like breaking a big story, winning a pulitzer, cancelling dinner with wolf blitzer at the last minutehe dream for any journalist is landing an interview with the president. and that's something that right now, fox news is indisputably the best at, with nearly four times as many presidential interviews as all the other big tv news organizations combined. so how did the men and women of fox score so many sit-downs with the potus? i've studied every interview and it comes down to a few basic rules. what the--get the [bleep] out of my shot! get out! as a journalist, you might think your job is to hold the president accountable, but this isn't "the post," and you're not tom hanks. unless you are tom hanks, in which case, hey, big fan. the point is, if you want the president to let you ask questions, you've gotta take a softer approach. - the media--pretty vicious. not just to you but to your family. how do you process that? - are you getting the credit for this economic revival? - how frustrating is it to have former president obama there, out there leading the resistance? - you're one of

i'm wolf blitzer.'re in t"the situation room." >>> we're following head spinning twists and turns of the on again, off again summit of the world's most unpredictable leaders. we're getting word they just might be able to pull off a june 12th meeting in singapore. the president having second thoughts

>>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> president trump's attorney rudy giuliani puts new pressure on the special counsel saying just now that if robert mueller doesn't wrap up his investigation by the end of the summer, he'll basically be meddling in the fall midterm elections. a speaker woman of the homeland security committee, and our correspondents and specialists are standing by with more coverage. let's get to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. rudy giuliani just came out, seemed to put the squeeze on the special counsel, robert mueller. tell our viewers what rudy giuliani is now saying. >> reporter: that's right. the president's outside attorney rudy giuliani was inside the white house today talking to reporters on the south lawn after a different event wrapped up here over at the white house. he talked to reporters about what is going on inside the president's legal team, what their thinking is on a variety of subjects. one of the subjects that came up that a reporter a

now i turn you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." thanks so much for watching. >>> happening now, breaking news, walking away. president trump follows through on his pledge to walk away from the iran nuclear deal and announces the u.s. will renew the sanctions. will iran now renew the nuclear program. >>> pompeo in pyongyang. mike pompeo has gone to north korea to prepare for a summit with kim jong-un. could he set the stage by bringing home american detainees. >>> and irritated. sources say president trump has grown irritated and frustrated over the negative coverage generated by his new lawyer rudy giuliani. could rudy giuliani's brash comments on the russia probe get him and the president in hot water? >>> and scandal and resignation. the new york powerful state attorney general resigns hours after a shocking article in the new yorker in which four women accused him of violent abuse. i'll speak with ronin farrow. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room". >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news. preside

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i'm wolf blitzer.oom. >>> we're following breaking news in the russia investigation. the special counsel's office asking the court tonight to wait two more months before going forward with sentencing for the president's fired national security advisor, michael flynn. this as the president and the white house are clamming up about a detailed list of dozens of questions that robert

i turn you to over wolf blitzer in "the situation room.." >>> happening now. breaking news. has trump suggests the fbi planted spies in his campaign and he won't say if he has confidence in rod rosenstein who supervised the russia probe and how the justice department will brief on highly classified information with no democrats invited. defending a dictator. the president casting a doubt on the summit with kim jong-un but if the talks take place and kim cuts a deal, he'll make sure the north korean dictator is safe and happy. >>> doubting intelligence. in an extraordinary exchange with cnn, the homeland security secretary said she was not aware of the u.s. intelligence finding that russia meddled in the election with the goal of helping donald trump. >>> and rivers of lava. the volcano on huh wau big island erupts again. live pictures as it spews out gas and lava posing a serious threat to a power plant. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news. while president trump hammers away with his unproven claim th

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." breaking news, a new financial disclosure confirming he repaid his lawyer michael cohen who paid porn star stormy daniels to keep silent about the affair she claims. we'll talk about that and much more with senator richard

