>> alisyn, my main concern about dr.ny jackson in the first place is besides being the white house physician, he has never run a large medical organization. veterans administration is the single largest health care system in the world. they spend $180 billion a year, employ 370,000 people, and they provide service to 9 million of our american veterans every year. so i had questions at the outset about whether he had the management experience. the point is making sure we have vetted someone to make sure they were appropriate to run an agency. and sometimes allegations like these two on come out at the last minute about their behavior in previous roles. what was being discussed last night on cnn was truly concerning about the possibility that dr. jackson had been drunk on duty, had been someone who did not run a tight ship and a good office as white house physician. >> ye is s. but i guess what you're saying is the confirmation process should proceed. have you heard the allegations being drunk on on the job, handing out pr

>> reporter: good morning, alisyn.on police. it was a very dramatic afternoon here in antioch. we saw police race to the scene. it had been nearly a day of no credible sighting until some construction workers spotted him in a wood lined area right behind his apartment complex. not too far from where he carried out the mass shooting early sunday morning. he was taken into custody without incident. they found a handgun, 45 caliber ammunition and a flash light in his backpack. this is all the more disturbing when you consider that reinking shouldn't had those weapons to begin with. after 2017, the summer incident, he crossed into a restricted area in the white house, authorities recommended he have his authorization of having weapons removed in his home state of illinois. when he moved to tennessee in the fall of 2017, his father gave those guns back to reinking and it's one of those guns that were used in the mass shooting early sunday morning. yesterday at the press conference, the atf said the father could possibly fac

that's really the the question, alisyn. are we going to go through with these tariffs, or is this a president who has long held a view that free trade is not a good thing and it is indulging that view. but it is not going to make his government pursue tariffs. we don't know what is the the case yet. it will hinge whether trump is blowing off steam. >> is there room for negotiation? there are proponents of this toughening trade yes. that we can withstand the shocks on a daily basis to the market. maybe there is a negotiation with the chinese that ends up getting more favorable terms for the u.s. maybe trump comes out with a win. >> well, we'll see. i think one predicate we should keep in mind are steel and aluminum tariffs trump announced a couple of weeks ago. very broad. spooked the markets. almost immediately the u.s. began carving out kpeplgdzs. it's possible these tariffs, which at this stage are proposals still on both sides, they have 60 days to make comment. then the government will decide what goes into effect. it i

so is alisyn. but i'm tell you this.n you come on and you are upset about the comedian the way you are right now, that's your right and it's fair. but you do not match that in any way when it comes to the president and his actions. i watched you in this interview say you're not sure what the president meant when he was clearing mocking the exact disability of the reporter. >> that's not right. because you can pull hundreds of clips where he does the very same thing -- >> not the same way. i've seen the lame defenses. this man says ugly things on awe regular basis. at that same rally in michigan. >> you are trying to pick out the flaws of trump. >> i'm trying to say you should be equally outraged. >> there are a lot of americans out there who, when they watch your show, when they watch other shows on division, they feel like -- they feel like there is a desire to get trump. you don't like trump. you're trying to hold trump down. you're not holding -- >> because people like you are telling them that, matt, a lot your littl

>> well, it's quite the the anomaly, alisyn. at it from the percentage of the population that females make up, it is half the population. they commit only 7.6% of murders for the year. i went back and looked at active shooter situations from 2000 to 2016, on over the course of those 16 years, 240 incidents. during that time, only nine the perpetrators were females. that is less than 4%. so quite the anomaly. >> the ability to get access to a campus like that is one issue. you obviously if you're san investigator have to look at what the relationships are like. why she would want to be there in the first place. >> and police when responding like yesterday in real-time have to go through a quick calculus. is this a domestic dispute, somebody with a grievance, which this appears to be. or is this shooter intent on ratcheting up a body count n. real-time police have to do that. they did great moving to the sound of guns. post columbine that is what we are telling them to do. >> today would have been her birth diaw, she would have be

alisyn? >> christiane, just quickly, among the legions of amanpour fans, how are people reacting to this news? >> reporter: incredibly well. we're in seoul. there are public lights that keep going off. they put up chairs and screens and amount of media and people have been stopping by and looking. they have had a huge support for this process. south korea is right in the direct line of fire. intercontinental miss ballistic missiles. there are those who suffered deeply, whose families who escaped or defected from horrendous conditions. they are quite rightly wanting to know how this will affect them and how it will affect their family still left behind that dmz. in germ the people here are supportive. >> okay. christiane, so great to have you on the ground for us. joining us now to discuss this historic day, we have cnn political analyst john avlon and cnn political and national security analyst david sanger. david, you have done so much reporting on north korea, we'll start with you. have do

