chr chris, alisyn. >> thank you. let's bring in our panel. we have abby phillip and david gregory along with general michael hayden. general, he could not be certain of collusion. he did see contact and communication with russian operatives. >> alisyn, it is what you classically expect your foreign intelligence chief to say. we have massive evidence of russian intervention in the election. we know the russians attempt to suborne people. we have the unexplained contacts with russians and the trump campaign that looks suspicious. we will turn it over to law enforcement. it reinforces the cause of the investigation. it doesn't conclude it. it gives legitimacy to the effort that is currently under way and against which the white house continues to push back as totally unwarranted. >> did you hear brennan say i didn't hear of any proof. i don't know of any proof or which was it? did you hear him say there is no proof or i don't know if there's proof or not. >> i think it is i don't know. chris, it is really important to understand that one element

good morning, joe. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. it will be interesting to see what the day brings. you are absolutely right. the explanation for the firing of james comey is very much a moving target over the last 24 hours. just yesterday, blaming morale at the fbi. now we learned that the president of the united states apparently was stewing perhaps for weeks over the fbi director and it was the president who wanted him out. new details emerging of the closely held decision to fire james comey. a long time friend of the president saying he was white hot over the russia investigation. his anger had been mounted since comey rejected the still unproven claims that president obama wiretapped him. cnn reported two months ago that director comey was in disbelief over trump's baseless allegation of obama. the new york times going a step further. >> he thought the president was beyond normal. >> reporter: a source close to the president telling cnn trump was spewing expletives over the comment to the senate hearing. >> it makes me mildly

>> i'm confident that question will be asked, alisyn.ne of the more junior members of the committee. by the time it gets to me, i suspect that question will have been asked four or five times. i will ask why he chose to comment on one and not the other. in particular, how he sees the future of the fbi and what they will learn from the impact it had. look, alisyn, in an election that was as close as 2016, there's lots of tafactors that determine the outcome. i don't think it is possible to point to one thing and say this determined the outcome of the election. there were just 160,000 votes across three states that determined the outcome. hillary clinton did win the popular vote by 3 million votes. it is important for us to understand why the current fbi director chose to insert himself in the last dayss of t s director chose to insert himself in the last dayss of ts of the n the way he did. >> you don't have much time. what is the burning question? >> alisyn, what i want to ask will have been asked several times. what i would ask if i wer

>> this is fascinating, alisyn. end of the day thes white house is not going to be enthusiastic with regard to what is said in the committee. this will not settle the issue down. what we have here are two career profession professionals. one in justice. these people are simply candidly answer questions from a very knowledgeable interrogate or, senator lindsey graham. we will learn a lot that we hadn't had detailed knowledge about in the past. >> let's dialogue it out a little bit. sally yates says it wasn't a head's up. i went in and went in early and told them. we know what flynn said to this guy and it is not the story coming out of the white house. he could be compromised by russia because of what he exposed himself to. now what? >> first of all, chris, we know that objectively. the last time we chatted, if the acting attorney general insists on seeing the white house counsel, that is a tactonic thing in its own right. she will put an exclamation on it with the details of the narrative and plotline in the story.

alisyn. >> let's bring in buzzfeed's alex alexis. she was at the campaign headquarters when the altercation took place. good morning, alexis. >> good morning. >> what did you witness? >> so i was in a campaign meet and greet and press availability. i was standing in a campaign office and there was a little side office with a closing door off to the side. i was in the room with a lot of volunteers. candidate's wife, people making cell phone calls, get out the vote stuff. greg gianforte walked into the side room. there was a camera crew in there. we didn't know who the camera crew belonged to. i stayed there. ben had originally been standing with me walked into the room to listen in on what the interview was about. i was really paying attention until i heard a giant crash. i saw feet fly in the air. the door to the room was about half open. i could not see the whole thing. i heard the crash. i saw him fly in a way when they are ending up on the ground. >> gianforte's campaign said ben was pushing a recorder in the candidate's face. did

>> the consequences are very, very drastic, alisyn.u know, they rushed through the vote before the cbo could score it. when the cbo scored the earlier investigati version which was similar. 24 million people would lose insurance. that is the combined population of 16 states. premiums would go up for many. medicaid gets slashed. this bill eliminates funding for planned parenthood and hurts funding for schools providing special education services to kids. the bill is going nowhere in the senate as many of the republican colleagues said yesterday. we will work on our own bill. this bill is a non starter. look, here is a point where we can agree. president trump made promises to the american public. he made three. he said premiums will go down. nobody will lose coverage and folks with pre-existing conditions will be protected. that's not the case with the house bill. if we can work toward those three goals, we can find areas to make progress. that's what my job is as a member of the committee. >> as you know, republicans have a lot of issu