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the "situation room." >>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news, president trump bypasses the justice department and pardons dsd'souz and may pardon martha stewart and former illinois governor, rob blagojevich in prison for corruption. our correspondents are standing by with full coverage. let's get to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. he profiles a conservative and more may be on the way. what is behind the latest move? >> reporter: a new episode of president trump's white house version of "the apprentice." this time the presidential pardon edition. he is pardoning a darling to the far right, d s'souza and seem detached from reality. >> we are going dallas. we are going to houston. we are going to have a little fun today. >> reporter: president trump left washington for texas, sounded like he was contemplated a reality tv catch phrase, not you are fired, but you are pardoned. he started for a far right commentator, d'souza, accused of violati

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." now. >>> "outfront" next, breaking news, first lady melania trump hospitalized. t >>> plus, top republicans say the white house needs to apologize for an aide's cruel joke about john mccain. why is there still no apology? >>> and is the vice president going for a power grab? let's go "outfront." good evening, i'm erin burnett and "outfront" tonight, the breaking news. first lady melania trump hospitalized after undergoing a kidney procedure. her huds the president, expected to return to the white house any

wolf blitzer starts right now. >>> i'm engine sciutto in for wolf blitzer.h for joining us. >>> he'll get his fact straight. president trump seemingly throwing his new lawyer right under the bus and claiming he has not changed his story on that payoff to stormy daniels. >>> nobody wants to speak to the special counsel more than me. the president saying he is game to talk to robert mueller, but only, he says, if he's treated fairly. >>> and the date and location are now set. trump says the high stakes summit with kim jong-un is in the books, teasing that details are imminent. >>> trump expected to speak this hour at the annual nra convention in dallas. he's called for new gun safety measures in the wake of a shooting in parkland, florida. we haven't heard so much about that lately. we'll see where that ends up today. before

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> breaking news. a sudden and stunning response to shockingly crude and racist tweets. abc has cancelled the huge hit show "roseanne" after the star roseanne compared a former obama facial to an ape. that comes as president trump pushes the bounds of decency and democratic norms with his latest twitter rantsludinc new conspiracy claims aimed at undermining the entire russia investigation. we're standing by for a trump rally. i'll speak with the house judiciary committee and our correspondents and specialists are standing by with full coverage. let's begin with the breaking news. abc ka abc cancels its biggest show after a tweet by it biggest star. take us through the stunning chain of events. >> reporter: hollywood has never seen a day like this before in its history. so cancel the number one show because of a racist twitter rant is something that's turning heads in hollywood. and here is what started it all. this tweet from roseanne barr, one of severa

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wolf blitzer starts right now. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington, 6:00 p.m. in london. 8: 8:00 p.m. in moscow. wherever you're watching from around the world, thank you very much for joining us. >>> president trump defiance. rudy giuliani saying president trump may plead the fifth and not comply with any issue of the investigation. gina haspel not only offering to withdraw her nomination, but coming up with a backup plan if gina haspel falters this week. >>> the iran nuclear deal in the coming days. newly reported accusations that trump aides hired private israeli spies to look into obama officials in efforts to undermine the deal. all that coming up, but first, president trump came out swinging today against the russia investigation and the special counsel robert mueller. with the deadline this week to decide on the iran nuclear deal and the upcoming summit with north korea, the president instead seems focused right now on attacking investigators, tweeting this: the russia witch hunt is rapidly losing credibility. house intellig

i'm wolf blitzer. you're many t you're in "the situation room." >>> cnn has just learned that preparations are under way for the proposed summit between president trump and the north korean dictator kim jong-un to take place in singapore. our correspondents and specialists are standing by. let's go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acoaco. >> reporter: preparations are being made for this upcoming high stakes summit to take place in singapore. you heard the president earlier today rule out the demilitarized zone that separates south korea. it appears the administration is preparing a summit location of singapore for this meeting between president trump and kim jong-un. no date is pet. president trump being president trump, the final details can change. just as president trump is trying to deescalate tensions. that expecting to happen overnight. he's ramping up the rhetoric of iran. closing in on what may be the biggest tv reality moment of his life, he's nailing down plans with kim jong-un. >