>> reporter: well, good morning, alisyn. president trump is clearly pivoting hard to his base with these tweets, implying new hardline immigration stance. he tweeted just this morning more about this issue of caravans supposedly coming up from central america into the united states, he said. the big caravan of people from honduras now coming across mexico and headed to our weak laws border has better be stopped before it gets here. cash cow nafta is in in play as is foreign aid to honduras and the countries that allow this to happen. congress must act now. threatening honduras and mexico and nafta just at the same time the white house is planning a new push to encourage congress to pass new hardline immigration laws. president trump continuing to vent about u.s. immigration policies, calling current laws weak and an obama joke and urging congress to act. the white house beginning another push to pass a series of hardline measures that failed to gain steam last fall, including removing protections that prevent the immediate d

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there's so much to get to, alisyn. days before the book is even released, it is already making waves in washington in part because of the stunning rebuke of president trump's presidency. comey characterizes him as a liar and someone unconcerned with russia's threat to american democracy. fired f director james comey's nothing short of extraordinary. comey revealing explosive details about the forest fire that is the trump presidency. comey paints the president as a compulsive liar, devoid of human emotion, unethical, untethered to truth and constitutional values. he calls his first time meeting at an intelligence briefing at trump tower days before he was sworn in. after briefing him on the meddling of the 2016 election, trump had this question. you found out there was no impact on the result, right? the "washington post" reports that comey reveals in the book that he was surprised that mr. trump did not seem interested in russia's threat to america but instead focused how they could spin what he had just told them. th

>> well, good morning, alisyn.here is a recipe we have seen play out across the country. 50,000 or so teachers, put them in classrooms under funded, under pay for ten years or so, combine that with the legislature that is allergic to any tax hikes. you put the two things together, let it simmer on facebook and you have the furst walkout in arizona history today. i talked to a lot of teachers filled with righteous indignation. but they are fired up and ready to acceptsend a message. during the day, cindy morton is an arizona teacher. and then she is a private tutor. on weekends, she's a caretaker of emotionally disabled kids can. four nights a week she is turns her car into a taxi. >> do those kids have any idea you're driving a lyft after school? >> they do. somebody will say, oh, i want to go to ms. martin's and work on this. no, no, no. she has to go to work today. >> one teacher with four jobs is hardly unusual in this state. >> my oldest is a nani. she literally makes more money than i do. >> is that right? >>

nice to see you, andy. >> good morning, alisyn.n effort what the doctor called for on a mission in game 7 making his first seven shots. lebron had played every minute of the game until the end of the third quarter when he had to leave due to being exhausted. ate some orange slices and got back out there. finishing with 45 points in this one. cavs win 105-101 over the pacers. of after the game, lebron says he was flat-out worn out. >> i'm burnt right now. i want to go home. i'm tired. i want to go home. >> mariota helping to hype up the cloud. and taylor loon wielding a giant catfish. using the catfish as a beer luge. it is traditional to throw it out when they score. i know you're quite the fisherman. whenever you're out there on the water and you make a b catch and you celebrate by taking beer off the fish? >> i am pouring beer all over myself most of the time. you have to be a real fan to hold a dead fish waiting for an opportunity to throw it on the ice. it probably needs alcohol lubrication to muster the moxie. >> wonder what i

i was just talking to alisyn about it.e does things routinely we have not seen players do in terms of physical dominance over the field. >> i think you could take him on a court, chris. >> it was impressive, that's for the sure. the cavaliers have the momentum heading back to cleveland and they have some swagger thanks to lebron james. p he has taken the stress off of his teammates having to choose their pregame wardrobe. he's doing it for them. he had his suit guy design matching gray suits before friday's game, did it to show unity. didn't work. the cavs lost that game. he put his guy back to work for a brand new look. they wore matching black suits and looked good, played good enough to even the series. lebron, yes, came out hot, scoring 23 of his 32 points in the first half. the 100 time james notched 30 plus points in a playoff game. the only other player to do it was a guy named michael jordan. the cavs even the series at two games a piece at a 104-100 win. suit watch 2018 continues on wednesday night for game five i