>> reporter: good morning, alisyn. the bad news for the president is there are more memos to be revealed according to people close to james comey. he is known to document big moments in tenure. a source told pamela brown that the fired director shared e-mails close to him about major conversations he had with donald trump. particularly those that he felt left him uneasy. the conversation left comey concerned that the president was trying to stop the investigation. comey also wrote memos after other discussions with the president. congress has asked the fbi to turnover memos and e-mails that comey may have written. the white house and president, however, are disputing how comey described the conversation. it will be comey's word versus the president. one surfacing from critics of james comey is why didn't he say something earlier before he was fired. his friends say comey didn't pa want to affect the ongoing russia investigation. chris and alisyn, he insured the comments did not get back to agents conducting the investi

you have been on the issue very early on, alisyn.und conflict of interest laws in the federal government and extent to which the president is not bound by the guidelines, but which everyone else around him is. i don't think this is an ideological part son itisan iss. it is what do we want from the process around our government. what it is is deal making is not conflating with policy making. the trump white house inter mingled both. it is hard to know on a visa program when the kushner family is using it to pitch business in whi china if that exists because of good policy or using it as a tool to raise money. it comes up with the hotel the trump's own federally owned land in washington, d.c. whether essentially running the government and leasing the land from themselves in a profit-making venture at a hotel that is frequented by lobbyists and diplomats and members of his own government. it is a very gilded age moment. the laws came into being with the gilded page were put if place to prevent this. >> the trump administration has yet t

cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning. welcome to "new day." it's thursday, may 25th. 6:00 in the east. here is today's starting line. the republican candidate for congressional seat in montana accused of body slamming the reporter. this happened the day before the special election. the republican earning the assault charge. the whole thing on audio tape with witnesses. what does it mean for the vote? >> that reporter trying to ask about the gop health care bill and cbo score that finds the bill would leave additional 23 million people uninsured in the next decade. >>> international frustration of intelligence leaks. united kingdom is upset with the u.s. after details of the investigation of the manchester attack leaked to the media. is the trust of key allies in jeopardy? >>> and attorney general jeff sessions failed to disclose meetings with the russian ambassador on security clearance form. one lawmakers demanding an investigation. we have all of the stories covered for you. we have kyung lah live in missoula, montana. >> reporter: good morn

alisyn, david?a, thank you for showing us that beautiful shot from articleton national cemetery. >>> for 35 years the vietnam veterans memorial has stood as a tribute to fallen heroes. today an annual memorial day observance at the wall. two people participating are former secretary of defense chuck hagel himself a vietnam veteran and ken burns, the emmy award winning documentary filmmaker and director of the vietnam war scheduled to premiere this fall on pbs and you're kind enough to bring us a preview. secretary hagel, tell us the significance of today for you, and of course the observance at the vietnam wall. >> well, first, thank you both for giving ken and i some time this morning to recognize what we think is a pretty important day for our country and you do, too. the significance for me is, like any veteran i think who has ever served this country in any way is the day itself, and what it means. the vietnam veteran memorial is something that means a lot to me, like many vietnam veterans i had

john and alisyn. >> thank you, joe. let's discuss with the panel. david gregory and phil mudd and editor for real clear politics, a.b. stoddard. >> we learned this doesn't just cover the campaign and the campaign advisers. now it reaches into the white house. what is the significance? >> the last point. it reaches to the white house. jared kushner emerged as the president's most important adviser and also family. those authority goes in multiple directions and who has business interests that raise real questions on behalf of the trump family that could have made the campaign vulnerable to being compromised by the russians. again, we don't know what all the facts are so we wait for investigation. we know through kushner's attorney he is happy to talk to all investigators. i think we can make a broader point right now about the attitude vulnerability. cavalier attitude by the trump campaign. russia is not going to do anything to us. there is something of concern here and kushner appears to be the person who had enough contact and meetings or knows eno

