to the miami herald, showed little political interest before the 2016 election and she had not voted in the ten years prior. jason carroll, cnn, new york. >> much more straight ahead in the newsroom. first, here are the turning points. >>> megan har man

john yang begins our coverage. >> yang: across lee county, alabama, residents areg to grips with livest or forever changed in an instant. >> feeling like you have to start all over, like everything you worked hard for was gone.a >> yang: angcascio is grateful she and her family survived the nation's deadliest tornado in six years. >> wondering why, but we know we can't predict the weather and we just got out of harm's way. luckily, we were one o lucky ones that got out. i d some friends and famil and coworkers that didn't make it out. >> yang: today authorities released the names of the 23 known ctims. seven came from a single family. the oldest victim was 89ears old. the youngest, armando "a.j." hernandez, was just six. >> there's been loss of loved ones, god, there's been loss of homes, lord. >> yang: at lee scott academy in auburn this morning, theed community unn prayer for another young life lost: ten-year-old taylor thornton, a udent at the school. carol dean sat in what's left of the home she shared wid, her husbavid wayne dean, which is where he died. >> i really can't describe

so we see folks like this woman yang in florida.see other folks who are associated with donald trump through mar-a-lago who are able to get access to donald trump. i just randomly went on instagram this morning and was trying to see who was posting photos from mar-a-lago and there's a picture that a woman posted of president trump and her saying i asked him something and i said something to him about middle eastern women. a random person who happens to be at mar-a-lago and who has access to the president of the united states outside of the eye of the media simply by virtue of paying money or being at an event that is generating revenue for the president himself. it is a remarkable situation that we sort of let fade into the background noise. >> as i said we become inured to so many things that are not normal when it comes to this particular administration. i want to put this up. this is from pro publica. they published a letter they obtained from a dentist friend of donald trump who in the letter asked trump to establish an oversigh

john yang has the story. >> yang: in keene, new hampshe, vermont senator beorie sanders made the casesidential candidacy. >> i don't have to tell anyone in this room we're living in an unprecedented moment in american history. and when you live in an unprecedented moment, yoneed to have an unprecedented response, which is what this campaign is about. >> yang: a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, sanders' positions were labeled t "impractical" 2016 campaign. now, he seems to be setting the standard his democratic competitors are meased against.ac masetts senator elizabeth warren on cbs news' "face the nation." >> can-- do we describe you as a capitalist? what's the best... >> yes, i believe in markets, markets that work, markets that >> so if you get labeled aa socialist? >> well, it's just wrong. >> yang: ...and former colorado governor john hickenlooper, a moderate. >> i'm happy to say i'm a capitalist, but i think at a certain point the labels do nothing but divide us. >> yang: a new "des moines register"/cnn poll finds 56% of likely iowa democratic caucus- goers say they would b

yang.s a sensational story, but i think a better question congress can be asking when it comes to counter intelligence is go to the intelligence community and ask one simple question, how many times since the trump administration started have we seen espionage targets that we believe are trying to penetrate the u.s. government show up at the white house, or mar-a-lago, with trump campaign people. you don't need to be specific on those but it will tell you the severity of the problem. that's a better question to ask to get a sense of what the problem is this. is this influence from afar or is this really deep espionage that we need to be concerned about. >> i might clip that and start asking my sources that very question, clint. one thing, another thing you point out here having worked behind the scenes on a lot of this stuff. typically american presidents are looking to avoid being influenced in this kind of underhanded way by foreign powers. do you get the sense that the president wants to

john yang has the story.e want to warn you, that se may find the details disturbing. ( ♪ "smooth criminal" ) >> yang: nearly a decade after his death, multiple grammy winner michael jackson's music and showmanship can still cast a magical spell. ♪ ♪t buestions about his private life can still cast a dark shadow. >> yang: in 1994, jackson paid more than $20 million to settle a lawsuit alleging he sexually molested a 13-year-old boy. ( cheers ) and in 2005, he was acquitted on ten counts of child molestation, serving alcohol to a minor, conspiracy and kidnapping. now, accusations of inappropriate conduct back in the headlines, with "leaving neverlafo," a two-part, -hour documentary to be broadcast sunday and monday on hbo. the film tells the stories ofja wade robson ans safechuck. robson, a dance teacher who did choreography for n'sync and britney spears, says jackson initiated him to sex when he was seven years old, and the pop star was 31. he alles the behavior continued for seven years. >> he started talking