>> i'm not -- you know, alisyn, that's a really good question. first lady doesn't speak at the podium. i noticed last night in the setup at the state dining room, i got a peek. the podium was there. typically it's the president who gives a toast and the french president will say something as well. the first lady, probably not. she has a day planned, an outing with the french first lady today. they'll visit a museum here in washington. i don't think she'll be making remarks, so to speak. i think we'll see her more today. we're certainly waiting to see what she wears tonight. >> for sure. >> and she'll have a big day in front of her. >> yes, it's always fun to watch what she and the first lady of france are wearing. kate bennett, thank you very much for that. >> thank you. >>> chris? >> the royal baby, fifth in line to the british throne, but no name. what are the leading contenders? we name names next. mom and dad got a new car... with the extra third row of seats. they think it's theirs. look at them, they have no idea! it's not theirs. it's mine

chris and alisyn, we are awaiting response from the white house. they said nothing will be off the table. the president holds a cabinet meeting around lunch and meets and has a briefing with senior military leadership later on today. >> all right. thank you very much. it's not unusual to get mixed messages from donald trump when it comes to this type of action. he's clearly been against it permanently. he was convinced otherwise once he became president. what will happen now? let's bring in cnn political analyst david gregory and david sanger. let's remind people why the situation seems to have changed on the ground. we rye to protect the audience. i'm not sure why. >> well, it is is very graphic, we should let you know. >> what you are going to see should disturb you. but it is real and the reality and the united states government has to decide what to do about it. here are some of the images of whatever was dropped on these civilians did to them. you will see people are lying lifeless. you will see it is nonconcussive which suggests a chemical ag

. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to your "new day". comey called the president a serial liar who is morally unfit and stains those around him. he said mr. trump may have obstructed justice by asking comey to let go of the michael cohen investigation. and he said it's possible the russians have is some leverage over mr. trump. >> the president sounding off. tweets all weekend long calling comey slippery, not smart, and a slime ball. the president's focus is split between insulting comey and dealing with a criminal investigation into his longtime personal lawyer michael cohen. in just hours, cohen is going to be in court for a hearing on the records taken by the fbi in searches last week. could the cohen case be a bigger threat to the president than the mueller probe? let's begin with kaitlan collins live at the white house >> reporter: chris, i'm not sure we have ever seen anything like what we saw last night. publicly attacking the sitting president who fired him a year ago. if there was any chance that this

>> reporter: good morning, alisyn. president trump spent the last two days with japanese prime minister shinzo abe. he's optimistic. he said if the meeting is not going well he may pull out while it is is underway. >> if i think that it's a meeting that is not going to be fruitful, we're not going to go. if the meeting when i'm there is not fruitful, i will respectfully leave the meeting. >> reporter: president trump giving enough insights into his planned meeting with north korean leader kim jong-un. mr. trump promising japanese prime minister shinzo abe he would work for the return of japanese nationals in the 70s and 80s. mr. trump used this news to push for mike pompeo to be confirmed as next secretary of state. but one prominent senator still opposes it. >> i will say this about rand paul, he's never let me down. >> reporter: cnn is learning new details about the confusion with plans to impose sanctions on russia. three senior administration officials tell cnn that president trump personally made the decision to a

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we discussed this a few weeks ago, alisyn. president trump definitely deserves much of the credit for the fact that his threats, which worried the whole world and worried all of us at the time that he did it, i think did break the ice here and probably so concerned kim jong-un that he felt he needed to do something. and the something he is trying to do is draw in the south so that president trump can't act against north korea while it seems to be engaged in a process with the south. so here's the big question. did come come to the conclusion. this is all part of kim's plan, or did he make it up as he went along, last year was all about nuclear and missile tests, until he demonstrated he has a capability that can probably reach the united states. and then he pivots very quickly, moves to to this peace accord or intimates that he is of the south before he has had to give up any part of that nuclear and muss ill complex. and that i think is going to be where it gets difficult the next week. americans are going to be saying nuclea