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking tonight, the white house says there's new high level action responding to the president's latest fixation, unproven claims that a secret fbi may have tried to infiltrate his 2016 campaign. the president holding a late meeting with top justice, fbi and intelligence officials amid fears of a potential constitutional crisis. mr. trump demanding they look into this. i'll get reaction from retired general michael hayden and house judiciary member ted lieu. let's go to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. how is the white house handling this tonight? >> reporter: the president demanded and it sounds like he's getting what he wants. a wrapped up a meeting with deputy attorney general rod rosenstein who called for an investigation into mr. trump's unproven allegation that he was spied up during the 2016 claim. the justice department has agreed to expand the investigation. and they'll set up a meeting to review highly classified informati

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. new york's top law enforcement official accuses trump of using pardon power to thwart justice rather than advance it. issuing another pardon to a conservative author and filmmaker, and floating the pablt that he will pardon other high profile convicted felons, including martha stewart. i will get reaction from the houd judiciary committee ted lieu. and correspondents and analysts are standing by. let's go to jim acosta. the president has shown he is granting pardons early and to do so often. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. a white house official talked to reporters in texas with the president traveling there, saying no, the president is not just considering celebrities for presidential pardons but sure seemed that way today. seemed like a new episode of president trump's white house version of the apprentice. this time the presidential pardon edition. the president not only announced he is pardoning darling of the far right, but he added he is considering leniency for two former star

wolf blitzer is on assignment. i'm jim acosta. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> and we are following breaking news. new fallout in a blistering critique of rudy giuliani's first interview as the trump's new lawyer. a source used an expletive to see how the legal team reviewed his performance and even as the president and rudy giuliani try to walk back the bombshell statements about the stormy daniels case. and the president's lawyers and robert mueller are making a final push toward a decision on an interview with the special counsel office. the president spoke about the russia investigation a short time ago right here on cnn and the speech to the nra saying, quote, i love fighting these battles. we'll talk about all of that, the breaking news and more with congressman jared konlt -- jared connelly and our reporters and experts are standing by. >>> but first to the white house and pamela brown. shock waves from rudy giuliani's remarks are still being felt over there. shock waves and i gue

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> breaking news tonight, the "new york times" is reporting that the homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen told colleagues she was close to resigning wednesday after president trump berated her during a cab nate meeting. also, stormy daniels lawyer michael avenatti joins me live this hour and our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first, let's go to kaitlan collins with more on the breaking news. what are you finding out? >> to set the scene, there was a cabinet meeting focused explicitly on immigration at the white house yesterday. of course at the beginning of the meeting they let the reporters come in with the cameras, the president speaks, we heard from the president yesterday some comments on north korea and what not. not a ton on immigration, just some. but things got interesting, apparently, when the cameras left the room. the "new york times" first reported this but cnn has confirmed that the president and homeland security secre

. ♪ >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington, 6:00 p.m. in london, 8:00 p.m.n moscow. from wherever you're watching around the world, thank you very much for joining us. >>> he's called him everything from beleaguered to mr. ma go. now president trump says he wishes he didn't pick jeff sessions to become the attorney general, as we learn of an explosive request by the president. >>> plus, a republican congressman blows up the president's conspiracy theory that an fbi spy infiltrated his campaign. why trey gowdy now says that claim is bogus. plus, canceled but not quiet. roseanne barr blaming her racist twits on amambien. and now the president has responded. >>> but first, we're following new developments involving recusal, regret, and the russia investigation. president trump's battle with the attorney general jeff sessions is under scrutiny by the special counsel robert mueller and his investigators. according to "the new york times," mueller's team is looking into a march 2017 meeting between sessions and the president at his mar-a-lago resort in florida. th