chris and alisyn, comey should have gotten fired anyway. the reasons why the administration did it because he would not give them a cheat sheet about his testimony last week. >> ron, let's unpack that for one moment. the initial defense of the move in terms of political fallout from the white house was what are you democrats upset over? you have been trashing him for a long time. the tale is in the timing. if you had taken him out when he first came into office, not in deference, that would be one thing. doing it now, it strains credibility to be about clinton. fair point? >> it is beyond straining credibility. we talked about it before. the original explanations were so absurd. so paper thin that it reinforces my belief that the white house is not interested in making arguments that they think will kind of pass the applauplausibi test. it is what kellyanne conway called alternative facts. an ecosystem that is designed to energize their supporters. the real issue in 2016 is president obama allegedly tapped candidate trump. this is not reall

chris and alisyn. >> thank you. we have cnn hosts joining us michael smerconish and david gregory along with a.b. stoddard. great to have you here. david gregory, when you hear james clapper saying our institutions are under assault externally and internally, how significant is that statement? >> it is incredibly significant. this is someone at the entire intelligence community of the government which is meant to be independent. making a very serious indictment of the president for abusing his power by firing comey with a false pre-text and now demanding loyalty and recording him and threatening him over twitter. this is not how the system is supposed to work. this is not normal behavior. this is crisis that the public and government has to deal with. it exposes the heart of the usual yo issue. you have the president who feels the community is conspireing against him to deny him legitimate as i as president. it is ridiculous. it is leading to destructive behavior that has to be dealt with. whether anythings comes fr

alisyn, i will say this.y this weight and cloud should concern the president of the united states of america. he should be concerned about his legacy for the country. is it about russia or is it standing up for the american people. the trust is his. instead of a war room, they need a confessional. >> jeffery and nina, thank you. >>> we'll come back to politics. when we come back, something wild over the weekend. one of the indy 500 favorites involved in one of the most terrifying crashes you will ever see. how the driver was able to walk away from the wreck uninjured. we will get details in the bleacher report coming up next. ♪ ♪you are loved ♪ oh no, looks like somebody needs a new network. when i got this unlimited plan they told me they were all the same. they're not. verizon has the largest, most-reliable 4g lte network in america. it's basically made for places like this. honey, what if it was just us out here? right. so, i ordered you a car. thank you. you don't want to be out here at night 'cause of th

alisyn. >> suzanne, thank you very much. the trump white house hoping to build momentum on the gop latest health care bill. meanwhile, the president is under fire for inviting the philippines controversial leader to the white house. cnn's joe johns has more from the white house. good morning, joe. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. the president and administration trying to raise expectations and reduce them at the same time on health care beginning the second 100 days of the administration. also trying to reduce the focus on the calendar even significug it could take the end of the year before a bill could get to the president's desk. >> i think healthcare reform and repealing and replacing obamacare is just around the corner. i think we're close. >> reporter: the white house expressing confidence in the gop latest health care bill. president trump trying to spin the administration's efforts saying they are not pushing for a vote. >> i said relax. don't worry about the phony 100 day thing. take it easy. take your time. get

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alisyn, chris. >> suzanne, appreciate it. an interesting political question. why the president seems to be forcing this right now. is it a big gamble for him? let's bring in our panel, david gregory, national reporter for bloomberg jennifer jacobs. she interviewed the president. >> not seen here. >> they are friends. >> a.b. stoddard. jen is in the top right of your screen. all right. so let's talk about this, david gregory, the stakes, the urgency, trying to get this through. why the pressure? what is the gamble? >> the gamble is you're putting your self out there and you may fail. i cannot imagine why they would put themselves in such a precarious position and allow the prospect of failure to be real here. look, they may win in the end. the washington capitals were up 2-0, squandered their lead and won in overtime so everything is fine but they still made it perilously close. even if they clear this hurdle, especially this issue of pre-existing conditions is not going to survive. in other words, it's going to remain in the bill once the senate looks at it. l