>> well, first of all, i want to say that i'm in the wilma camp with alisyn.t to make that clear. >> thank you for giving that the prominence it deserves, clapper. now back to the potential world war iii scenario. >> ever since russia started operate anything syria, this is a very confined space there particularly when you have a lot of airplanes flying around. so the potential for incident has been there for some time. so what we have now is -- and i would tell you that i believe the russians have the air defense capability employed in syria that they could be a threat. >> right. so they say we're going to shoot down missiles, not planes. that's a meaningful distinction. but as playful as we're being here when i say world war iii, god forbid. but the skin they're that needs examination, you do something as the u.s. with or without any of its allies to counter what assad has done. but then what is done in response to that military action. >> right. >> by russia and iran. that has to be part of the calculus, right? >> this is awe calculus, whatever the scenario

chris and alisyn, syria will certainly be the topic at the white house today. the president will hold a cabinet meeting and then he will be briefed and have dinner with senior military leadership. the security council called an emergency meeting on syria today. >> kaitlan, thank you very much. let's bring in cnn app lift david gregory and john kirby. let's start with a macro here about what's going on with syria. what we have seen in the past and what that suggests about what we will see now. >> presidencies are often defined by events not of your choosing. it couldn't be clearer than a bad actor like assad keep asserting himself on the world stage. the trump administration has been critical of the obama administration. john was part of that. can talk about the business of the red line that wasn't followed through on by president obama and the damage that had leftment the same calculation is here for president trump. he launched missiles before. didn't do a great deal of damage. is the president then prepared to step up to take assad out and to own the military

hi, ed. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. see behind me is one of those popular heavily used bridges. tens of thousands use it to connect from laredo, texas to mexico on the other side of the rio grand. these are communities very much used to these kind of debates swirling around their communities. and one of the things that donald trump mentioned yesterday in his order deploying the national guard and the idea of sending troops to the border was talking about the, quote, lawlessness of the border region. that is something that residents here really bristle at. they say they are some of the safest in terms of crime according to the national rate. that kind of talk is one of the things that bristles -- that many here bristle at. the idea on of sending troops down here to the border, not a very popular idea by any means. it is also something that residents around here in border towns like laredo have been used to. president bush deployed the national guard. president obama did as well. here in texas, for example, rick perry and

but i would say, alisyn, at this point it looks like president trump has a majority. kinds of tweets we saw after the lower court earlier ruling saying the so-called judge or that ruling was ridiculous. i have a feeling he would like this one. >> unwise for him to be tweeting right now about this. let's contrast what we just heard from a leta with justice kagan and the questions and points. she drew an analogy. let's listen to that. >> okay, great. >> let's say in some future time a president gets elected who is a viement anticipa pviement ant. what emerges is saying no one shall enter from israel. this is an out of the box kind of president in my hypothetical. >> what does that tell us, joan? >> she then transitioned ask and made it hypothetical about someone who might be anti-muslin. but the lawyer representing the government said in individual circumstances if people can demonstrate individual discrimination based on religion, they might have a claim. but he said specifically to elena kagan's question talking about an outright ban, if a candidate had said those kin

>> this is all about the veterans, alisyn. there's no question.ook, i feel strongly that we were making very significant progress. we had bipartisan support fixing the v.a., transforming it. we had improved wait times. we got 11 bills through congress. i don't know any other area that had so much progress. we were fixing the v.a. to many people it took their ability able to say we need to privatize the v.a. >> senator bernie sanders was on on yesterday and he said he thinks the v.a. will move in the direction of privatization. here he is. >> i would strongly suspect if you get rid of shulkin and put dr. jackson in, that is what his mission will be. i will do everything i can not to approve any nominee who is not going to strengthen the v.a. and who will oppose privatization. >> dr. shulkin, do you think that's the direction the v.a. will be moving in? >> i certainly hope not. i understand senator sanders concerns. look, we have bipartisan support, great leadership to make sure the v.a. is there for men and women who go off and protect our country.

alisyn. >> laura jarrett, thank you for that update.rump's first state dinner getting rave reviews. the first lady is getting all the credit. melania's big moment and her fashion sense next. what's going on here? i'm babysitting. that'll be $50 bucks. you said $30. it was $30 before the pizza-ordering fee and the dog-sitting fee. are those my heels? with t-mobile taxes and fees are already included, so you get fr unlimited lines for just $40 bucks each. ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma ♪that i'm a traveller ♪i'm gonna follow the sun♪ ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma ♪that i'm a traveller ♪i'm gonna follow the sun transitions™ light under control™ >>> first lady melania trump shines at the first state dinner. but all the buzz is about her fashion and her hat. kate, great to see you. let's start with the important stuff, the fashion. tell me about the first lady's dress. >> last night -- i thought she would wear a french designer and she ended up doing so. she wore chanel. this is a dress that maybe from the photographs didn't quite come through