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. n woodruff: stay with us, coming up on theewshour: congresswoman pramila jayapal on her medicare forll bill. plus, the connection between happiness and economic inequality. but first, in a major victory for house democrats, a bill mandating universal background checks for gun sales is on its way to the senate. it's the first significant piece of gun control legislationpao the house in over 20 years. lisa desjardins joins me now to dig into the details. hello, lisa. so another busy day at the capitol after yesterday. what would these two msures do? >> all right, one passed yesterday and one passed tonight. first, the one that passed yesterday, this bill would basically require background ehecks for almost every gun sal or transfer in america, allowing exceptions for family members hunting, sporting, if you want to go to a shooting arrange, and law enfcement, that would not necessarily require background checks. this in the background check bill that pased today would allow 20 days tota

go to sch >> yang: what's the best support? you talk about supporting the students through the process. what's the best suport that a student can get? >> an exale of good support that a student could receive is having act s.e.c. to -- having access to a councilor throughout high school, beginning conversations early on the be sure they are ta challenging courses and being involved in some things in the community that are important to e and then during junior and senior year, visiting schoolsma anng some inform decisions fuout schools where they would likely be succeand where they would have a good chance at being admd.it >> yang: when you were in the london loundoun couy public schools, how how many students would you council at one time? >> loundoun county is on the lower end of na the ratio of councilors to students is approxitely 320, 300 to 1, which is lower than the number you cited earlier. those public school councilors are responsible for post-high scho plans but for mental health issues, academic advising, responding t

but more pictures of yang surfaced with notable republicans and now mother jones reports that yang might have been selling access to the president to chinese executives at mar-a-largo. a reporter who helped break that story, david corn and mother jones joins me now. she wasn't at the party with kraft himself, who was at the super bowl but there with donald trump. and then there is all of the photos that proliferate of her with everyone in republican politics. what is your reporting say about what her latest gig has been? >> well, in addition to owning chain of massage parlors, she had what she called an investment company which was geared towards chinese clients. it's main website was in chinese and talked about giving advice to u.s. businesses that want to invest in china but the real thing it seemed to be doing was telling chinese executives that if you come to the united states, i can get you into to see people in the trump circle. the president himself or trump's family members and his sister elizabeth trump grou and elaine chow. >> the transportation secretary and wilbur ross and th

. >> her name is lee yang. she goes by cindy.otted with the who's who of the gop, including the president's sons at mar-a-lago. kellyanne conway at the inauguration, and sarah palin. but it is this selfie yang took with trump at a super bowl watch party that's raising eyebrows. she's former owner of orchids of asia day spa, the massage spa where they say they caught the patriots owner and trump friend robert kraft on camera paying for oral sex. >>esque -- he is being charged with the same as others. >> kraft denies wrongdoing. according to the herald, yang no longer owns it. she sold it in 2013. cnn tried but was unable to reach yang for comment. she did speak with the miami herald. >> she didn't answer the question whether she knew there was sex happening, she simply told us she's no longer in the spa business, she doesn't know president trump, and she's planning to move to washington, d.c. >> reporter: it should be noted yang was not charged in the anti-human trafficking bust that led to misdemeanor charges against kraft and cl

john yang begins our coverage. >> yang: president trump mademe the announ himself. >> boeing is an incrediblemp y. they are working to figure this out.y hopefuey will be coming up but until they do, the planes will be grounded. >> yang: as an spoke, more wo dozen of the planes were in-flight over the united states. once they landed, they are on the ground until further noticer ently as last night, the f.a.a. rejected calls to ground the jet after two fatal crashes in five months. the most recent was nday, when an ethiopian alines plane plunged to the ground,illing 157 people. today, acting f.a.a. administrator daniel elwell said sethe agency reversed courfter new data indicated similarities between sunday's crash and october's crash of a lion air 737-max in indonesia that killed 189 people. >> the evidence that we found on the ground made it even more likely that the flight path was very close to lion a. >> yang: the f.a.a. had been virtually alone in not grounding the plane. that isolation grew this morning, when canadian transport minister marc garneau acted. >> all i can say is, based on the