. >> reporter: alisyn, it is remarkable day. the white house now just hours away from what could be a defining moment for the administration this president promised to repeal and replace obamacare. a defining moment for house republicans who waited seven years just to get this one idea across the finish line. >> thanks to president trump's leadership, congress is going to vote to repeal and replace obamacare. >> reporter: the crucial house vote on the gop's amended health care bill just hours away after a last minute breakthrough gave leadership confidence to bring to the floor. >> we're going to pass it. let's be optimistic. >> reporter: president trump brokers a deal with two hold outs on pre-existing conditions. a popular provision that is not guaranteed in the republican bill. >> there were both yeses on the bill. >> i support the bill. >> reporter: the amendment adds $8 billion over five years to existing $130 billion fund to finance high risk pools. in states with patients with pre-existing conditions could be charged high

alisyn. >> suzanne, thank you for reporting. as we heard, fired fbi director james comey plans to testify before the senate committee. what do republicans want to hear from him? that's next. sugar, we're letting you go. what? who's replacing me? splenda naturals? look, she's sweet, she's got natural stevia, no bitter aftertaste and she's calorie-free. so that's it? we made you a cake. with sugar? oh, no. (laughing) won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. >>> we have breaking news because president trump is speaking with israel's president rivlin. listen. >> that is a real positive. we are happy about that. >> every challenge creates opportunities. >> it's a challenge and opportunity. you have a great opportunity right now. a great feeling for peace throughout the middle east. i think people have had enough. they had enough of the bloodshed and killing. i think you will see things starting to happen. what we did over the week

>> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >>> sally yates said she repeatedly warned the administration saying flynn had lied about his contacts with russia opening the door to possible blackmail. >> add this to your time line. we're learning former president obama warned president trump on november 10th against hiring flynn so just days after the election. the big question, why did it take the president weeks to act on flynn. we have it all covered. jessica schneider. >> reporter: chris, that is the question. why did it take 18 days for michael flynn to resign? former acting attorney general sally yates tried to lay it all out for lawmakers disclosing she warned the white house three times about michael flynn's misstatements and filled in the chain of events that led to general palestinian's ouster as national security adviser. >> we felt it was critical we get this information to the

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alisyn? >> some interesting moments going on between senator ted cruz and sally yates. jeffrey toobin and david druc r drucker, the heart of the matter before the court seems to be, look, the president said it was a muslim ban. that's what it is. it doesn't matter what's in the executive order. unusual basis for evaluating an action. how do you think it sizes up? >> unprecedented. as far as i'm aware the united states supreme court has never considered the campaign statements of a president or a candidate in deciding whether something is unconstitutional. we've never had a president like donald trump who talks that way about minority groups. but it is significant, i think, that it's never been done before. also, you have an executive order in the area of national security where courts traditionally give a lot of deference to the executive branch. so i think this is a very hard case. i think there are very good arguments on both sides and there are 13 judges on the fourth circuit. ten are now

. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. house republicans taking the first key step toward fulfilling a promise to the american people by passing the health care plan in the house. this is far from over. it is the first step to turning the legislation into law. >> i think we will get it through. mitch mcconnell knows how to do things. >> reporter: the republican effort to repeal and replace obamacare. now in the hands of the senate with the bill that narrowly passed in the house. >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: faces an uphill battle. >> it could change. it could get better. >> reporter: senators are not in a hurry. vowing to do things their way. >> mr. president, i'm sorry to disappoint you. the bill in its current form is not getting through the senate. no way. >> the senate will write its own bill. >> i don't think the house bill necessarily predicts. >> reporter: the legislation passed in the house. eliminates the tax penalty for americans who choose not to buy insurance. replaces the subsidy offered under obamacare

alisyn and chris. >> a lot of injuries are seen as serious to severe. the schrapnel can do a lot of damage. stay with us, clarissa. let's bring in paul cruickshank and michael weis. paul, the elevated high alert. critical level. is this a function of what just happened or intelligence about what may happen next? more of a coordinated plot. >> it is because of concern there would be a wider conspiracy here and that could launch attacks. it is because of the unprecedented nature of the threat to the uk. the fact of an uptick in terrorist activity. it is also due to the fact the election is coming up. there have been attacks before elections recently in paris. also because of the start of the holy month of ramadan. in recent years, isis called for attacks during that period. that causing a lot of concern for uk security services as they move forward and try to understand the threat. >> michael, let's look at what little we know about the attacker. he was 22 years old. he was born in britain to libyan parents. he recently lly went back to li. he has been se

today, john and alisyn, the key for mr. trump and mr. netanyahu to demonstrate that the channel has been changed. the tension and dysfunction from the obama years has now been replaced with a greater understanding and greater willingness to manage differences in the u.s./israeli relation and do it quietly and discreetly. i think the effort made by each man and they alone have the capacity to move this relationship and israeli peace making forward. mr. trump because he inherited the an alignment with the arab states and mr. netanyahu because he has the capacity. he believes to manage this relationship and next near, he is the longest governing serving prime minister surpassing david bengorian. under that is tension and contradictions that have to be deftly managed. >> aaron, i have to stay with you. you devoted a big part of your adult life developing arab and israeli peace. you met with jared kushner. the man the president tasked with figuring this out. what did you well him? >> i told him, alisyn, i wish my father in law had as much con

. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> welcome to "new day." we begin with breaking news for you. cnn reporting into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. >> jim sciutto along with others joins us now, what's the headline? >> here is the headline. two former intelligence officials and a source say russian government officials discuss having, quote, derogatory information about then presidential candidate donald trump and make of his campaign aides. this in conversations by u.s. intelligence during 2016 election. one source krid the information as financial in nature and said the discussions centered around whether the russians had leverage with trump's inner circle. the source said the intercept, communications suggested to u.s. intelligence that russians believed, quote, they have the ability to influence the information through the derogatory information. but the sources privy to the descriptions of the communications written by u.s. intelligence caution the russian claims to each other, quote, could have been exaggerated, m

i'll get to that in a minute, alisyn. just ramping it up here in the russia investigation on capitol hill and washington, d.c. first, members of the congress politely asked for information. when they didn't get what they want, they started issuing subpoenas. that is at the point when an individual who is being looked at by the united states congress finds himself with some potential legal exposure. the situation the president's fired national security adviser finds himself in this morning. president trump's fired national security adviser michael flynn now says he is willing to cooperate with senate investigators to provide them with documents sought by two subpoenas. flynn expected to hand over the first batch to the senate intelligence committee by june 6th. congressional investigators expanding sights to other trump aides. michael cohen, personal attorney to the president, flatly refusing the request to offer up information and testify. cohen lashing out. claiming a lack of evidence to corroborate the russia narrativ f

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alisyn, chris. >> thank you very much for all that. let's bring back to the panel to discuss, cnn political analyst and author of "how's your faith?" david gregory. senior correspondent david drucker and cnn analyst and washington white house reporter abby phillip. great to have all of you. david gregory, now we know it wasn't just president trump pressing comey to make some public declaration at the moment he had seen no collusion betweened administration and russia, now other heads. how big a deal? >> i think it's a big deal. we have a pattern with the president reflective of investigation of russian collusion. the claim without substantiation. now evidence based on this, wanted to slow down the fbi investigation. so it's a really big deal. we've been saying throughout the morning, i don't know if this is obstruction of justice. the president outside private counsel for all of this. we have this huge spectacle down the pike here. that is fbi director comey preparing to testify publicly on capitol hill about his disputes with the pres

chris and alisyn. >> joe, thank you for all of that.ders of both parties want to get their hands on the james comey memo or memos. some asking why he took such copious notes. evan perez is live in washington. evan. >> reporter: alisyn, the bad news for the trump administration is a lot more memos to be revealed according to people close to james comey. the former fbi director is known to document big moments in his tenure. one close to the source to pamela brown said he shared e-mails and memos about conversations with president trump. particularly those that left him uneasy. the conversation of michael flynn left comey concerned. comey wrote memos after other discussions with the president. congress has asked the fbi to turnover memo and e-mails comey may have written. with the white house disputing how comey described the conversation, it is comey's word against the president's. one critic said why didn't he say something before he was fired. his friends say comey did not want to affect the ongoing russian investigation. he believed h

alisyn? >> thank you for all of those developments in your reporting.estigations into ousted national security adviser michael flynn continue, there's a new report that reveals tension between the president and his new national security adviser h.r. mcmaster. he gets credit for the plan to strike the syrian air base last month. our next guest says washington loves mcmaster but the president does not. eli lake joins us now. good morning, eli. >> thanks so much for having me. >> washington cheered when h.r. mcmaster was named to remrplace michael flynn who was ousted and even beyond the beltway cheered because mcmaster was seen as super smart, solid, a steady hand, a grown-up. what beef does your reporting find the president has with him? >> some is about style because h.r. mcmaster is probably one of the most brilliant individuals of his generation. he wrote a work about the war in which he argued that generals needed to have done more to stop the escalation in that war. sometimes his style is to lecture and he doesn't pick up on cues when he wants to in