. >>> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >>> good morning. welcome to your "new day." it's april 24th. all eyes on the high stakes meeting between the french and american presidents. macron is tryin to persuade him to stay in the nuclear deal with iran andnyria with troops on the ground. both men are going to cap the night with a state dinner planned by first lady melania trump. >> as for cabinet positions, cnn learning that the hearing for dr. ronnie jackson, the president's pick to head the v.a. will be postponed this week as lawmakers looking to allegations of improper conduct against him. we're following also the news of former president george h.w. bush. he's in intensive care this morning. he's being treated for an infection. we have it all covered. let's begin with abbey phillips. she's live at the white house. what do do we expected to? >> reporter: the preparations are well under way at the white house for a day of ceremony and pomp and circumstance, but the french president macron is here on a diplomatic mission to sure up his perso

if you watch the tweets, and the tweets are official policy, alisyn. you can see there was a response on easter sunday from a foreign minister in mexico pushing back on the fact that the president is suggesting that mexico was letting in all these droves of people and wasn't enforcing their lawyers. clearly someone got to trump and you've seen in the subsequent tweets he keeps praising their strong immigration laws. now what will be interesting is we know he wants to keep the focus on this topic. he wants to talk about the danger of the caravan, the statement about bringing the national guard to the border. talks about a drastic surge. the surge numbers are real. this is the time of the year where they do increase. but once he takes credit for convincing the mexican government to mid gate the threat of the caravan and reduce the number of people coming, will there be a need for the national guard? it will be interesting to see how he keeps the political focus on this topic, which he's very keen on doing, while he discusses what a real crisis we have at

>> good morning, alisyn.esident trump is talking to our nato allies, france and great britain. nikki haley is trying to work a u.n. resolution. that's a good thing. i realize russia is always going to block those. we need to verify exactly what happened here. who, as best we can determine caused this. reports that the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons talking about letting them in. are they going to give full access? i doubt it. probably the best way to handle this at this point in time is moving its military assets around. rather than a military strike, let's find out what happened. let's really expose for the public the multiple chemical attacks. and really start fingering assad and putting pressure on russia with their complicity at propping up this heinous regime. >> senator, that is quite different than what the tweet says. >> i understand. >> are you comfortable with the tone and style of that tweet when it comes to bombs and war? >> i'm not a real fan of the tweeting process here. i

alisyn?leyla, it is so helpful to have you on the ground there telling us exactly what's happening. thank you for all of your reporting. let's bring in republican congressman mo brooks of alabama, a member of the house freedom caucus and serves on the house services and foreign affairs committee. good morning. >> good morning. >> i want to read the statement you put out about this caravan and about the president's idea to send national guard troops to the border. here is your statement. i fully support president trump's use of our military to secure the border against invasion by foreign nationals. recent highly publicized cara n caravans of thousands heading to our borders. it's past time for congress to reform laws that entice foreign nationals to illegally invade america. congressman, why are you using the word invasion and illegal invasion there? >> because that's the word that applies. if you go to webster's dictionary, it absolutely fits that definition. >> but isn't this the process fo

>> reporter: well, good morning, alisyn.es comey's book officially is released today, but this war of words between him and the president has been going on for some days. the president spent the weekend tweeting angrily about comey's book and comey in a series of interviews explains why he believes the president is a liar. but in one of those tweets from president trump, he actually suggested jail time for the former fbi director. here is what james comey said in response to that in a recent npr interview he said -- the president of the united states just tweeted that private citizens should be jailed. and i think the reaction most of us had was, man, it's another one of those things. this is not normal. this is not okay. there's a danger that we become numb to it and we stop noticing the threats to our norms. so comey is ratcheting up the criticism of the president, even as this book tour really is just starting to kick off. meanwhile, the white house has said that james comey has lost all credibility and that they find it

>> reporter: well, good morning, alisyn. this book is already exploding onto the scene days before it's even published and we're learning from james comey his interpretation of his interactions with president trump, starting with that meeting in trump tower about the unverified dossier that they wanted to bring to the president's attention and alleged russian election interference. here's what james comey said in an interview with abc about that interaction with president trump. listen. >> president-elect trump's first question was to confirm that it had no impact on the election. and then the conversation to my surprise moved into a pr conversation about how the trump team would position this and what they could say about this. they actually started talking about drafting a press release with us still sitting there. and the reason that was so striking to me is that's just not done, that the intelligence community does intelligence, the white house does pr and spin. >> you also said you were struck by what they didn't ask. >