john, kushner's attorney was on with wolfe blitzer today.ion. listen to this. >> we basically followed their lead and the topics were what were the appropriate topics. you foe that they're being thorough looking at the campaign, and by campaign the issue they're investigating is there's something called clug, -- collusion whatever that means to people. they're looking to see if there was some sort of undue influence put on, particularly russia. that i have been looking at post-inauguration issues, firing of james comey. >> so if saying mueller was asking the appropriate question this wouldn't be witch hunt then. >> it sounds like he's being very candid and he would be in a position to know exactly what those questions were. so, no, this will not bolster the witch hunt argument at all. >> after the president's former attorney john dowd quit, mueller he called it terrific. he told the national law review people trusted each other, there were no misunderstanding. it was all conspiracy peddling that we're seeing right now. part of trump and giul

wolf blitzer.atching from around the world, thank you very much for joining us. up first, president trump pays tribute to the country's fallen heroes on this memorial day. even as he honors their sacrifices, he is stepping up his attacks on the russia investigation. at arlington national cemetery, the president laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. today's solemn ceremony came in the middle of a tweet storm by the president railing against the russia probe. over the weekend, he returned to a familiar refrain, tweeting, "this whole russia probe is rigged. just an excuse as to why the dems and crooked hillary lost the election, and states that haven't been lost in decades. 13 angry democrats and all dems if you include the people who worked for obama for eight years, #spygate and harbor harb -- and #conflictsofinterest." he tweeted about the russia probe in the middle of tweeting about memorial day and honoring the fallen. give us the latest here. >> reporter: that's right. the president

>>> wolf blitzer is off today. you're in "the situation room." >>> the white house bombarded with questions of the bombshell interview of rudy giuliani, the newest member of president trump's legal team, press secretary sanders was just forced to defend false statements she and the president made about hush money paid to porn star stormy daniels. rudy giuliani blindsided the white house revealing what the president knew about the deal and that the former new york mayor linked it to the 2016 election. the white house now saying that mr. trump eventually learned of the payment to daniels. we're going to talk about that more with congressman of the armed services committee and reporters and experts are also standing by for us. first let's go to the white house and cnn chief correspondent jim acosta. jim, it is evident today they're facing a credibility crisis. >> reporter: absolutely. the white house was back on the heels today with officials insisting they were unaware that the president reimbursed michael cohen for

wolf blitzer starts right now. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. washington, 6:00 p.m. in london. 8: 8:00 p.m. in moscow. wherever you're watching from around the world, thank you very much for joining us. >>> president trump defiance. rudy giuliani saying president trump may plead the fifth and not comply with any

i turn you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." thanks for watching. >>> happening now, breaking news. showdown with justice. the president meets with the fbi chief and deputy attorney general who oversees the russia probe after demanding an investigation into claims the justice department spied on his 20 # 16 presidential campaign. did they give into his demands? >>> political petition. the president 2020 campaign, yes he never stopped campaigning, sends out an e-mail in his name asking for signatures to back his call for an investigation. is the president turning his legal battle into a political fight? >>> another secret meeting. a new report revealed donald trump jr. had a secret meeting with two arab princes and an israeli social media expert offered to help his father. >>> and cramming for the summit. north korean study up on president trump, reading his art of the deal as well as a book about him before his meeting with kim jong-un. but the president may be getting cold feet about the summit. is he worried it could turn into

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." mpb >>> breaking news, a new financial disclosure confirming he repaid his lawyer michael cohen who paid porn star stormy daniels to keep silent about the affair she claims. we'll talk about that and much more with senator richard bloombloo bloom bloomenthal. our correspondents and analysts are all standing by. ncht first, let's go our senior white house correspondent with the very latest. >> reporter: it's another chapter in this ongoing saga over stormy daniels. for months the white house insisted they did not. the president insisted he did not a couple months ago. his new lawyer said he did. it became official on page 42 of a 95 page report, the president did reimburse michael cohen for that payment. president trump not answering questions tonight. >> mr. president, why didn't -- >> let's go. >> reporter: conceding for the first time in a financial disclosure report he repaid more than $100,000 to his personal lawyer michael cohen for expenses occurred during the to 16 campaign. >>