>> reporter: good morning, alisyn. surprising news to wake up to on monday morning. lawmakers working over the weekend to make sure the government is funded beyond friday. well through september. this comes after tense talks with democrats and republicans for weeks now. both sides equally determined to avoid a government shutdown. rare bipartisan agreement on capitol hill over a $1 trillion spending bill. includes defense spending and $1.5 billion for border security. not a single dollar for the border wall. despite the president's insistence that a wall is necessary. >> we'll build a wall. go to sleep. go home and go to sleep. rest assured. that's the final thing we need. >> reporter: also left out of the bill, federal cuts to sanctuary cities and money for deportation forces. two of the other campaign promises. >> at the heart of my administration's efforts to restore the rule of law has been a nationwide crackdown on criminal gangs and that means taking the fight to the sanctuary cities that shield these dangerous criminals from removal. >> reporter: the spending

>> great question, alisyn.obably are reasons bob mueller want to limit this to not sully the actual investigation, and keep in mind, these men are very close friends. they have a personal relationship. so i think director comey will be responsive to what former director mueller says. on the same hand, though, director mueller in friendship with director comey, might want to give him some head room to defend himself against some pretty ugly accusations that the president has made. >> that's the real question here. how far will the former director go in defending himself? are there any restrictions as to what he can discuss? >> well, certainly in open session he has the classification problem. you probably do have and director comey even in these circumstances has to respect the office of the president. i think there will be some limits but at the end of this, john, we'll know more about this relationship than we did going to in. >> comey is well-known for taking contemporaneous notes, an inveterate note taker. t

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. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning. white house turning up pressure on house republicans to vote this week on a health care bill. trying to get a vote wednesday and now thursday. remember, congress is going on vacation again. do they have the votes? you're looking at the current whip count. we've got to say current because votes keep changing. there are a lot of uncertain minds. right now you have 21 house republicans against the bill. the simple math would suggest they can only afford to lose one more vote. what is the issue? there's a disconnect between president trump's promise for people with pre-existing conditions and what the bill actually guarantees. so you've got a lot of lawmakers who are concerned that people on their districts were the most vulnerable, the most at risk. >> but some of this health care debate is being overshadowed by eye popping interviews given by the president. president trump doubling down on his assertion that president andrew jackson could have prevented the civil war. and the president

alisyn is off. poppy harlow joins us. we have a big stay today. let's begin with the white house in damage control. president contradicting himself and the spin from so many white house officials. acknowledging this wasn't about what was offered up by the deputy ag. this was about the russia investigation. his displeasure with it and desire to get rid of director james comey. the administration repeatedly said the fbi's investigation into the campaign had nothing to do with his decision and that was flat out untrue. >> for the first time the president is now detailing the three conversations he claims he had with then director comey about the investigation. the white house is struggling to keep up with the firestorm. changing its story again and again. it is all stalling the president's agenda to work for you the men peopamerican people. we have joe johns at the white house with more. >> reporter: good morning, poppy. inside the mind of donald trump. this interview is anything of a fascinating look of the way the president processes things. it is

alisyn and chris, a lot there. the key headline is intercepts were russians, russia to russia communications claiming they had derogatory information on both the president and the president's aides. >> jim sciutto, appreciate it. that is a big headline. thank you for bringing it to us. president trump is clearly not a fan of any of this. we're talking about investigation into russian meddling. he has struggled to find ways to tamp it down. now investigators are reportedly focusing on a meeting in december between trump's son-in-law jared kushner and this russian banker. cnn joe beyonjohns is live at t white house with that. joe. >> reporter: the white house continues to struggle with how to explain many contacts, including contacts by the president's senior adviser jared kushner with, as we have said before, the russian ambassador to the united states sergey kislyak and reporter by "new york times," conversations between jared kushner and sergei go gorkov, a russian banker under sanctions by the united states. not

alisyn camerota joining us this morning. good morning! >> good morning!ou, happy monday. while everyone has been sleeping, as you both know, congress has agreed on a spending bill. so, what's in it, what's out? obviously, this affects every one of us, so we'll also tell you why democrats are calling this one a win for their side. >>> and then, of course we'll talk about the controversial invitation that president trump has extended to the president of the philippines, duterte, who is a known human rights violator. so, what the president is thinking and what that invitation and that visit might look like. so, we have all sorts of people on both sides of the aisle coming in to share their opinions when chris and i see you at the top of the hour. >> can't wait! thank you so much. >> sounds good. see you in a bit. >>> amazon founder jeff bezos, you know, he had a really good day friday, a really good -- >> not by our standards, but by -- >> you know, you just can't believe how good. >> astronomical. >> we'll tell you. that's next. h, hi. i don't have my debit