. >> this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and chris cuomo. >> chris is off this morning. david gregory joins me. >> still bleary eyed. you do this every day? >> every day. president trump amping up the rhetoric, now atlantaing china with an additional $100 billion in tariffs. beijing is vowing to fight the u.s. at any cost. we will discuss who has more to lose in this escalating feud. >> the white house facing an ethics scandal involveing the president's cabinet. officials at epa were demoted or sidelined after being questioned about scott pruitt's spending. >>> because there wasn't enough going on, president trump is breaking his silence on stormy daniels. now it could have legalism indications. the president said he did not know about the $130,000 hush payment to the porn star made by his personal attorney, michael cohen. >>> and president trump tosses out the script, feeding his base plenty of red meat, resurrecting some of his fact-free hits and debunked claims. live in beijing with our top story is ivan watson. ivan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's ri

alisyn and david. >> thank you, abby, very much for all the reporting from the white house. let's bring in errol lewis and john avlon. border crossings for the month of march up 37%. here are the incomes. they're interesting. look specifically at what has happened in march through the years. you can see in 2017 there was an outlier year, which was quite low. 16,000. 2018, it goes up to 50,000 border crossings. the president has a predicate for sending troops to the border. he can just look at these numbers. he can reveal these. that may not have been his motivation. but other presidents have done this. so how significant? >> i think it's is significant politically more so than operationally. i don't think we're going to look at the next round of numbers and see it drop down to 16, 14, 13, or anything ike that. and it's not intended to. this is what i would call security theater. it's akin to what you see at the airports. they make you take off your shoes, hop on one foot, to make you feel some effort is being made to secure the nation. we know from the experts that's not wha

so, even something as common sense of, well, alisyn, they're looking at you, too. you can't do anything about this. you're conflicted out. it doesn't work that way. however, there is a check on that politically. he has been warned before by people in his party don't move on mueller. one, it doesn't make sense from you strategically. you want this probe to play out. you want to be exonerated and then all the questions are dead. this is better for you. leave it alone. but also if he were to move on mueller and go after the new york -- the assistant u.s. attorney in the southern district about this, he could expose himself to very more aggressive efforts to impeach him. >> he could and senator lindsey graham, republican of south carolina says if he fires mueller it will be the beginning of the end of his presidency. but members of congress have been convinced not to try to come up with a way of shielding mueller. there were bills. they had a bipartisan bill. for a long time they were assured by the president's lawyers he's not going to take this action therefore this

alisyn is off. i'm fortunate to have erica hill here because we have a lot of news. 15 pages of redacted notes written by the fired fbi director after seven different interactions he had with president trump and mr. trump's attempts to influence the russia investigation. comey writing the president expressed, quote, serious reservations about the judgment of michael flynn. and salacious claims that vladimir putin bragged to trump about russian hookers. the kremlin just put out a statement denying that putin ever told trump anything like that. >>> and rudy giuliani is joining the trump's expanding legal team. a bombshell report looks back at donald trump allegedly lying about his wealth to get on the forbes 400 list while posing as his own vp of finance, john barron. there is a lot to cover this morning, to put it mildly. let's begin with cnn's abby phillip live in west palm beach, florida. abby, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. president trump is claiming he's vindicated by these memo

>> alisyn, i think it's going to be a close vote.ator paul doesn't look like he will support him. i didn't see director pompeo winning over democratic votes is yesterday when he refused to condemn the president's attacks on robert mueller's investigation, when he wouldn't answer these questions about the president's authorization to launch military strikes. stay tuned. i think it will be a very close vote. i haven't made up my mind. i wasn't given much confidence by what i heard yesterday. >> that's interesting. given that you seem inclined to disagree with his world view about syria, why are you considering voting for him? >> well, so i don't know that i'm considering voting for him. i would say i'm leaning against. but i will say this. i think mike pompeo understands the power of the state department. he has a reputation as a hawk. i actually do believe he is going to restore morale to that department. he may try to push out the boundaries of diplomatic power in some places. i'm going to think about his testimony. i think in some w