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i turn you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." thanks for watching. >>> happening now, breaking news. first lady hospital issized and -- hospitalize and will remain in the hospital through the week. the president is heading over there. >>> saving chinese jobs, president trump wants to make china great again and pressing the lift of a crippling u.s. sanctions on a chinese firm which violated trade restrictions on north korea and iran. why is the president so eager to save chinese >>> and embassy anger. the u.s. opens the embassy in jerusalem making good on the president's campaign pledge but the move spurs violent protests at the gaza border where israeli troops open fire on rioters killing dozens of people and sparking an international outcry. >>> and chairman kim. the trump administration changes the approach to kim jong-un, the dictator once called little rocket man by president trump is now being referred to as chairman kim. is the u.s. prepared to shore up his brutal regime? >>> i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation ro

. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. it is 1:00 p.m. in washington, 6:00 p.m. in london. wherever you are watching, thanks for on joining us. kim jung-un's former top spy the one suspected of masterminding the sony hack is coming to america as talks over president's summit heat up. the president meanwhile floating another conspiracy theory without evidence, without explanation. why he says robert mueller is meddling in the midterm elections. is the president's strategy working. and ivanka trump firing back at new ethics questions over china's granting her businesses new trademarks despite the economic standoff between the two countries. all that coming up, but let's begin with president trump's latest conspiracy theory designed to undermine the russia investigation. this morning president trump tweeted this, the 13 angry democrats plus people who worked eight years for obama working on the rigged russia witch hunt will be meddling with the midterm elections especially now that republicans stay tough are taking the lead in polls. no collusion except by the democrats. that

. >>> hello i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. in washington. 2:00 a.m. saturday in pyeongchang. wherever you are watching from around the world, thanks for joining us. everybody plays games, prumtd saying cancelled summit with north korea kim jong-un may still happen. why north korea response is surprising many experts. plus, the president's conspiracy theory that the fbi planted a spy in his campaign blows up. why even some republicans briefed 0en this classified information are dismissing it. >>> and he was once one of hollywood's power powerful man. today harvey weinstein in handcuffs and charged with rape. see what happened inside the court. >>> up first, though, homding out hope for a summit with north korea. president trump says it could still happen. >> we'll see what happens. we are talking to them now. it was a very nice statement they put out. we'll see what happens. we'll see what happens. it could even be the 12th. we are talking to them now. they very much want to do it. we'd like to do it. we'll see what happens. >>> in the statement, the president refers to north

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room."rnett "outfront" starts right now. >> "outfront" next, trapped with a little help from his friends. peddling a conspiracy theory aim ed at destroying the special counsel's crede bability. is it working? and jared cukushner sitting dow can bob mueller for a second. we have new details and the homeland security secretary taking her loyalty to trump to a whole new level. let's go "outfront." and good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, trump and friends. together unleashing a coordinated assault on the justice department, pushing trump's theory that the fbi planted spies in his campaign. now they've provided no evidence to support the claim.

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room.""outfront" starts right now. >> "outfront" next, breaking news. north korea threatening to cancel the trump kim summit. the white house caught off guard. plus, wimping out. republicans say they're unhappy with trump about his treatment of john mccain and his tweets about saving jobs at chinese phone company. so why didn't any of them say it to his face today? and as the president rails against media, there's one anchor who is getting unprecedented access and his name is not sean hannity. let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett. tonight, the breaking news. a bombshell noum catching the white house off guard. north korea taking

i turn you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." thanks so much for watching. see you tomorrow. >>> happening now, breaking news. scudling the summit -- the u.s. blindsided as north korea threatens to pull the plug on president trump's summit with kim jong-un and pulls out of high level talks with south korea. what is behind the sudden move? >>> cell phone sweep. a cnn exclusive. as press trump lashes out at leakers, security teams sweep the west wing of the white house to make sure officials have locked up their personal cell phones. >>> flynn forward. he's yet to be sentenced but even after the guilty plea in the russia probe, michael flynn is promoting protrump candidates in the forward to a new book. >>> and aisle be there -- meghan markle's mind changes his mind about whether he will walk his daughter down the aisle and the latest scandal over paparazzi pictures. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news. north korea threatening to torpedo the planned summit between trump and kim jong-un

. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington, 7:00 p.m. in tehran. wherever you're watching, thanks for joining us. >>> the world holds its breath as the president gets ready to decide the fate of the iran nuclear deal, a decision that will have a ripple effect from everything to iranian relationships to gas prices. >>> he was a champion of the me too movement for now, new york state's attorney jena bankrupting resigning after allegations from four women. >>> also just in, cnn reporting on the embattled epa chief. why president trump may now be entertaining the idea of firing scott pruitt. stand by, we have new information. but let's begin with the biggest foreign policy decision of the trump presidency so far. about an hour from now, the president announces whether the united states will pull out of the iran nuclear deal. sources say he's expected to announce that he will reinstate sanctions against iran. that would be the first step toward withdrawing from the agreement. but those sources also caution that nothing is final until the announcement by

news right now. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. we start with our breaking news. it's happened once again right here in the united states. multiple fatalities after a shooting at a high school in texas and now fears from police as they say they have found several explosive devices both at the school and in the area. the shooting happened at santa fe high school in santa fe, texas. that's just outside ho

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

i turn you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." thanks for watching. >>> happening now, breaking news. denying knowledge. rudy giuliani denies that president trump knew anything about michael cohen's efforts to sell access to the president. and giuliani's now foormer law firm sharply reject it is defense of hush money payments. >>> ready to meet. president trump's welcomes home former prisoners and announces a place and date for summit and heading to a campaign rally srks the president celebrating too soon? >>> making contact. stormy daniels' lawyer says after the raid cohen contacted the former lawyer. what was he looking for? >>> and firing missiles. hours after president trump withdraws from the iran nuclear deal, iranian forces attack israeli positions and israel unleashes punishing strikes in syria. are they headed toward war? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news. rudy giuliani stirs up more controversy telling cnn that president trump was not aware that the -- his private attorney michael cohen

i am wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> president trump trying to tempt kim jong-un to keep the summit meeting, the summit date with the north korean leader before it is cancelled. the president promising unspecified protections that he said would make kim jong-un feel very happy. we'll talk about that and more with congressman jim heinz. our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first, let's go to jeff zeleny who has the latest developments for us. jeff? >> reporter: wolf, good evening. there's no question president trump wants to make this summit in singapore next month happen. no question at all. the white house is indeed making plans behind the scenes for it to happen. we heard from the president the first time talking about tempering expectations he was raising for weeks. we heard him place blame on north korea if it falls through, it is their fault, not his. >> best thing he could do is make a deal. >> reporter: president trump trying to keep the summit with kim jong-un alive,

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room."" starts right now. >>> "outfront," trump's russia attorney showing up at the justice department briefing today, the same briefing about claims of an fbi spy in the trump campaign. one republican calls it the craziest bleep he's seen. >>> more breaking news, new details about a potential interview with a set date, actual date, between trump and mueller. but it fell apart. why? >>> live in north korea, will ripley back from a nearly 20-hour journey watching north koreans blow up what they say is left of their nuclear site. he's going to tell us firsthand and show you what he saw. let's go "outfront."

news right now. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. we start with our breaking news. it's happened once again right here in the united states. multiple fatalities after a shooting at a high school in texas and now fears from police as they say they have found several explosive devices both at the school and in the area. the shooting happened at santa fe high school in santa fe, texas. that's just outside houston. police say there are at least eight people dead, possibly ten. >> one person, a suspect in custody, a second possible person of interest that was detained and being questioned. there are multiple fatalities that have been confirmed. it could be anywhere from eight to ten, the majority being students. one male is in custody and then a second one, again, was a person of interest. both are believed to be students here at the school. >> at a white house event earlier today, president trump spoke about the tragedy. >> this has been going on too long in our country. too many years, too many decades now. we grieve for the terrible lo