. >> this is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning. welcome to your new day. 8:00 now in the east. the republican candidate for the congressional seat of monotan charged with assault overnight, accused of body slamming the reporter. the confrontation on audio. there were witnesses. this happened on the eve of tonight's important special election. maybe that's why we haven't heard much from that state's republican party or the gop. in just three minutes, the reporter involved in that fight is going to join us with his side of the story. >> also, new developments on trump/russia front. jeff sessions failed to disclose meetings with the russian ambassador on a security clearance form. a top democrat now demanding an investigation into sessions. we have all of this covered for you. let's go to montana. what is the latest in this crazy story? >> reporter: crazy is exactly right. these polls, the polls in the state of montana open in just one hour. as voters head there, they are going to be walking in with this big talker. it is all over the

alisyn is off. brooke baldwin is joining me this morning. >> good morning. >> we begin this morning with the investigation into russia's election meddling. it is now in the hands of a special counsel. the deputy attorney general taking it on his own behalf. naming former fbi chief robert mueller to head up the probe. remember, rosenstein, deputy ag. he said he did not think we needed one. what changed? trump saying he looks forward to the end of the situation. >> the special counsel comes fired fbi director james comey who is the most wanted man in washington. you have three committees. wanting him to testify about what was told to him in the private meetings. there are several reports of fired national security adviser michael flynn that add to the crises facing the trump administration today. we have it covered for you this morning beginning with joe johns at the white house. joe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, brooke. starting another day here with the white house once again reacting to

"new day" with david gregory and alisyn camerota begins right now. >> angela merkel suggests sne germanyst the united states. >> i think we hit a home run. >> trump targeting journalists accusing the fake news media of fabricating lies. >> if you tweet every day and complain. >> jared kushner sought to develop the line of communications with the russians that could not be monitored. >> there ought to be review of his security clearance. >> i don't trust this story as far as i can throw it. >> what manner of ignorance or chaos would you have to think doing this with the russian ambassador was a good idea. >>> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> welcome viewers from around the united states and the world. it is "new day." chris is off and david gregory joins me. >> fun to be called up. >> angela merkel says countries must take fate into their own hands saying they cannot rely on the u.s. trump facing questions about jared kushner. the fbi investigating contacts with russia. >> and president trump condemning leaks to the media in the group of tweets. can he defend the

we have joe johns live at the white house for us. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. is the apparent ramp-up in the russia investigation. it is subtle, but important. the congress simply going from requests to subpoenas. it is a legally enforcement document that carries the possibility of even jail from someone who does not comply. president trump's fired national security adviser michael flynn now says he is willing to cooperate with investigators. flynn expected to hand over the first batch to the senate intn intelligence committee by joune 6th. michael cohen refusing a request from the house and senate committees to offer up information and testify. cohen claiming a lack of evidence to corroborate the russia narrative calling it a fishing ex-pedition and a rush o judgment. white house press secretary sean spicer facing tough questions about the russia revelations when he held his first briefing in more than two weeks. >> i'm not going to get into it. your

alisyn is off. brooke baldwin is here with me. there is a lot of information for the starting line.ction meddling in the hands of the special counsel. former fbi director robert mueller is the electiselection creating rare agreement in washington? president trump saying there was no collusion with his campaign and russia. rod rosenstein will brief the senate today and house tomorrow about the context and confines of the russia probe. rosenstein's memo. why comey should be released helped to create the recent drama. will the mueller move tamp it down? >> now three committees want comey to testify about what trump told him making him the most wanted man in washington. this as there are several new damning reports about fired national security adviser michael flynn that add to the crises facing the trump administration. we have it all covered for you this morning. joe johns. let's start w