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>> reporter: hi, alisyn. this seems like a major escalation and that standoff between president trump and vladimir putin over the syria conflict in the wake of that alleged gas attack that happened here on saturday. the president also following up with a second tweet saying, quote, a relationship with russia is worst now than it's ever been and that includes the cold war. there's no reason for this. he goes on. russia needs us to help with their economy. something that would be very easy to do and we need all nations to work together. stop the arms race he says. some very strong words. as you've noted the russians have fired back at the u.s. the russian foreign ministry putting out a facebook post saying that america should aim its missiles at terrorist rather than what it calls the legitimate government of syria, meaning the assad government and russia is also not only saying they'd shoot down u.s. missiles but also saying they would shoot down or shoot at the base where's those missiles were fired from. of

. >> four hours of alisyn and chris. >>> morally unfit to be president. >> this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. >> you think the russians have something on donald trump? >> i think it is possible. >> former director comey has a god complex. >> i found him to be credible. >>> michael cohen heads to court hours from hnow. >> she wants to make sure she is behind efforts to bring to light as much information and documents as much as possible. >>> i think it is impossible to say at this point the mission has been accomplished. >> i think the strikes were proportional and justified. >> we want to send a strong message they need to stop the chemical weapons program. >>> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> welcome to "new day." here is our starting line. fired fbi director james comey speaking out in the no holds barred interview calling donald trump morally iunfit to be president. comey says the president may have obstructed justice by asking him to let go of the michael flynn investigation. he is vulnerable to blackmail by russia. comey talks abou

john, jim, and alisyn. >> thank you very much for all of of that interesting reporting. we will get to that right now. joining us is brian karen and jeffrey toobin. great to see all of you guys. john avlon, let's start with china retaliating. here's the graphic. 128 u.s. products. 120 involve fruits, nuts, wine, steel products, pork products, recycled aluminum. what do we think is going to happen now? >> it's a step to the trade war. what is interesting to me is pork on 25%. that is a pitch back to iowa. and the khaochinese ambassador, governor of iowa. that is targeted to eye eye, designed to inflict pain on the ambassador. worse can come. this is only $3 billion. it is not even approaching what the u.s. has done. so watch for escalation. >> so what determines whether there's escalation or not? >> whether china does another round. >> that's the only thing? i don't know. i'm just asking. >> cnn is reporting this is about the first round of aluminum tariffs. the second round, if china decides to match that, then we have more problems. >> china plays trump interestingly. t

. >> this is "new day" with chris kco como and alisyn camerota. here's our starting line. we have new details about the fbi raids on president trump's personal lawyer michael cohen. investigators were looking for communications between cohen and donald trump related to the infamous acce"access hollywood" tape. and president trump's ousted former chief strategist steve bannon is reportedly pushing a plan to fire rod rosenstein. the man overseeing the russia investigation. . . "washington post" reports bannon wants the white house to stop cooperating with mueller's team. at the same time, a senate pan has a bipartisan bill to protect mueller. >> right now sewer syria's ruler assad is addressing the public, saying that any military move on that country would destabilize the entire region. russia is putting out a message dialing back the heated rhetoric overseer ya. the decon friction line is being used by both sides. will president trump make good on his tweet? mike pompeo will be in the hot seat on capitol hill. in hours, senators will begin the confirmation process. they wi

alisyn is off. erica hill joins me. and i will need your help this morning. >> a lot going on on. >> news falling on top of us. our starting line has changed just as we go on air. we know what was in the memos that fired director comey wrote about his interactions with president trump. cnn obtaining 15 pages of partially redacted notes with details on how he tried to influence the, panned russia investigation. he said the president had, quote, serious reservations about the judgment of his now fired national security adviser michael flynn and salacious claims that vladimir putin bragged to the president about russian hookers. the kremlin just put out a statement denying that putin ever said anything like that to trump. >>> now, another headline. former mayor rudy giuliani is back in the game, joining president trump's expanded legal team. giuliani tells cnn his focus will be on interfacing with special counsel robert mueller with the goal of bringing the russia investigation to an end. >>> deputy attorney general rod ro

. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is your "new day". it is monday, april 16th, 6:00 here in new york city. so fired fbi director james comey unloaded on president trump. the president who fired him. now in a new interview, comey said donald trump is morally unfit to be president and a, quote, stain on those around him. comey suggests president trump may have obstructed justice when he asked him to let go of the michael flynn investigation and comey suggests that it is possible that russians have dirt on trump and that can be used as leverage. >> so the president launched a preemptive twitter a attack calling him slippery, not smart, and for the second time, a slime ball. the president's focus split between comey and his long time personal lawyer michael cohen. cohen will be in court today for a hearing in last week's records search. some say that could be a bigger legal threat than the mueller probe. kaitlan collins is live at the white house. anot

the details were so harrowing. >> reporter: absolutely, alisyn.s here at philadelphia airport have resumed. the ntsb have already found out one of the fan blades on that damaged engine was missing. they're also seeing early signs of metal fatigue where that blade was attached. and a weakening of material after repeated stress. it seems to be investigators are slowly getting closer to saying definitively what went wrong. >> all of a sudden, we just heard this loud bang, rattling, and felt like one of the engines went out, the oxygen masks dropped. >> reporter: a terrifying scene on this flight from laguardia to dallas when passengers heard the engine explode midair 20 minutes after takeoff, part of the left engine breaks apart, damaging the fuselage and damaging this window, partially sucking the woman out of the plane. >> the injured passengers, okay. >> no, fire, no fire, but part of it's missing. they said there's a hole and someone went out. >> reporter: passengers desperately trying to pull jennifer, the wells fargo executive, back in. >> pass

. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning. welcome to your "new day". we're following two major stories this morning. president trump confirming a top secret meeting between cia director mike pompeo and north korean dictator kim jong-un. pompeo comes ahead of this meeting. president trump expected to meet with kim as well. the president said it could happen in a month or two. mike pompeo's nomination for secretary of state is facing some serious headwinds. will this make a difference? >> is and we are remembering former first lady barbara bush who died at the age of 92 last night. in her honor, flags across the country are at half-staff. mrs. bush was matriarch of one of the biggest political dynasties and the second woman in u.s. history to have a husband and son elected president. she is being remembered for her quick wit, sharp tongue. live in west palm beach. what is the latest, abby? >> reporter: well, good morning, al sip. just yesterday the white house refused to confirm this reporting that mike pompeo had gone to north

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. >>> announcer: this is "new day" with krs and alisyn camerota. >> good morning, everyone. president trump lashing out on twitter this morning after the fbi raided the office and hotel room of his personal attorney michael cohen. attorney-client privilege is dped. cnn is learned that the fed seized bank records and communications between the president and mr. cohen and took with them records related to stormy daniels. >> all of this comes as president trump is now vowing a forceful response to syria's apparent chemical weapon attack. how soon could we see military action? it seems sooner than before these recent events with president trump's attorney. that's why congress must do its job. will they once again punt on their war duties? let's begin with cnn's abby phillip live at the white house. >> reporter: good morning, chris. it was supposed to be a photo op about the u.s.'s response to a chemical weapons attack in syria but it ended up being a venting session for president trump who laid into the special counsel robert mueller after news of the fbi had raided his lawyers'

. >>> announcer: this is "new day" with krrs and alisyn camerota. >>> good morning, everyone. it is monday april second, 8:00 in the east. chris is off and gym scuitto and john avalon join me. we have breaking news. president trump, tweeting a deal to protect dreamers is dead. the daca deal. the president putting the blame on democrats saying the party did not quote act or care. the president also pushing his border wall in response to a fax news report referring to a caravan of migrants heading towards the u.s. from central america. this morning, cnn has new reporting about what's fueling the president's hard line on immigration. >> and this morning former veterans affair secretary david shulkin telling "new day" moments ago that he was, in fact, fired by the president over twitter. the white house still insisting, though, that he resigned somehow setting up a fight over his interim successor. we'll have it all covered. let's begin with kaitlan collins live at the white house this morning with our top story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as the president is in ther

the only difference between you and i, alisyn and those dreamers is a piece of paper.dream in english. they wake up every morning trying to make america a better place. they're doctors, nurses, members of our armed forces. they're fighting for democracy in our nation. what is more american that that? to categorize them as illegally think is a bad term to use. i think they're just folks that don't have their documentation and they should be given a shot. >> congressman, thank you for joining. >> thank you. >> coming up, a new book claims a trump confidant you've seen on "new day" is the number one leaker at the white house. what's the proof? we'll ask him next. ith botox®. what if you had fewer headaches and... migraines a month? botox® prevents headaches and migraines before they even star. botox® is for adults with chronic migraine, 15 or more headache days a month,... each lasting 4 hours or more. botox® injections take about 15 minutes in your doctor's office and are covered by most insurance. effects of botox® may spread... hours to weeks after injection... causing