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news, president trump is touting u.s. military might right now warning north korea not to do anything foolish or reckless as a surprised cancelation of a planned summit with kim jong-un but the president is open to future talks saying he's waiting if kim decides to, quote, do what is right. i'll speak with jake sullivan advising joe biden and secretary of state hillary clinton and our correspondents and specialists standing by with full coverage. let's begin with the breaking news as president trump skrubls his summit. let's go straight to senior white house correspondent pamela brown. pamela, what are you learning about this sudden move? >> reporter: well, wolf, senior white house official saying tonight that the summit canceled by the president after a string of broken promises with the name calling of vice president pence and the threat of nuclear war, most recent north korea statement being the final straw but despite that, wolf, the pr

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this is the spot blitzer and johann holmgren chose for their weekend home the house is a real eye catcher. a little welcome to the lot of them. the couple spends their weekends at the villa delta with their daughter ellen. it's a huge triangle made of wood and glass but why exactly did they choose this design . well it came natural likely from the architect who saw the grow new saw the place the follow there was actually try. or. to put the house all so we decided that if we should get the size of house that we wanted he had to make it triangular so that's how we ended up with triangular house. unusual architectural ideas always present a pressing challenge how to make it work in real life. we can't house has to be comfortable so is the villa delta what they were hoping for. a lot better actually i could never imagine a room with this much light this much its closeness to nature this feeling of being inside or being one with nature while being inside i could never have imagined a room like this the spacious room forms the heart of the one hundred twenty square meter house only one side is

i gave him code name she wolf blitzer. >> are you daisy?si, yeah. >> once we got the bad tinder date out of the way i learned bill was a cab driver in platsberg and they ferry refugees to the border. shuttles converted into migrant caravans taking all these people right up to the border of canada, you know, if mayonnaise was a country -- >> what the hell he'll, america is a country where people sneak, into yes? >> yes, because we're the american dream. >> and look at all this food! this is just for one person. >> well, the american dream is still there but you have to do it by the process the way it's supposed to be done and you should go to the u.s. and then canada. if i want somebody to come through my house, i want them to come through the front, not the back door. >> that's what i tell my husband. except his birthday. and christmas. and flag day. ugh. i'll never forget flag day. what were we talking about? right, you want them to go through the front door. >> yeah. >> but these people can't go through the front door because of a quirk i

wolf blitzer is perpetually cranky.odd is like an inflated balloon outside a car dealership. i watch trump for entertainment and i watch entertainment for political elections. he flipped all upside down. he flipped the table. on a day-to-day basis can i think the end is nye every day? some of them i don't get, a lot of them i do get. it's kind of fun to watch. the night at the javits center when she lost, it was like a snowflake jonestown. kennedy: if you are ever in a bad mood, watch youtube clips much hillary clinton supporters crying on election night. >> i have watched a lot of politics over my life. i have had people win that i wanted and lose that i wanted. have you ever cried or a political losing? they woke and said i want to become the most of important person in the world and their spouse didn't say shut up and get me some coffee. kennedy: bill did, but no one listens to him anymore. believe it or not, hillary clinton, speaking of which, has another excuse for her 2016 election loss. >> you may be the on presi

>>> hello, i'm jim sciutto in for wolf blitzer. wherever you are watching from around the world, thanks so much for joining us. >>> it's been a steady whirlwind of admittance, denials and flat-out lies. president trump denied paying back michael cohen for that payment. rudy giuliani leaking that payment. >>> comey would not clear the president. why this is an explosive revelation. >>> and giuliani, of all people, said the three americans detained in north korea will be released today. why is the president's personal attorney announcing this as the u.s. government remains silent? but we begin with president trump and his shifting story over that payment to porn star stormy daniels. this comes on the heels of a stunning admission of attorney giuliani that the president repaid $130,000 in hush money given to daniels just before the election. >> that money was not campaign money. sorry, i'm giving you a fact now that you don't know. it's not campaign money. no campaign finance violation. >> so they funneled it through a law firm. >> fu