>> alisyn chorltmoments ago we d a 23-year-old arrested in south manchest manchester. this is a high alert moments ago. a crush of people running down the street after a false alarm in a shopping mall around the corner led to an absolute panic. you can probably see behind me in the distance there the arena where it took place, a large cordon around the area. as chris said, this event sold out. ariana grande fans, many of them young tweens, little girls with their families, large groups of children. it was just as the concert finished that chaos broke out. take a look. >> what's going on? oh, my gosh. a deadly explosion rocking manchester, england. the p many running to exits and jumping over barricades. >> bodies everywhere. at least 20, 30 people on the floor you could see straight off were just dead. >> police now investigating the incident as an act of terror carried out by one male suicide bomber. >> we believe the attacker is carrying an improvised explosive device which he detonated causing this atrocity. >> the attacker died at the scene after detonating the dev

alisyn is off. poppy harlow joins me. >> good to be here. >> good to have you.xplanation why donald trump fired james comey is untrue. president contradicting himself in an interview we will bring you this morning. the president acknowledging he actively tried to interfere in the russian investigation. that it was his displeasure with that probe that drove his ouster of the fbi director. >> the president also detailing for the first time those three conversations he claims he had with director comey about the recommend implementation. this as the white house is struggling to keep up with the firestorm, but changing its story time and time again. all of this effectively stalling the agenda. we have it could have behave it. let's start with joe johns at the white house. >> reporter: good morning, poppy. the latest interview is a fascinating look inside his head with contradictions and also key admissions. eliminating almost any doubt about the president's motivations for the firing of the fbi director. >> i

chris and alisyn have an action packed "new day" right now. >> sick and tired of you guys.ame in here, you did the same thing. get the hell out of here. >> republican candidate for congress charged for misdemeanor assault. >> next thing i know i'm being body slammed. >> all of a sudden i heard giant crash and feet flying in the air. >> we're in an action that donald trump help create. >> jeff sessions s did not lis >> it is yet another example of the trump campaign official not disclosing all of their contacts with the russian government. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning. welcome to "new day." it's thursday, may 25th. 6:00 in the east. here is today's starting line. the republican candidate for congressional seat in montana accused of body slamming the reporter. this happened the day before the special election. the republican earning the assault charge. the whole thing on audio tape with witnesses. what does it mean for the vote? >> that reporter trying to ask about the gop health care bill and cbo score that finds the bill would l

here is chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >>> oh, my gosh. >> police have identified the bomber. >> herned from libya. >> further attack may be imminent. >> this is the first time in a decade that the threat level has been raised to critical. >> intelligence revealed interactions between russian officials and u.s. persons involved in the trump campaign. >> michael flynn can't hide for very long. >> we are not taking it off the table. >> president trump and the pope in historic sitdown at the vatican. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. you are watching "new day." it is wednesday, may 24th. 6:00 in new york. there are a lot of developments. here is your starting line. we have new information about the terroristis who bombed the arena in manchester. he was known to intelligence services and just returned from libya. the united kingdom is raising the threat level to critical. >>> former cia chief john brennan not mincing words. he said russian members interacted with members of the trump campaign warranti

. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> all right."new day." it is wednesday, may 3rd. 6:00 in new york. up first, boy president trump and hillary clinton trading jabs over the outcome of the 2016 election. the president responding on twitter late last night after clinton blamed sexism and russia and the fbi in her defeat. >> the congress will face questions about russia and actions in the final days of the campaign. meanwhile, cnn is learning a former obama administration official will testify next week. all of this as president trump pushing for a vote on obamacare. let's begin with joe johns live at the white house with the latest. joe. >> reporter: alisyn, they at it again. just six months after the 2016 election. hillary clinton and donald trump are facing off one more time. as another key player, the director of the fbi, is now returning to center stage on capitol hill. president trump firing back at hillary clinton after her scathing indictment of the 2016 race. insisting fbi director james comey influenced voters. >> i w

. >>> all right, time now to take a look at what's coming up on "new day" with our friend, alisyn camerotaning. >> good morning! >> hello, my friend. >> hello, my friends. happy friday. >> i guess g7, montana, plenty on the agenda today. >> that's right, we are going to talk about montana, because if a democrat cannot win in a district where the republican was accused of assault, what does this mean for the democrats? maybe they're being overly optimistic about their chances in the midterms. so, we are going to talk to some leading democrats about that. of course, we are also going to be following all of the latest russia investigation threads. we have incredible power panels for you. let me rattle off a couple of names you'll be treated to. ron brownstein, jeffrey toobin, tim o'brien, a.b. stoddard, david fun, phil mudd. basically, guys, you are going to get smarter, your iq will go up just from watching "new day" this morning. >> we can't get any smarter! we're all set. >> well, right. not you guys. >> and i just heard john berman's there, so you have the bermanator! that is something. >