yang is not the current owner. as for the consulting company, it's website no longer functioning claimed activities have included providing them the opportunity to meet with the president and other political figures. mother jones shares e shared more details on "morning joe." >> it seems like a standard pay-to-play situation in that she and her close relatives have given over $50,000 to political activities related to donald trump. hom sow she is using that influence for particularly people within trump's circle to get clients into mar-a-lago close to trump and his family members, at least to get photos, maybe to get a word in about something. >> it is important to note, mother jones says white house press secretary sarah sanders did not respond to requests. christine to you first, 50 grand and you are in with president trump and his family. that's the way this story sounds, but to the average person out there, i'd like to challenge louise ruhle, it sounds terrible, isn't that what all important people do, they giv

>> ana, li or cindy yang is not accused of doing anything illegal. of this human trafficking investigation. she's not been charged in relationship to that investigation in any way but it's her new business that's now raising eyebrows. "the miami herald" reports that she's running a consultant firm based in florida that promises chinese investors she can introduce them to the u.s. political elite like president trump and members of his family. so the spotlight has moved on from that night she spent at the super bowl watch party at mar-a-lago with president trump for a paid fund-raiser to trump in december of 2017 in new york city. there are campaign finance laws in this country that govern who can and can't contribute to political campaigns. well, in the case of that night, yang did what she advertises she can do. she arranged for a group of chinese businessmen to attend that event. a source who was at that event told the herald that yang identified herself as an official with the national committee of asian american republicans, a political action co

yang founded their company in 2017. it's described online as an international business consulting firm that provides public relations services to assist businesses in america to establish and expand their brand image in the modern chinese marketplace. the company notes that its services also address clients looking to make high-level connections in the u.s. one page of the web site display as photo of mar-a-lago and claims activities for clients have provided them opportunities to meet with the president and other political fingers. the pcompany boasts it has arranged taking photographs with the president and can set up a white house and capitol dinner. the miami "herald" broke the story, the web site for yang's consulting farm stopped functioning. lee yang no longer owns the massage parlor connected to robert kraufft's arrest. >> you have people like james fellows and owe ther respected voices say this sort of issue is very troubling. and the access to donald trump, the access to the chinese government, all a bit too t

yang no longer owns the spa, she sold it in 2013. cnn was unable to reach yang for comment p.ak with the maggie haberman herald. >> she didn't answer the question whether she knew sex was happening. she told us she's no longer in the spa business, doesn't know president trump and she's planning to move to washington d.c. >> reporter: it should be noted yang was not charged in the bust that led to misdemeanor charges against kraft and the closing of several spas in south florida. the white house declined to comment on yang, but the president did speak about the charges against kraft. >> it's sad. i was very surprised to see it. he's proclaimed his innocence totally but i'm very surprised to see it. >> reporter: as for yang she donated upwards of $35,000 to the trump campaign according to the fec filings. she's a self-made entrepreneur who showed little political interest before the 2016 election and she had not voted in the ten years prior. again, yang has not been charged with any wrong doing. it's the optics of her being in that picture with the president and this indirect co

for her part, yang says she knows nothing about elicit activity.uestioning whether cindy yang is a counter intelligence threat. she denies she's a spy. she is scared and thinks she is being targeted because she is a republican and chinese and because she supports president trump. tara palmeiri, palm beach, florida. >>> justice clarence thomas surprised supreme court watchers, breaking his three-year silence during an argument. thomas questioned a defense lawyer trying to get her black client's death sentence overturned because the white prosecutor repeatedly excluded black people from the jury. the last time thomas spoke in court was in february of 2016. >> a connecticut woman says harvard is illegally profiting off portraits of two slaves she says are her ancestors. she is suing the school over the 1850 pictures of a man and his daughter. they are believed to be the earliest photos of american she says harvard has ignored her request to stop licensing the pictures and harvard has not commented on the suit. >>> and environmental groups are concerne