>> oh, i think again boris sanchez had it right. trump has got this idea that robert mueller owes him money at one of his golf clubs and that the entire motivation for the special counsel must be because he doesn't want to pay up. i suspect that isn't true, that robert mueller has motivations far beyond that. carrying out a legal investigation -- but i think donald trump's grasping at straws. as is rudy giuliani. take trump's tweet saying robert mueller owes me money and rudy giuliani saying oh, that tape must have been tampered with, although there's sbrult no evidence it was, and that just tells you the idea is to throw up enough mud on the wall, enough smoke in the eyes, that the realities of the trump russia investigation doesn't actually take over and bring him down. >> as the relationship continues to unravel between michael cohen and donald trump and we're seeing their legal team, scott, no longer sharing information, there's also the issue around allen weisselberg being subpoenaed. weisselberg, the chief financial officer of

more from boris sanchez. >> reporter: laura and dave, cnn reached out to the white house to get clarity specifically on what business conflicts trump was talking about in that tweet mentioning robert mueller. previous reporting may give us an indication of what the president is talking about. earlier this year, "the new york times" and "washington post" reported that president trump privately had expressed concerns about possible conflicts of interest on behalf of robert mueller based on a dispute over fees related to mueller's membership at the golf club in virginia. a spokesperson for the special counsel told "the washington post" that the reporting at that time, the suggestion made by the president trump, were inaccurate. the back drop to this frustration with robert mueller are the revelations coming from michael cohen. several sources reporting that cohen is prepared to testify to the special counsel that president trump approved of the meeting in june of 2016 with his son donald trump jr. and russian nationals promising dirt on hillary clinton. it comes on the release of the secre

boris sanchez, cnn, traveling with the president near bedminster, new jersey. >> all right. boris, thank you. now to talk about trade tensions, canada fired the latest round in the escalating trade disputes with the united states. that nation carrying through on its promise to retaliate imposing tariffs on u.s. exports worth about $12.5 billion. there's a 25% tariff on more than 40 u.s. steel products and a 10% tariff on over 80 other u.s. items. items including maple syrup, coffee beans, and even ketchup. prime minister justin trudeau says the u.s. has to be held accountable for its tariffs and canadians will not be punished -- pushed around. >>> the focus right now may be on canada, but come friday china will be front and center again. that's when the u.s. will slap tariffs on $50 billion worth of chinese imports. now, it's a very comprehensive list. everything from nuclear reactors to tugboats. the very same day china plans to retaliate in kind. another $50 billion on u.s. imports. and if it does so, donald trump says the u.s. will then up the ante. this time tariffs will

boris sanchez, thank you so much. let's talk about all of this now. joining me now is cnn political analyst karen. good to see you both. trump has said this decision will come, or at least a name will rise to the top one week from tomorrow. we heard senator collins, who says she wants a longer list. will the president take her advice? >> right now it doesn't look that likely. the president has not been listening to susan collins for cues about how to staff the supreme court or really anything else in the last year and a half that he's been in office. so susan collins and those like her have a week to make as much noise as possible and set what their parameters are before the rest of the republican party, led by the president, tries to squeeze them to vote for whoever he puts out there. she's been clear she doesn't want to support a candidate or potential justice who would overturn roe v. wade, but basically everybody on that list seems inclined to do that. >> but her support is important. hers and murkowski. >> it's vital unless the white house can co

boris sanchez is live in berkeley heights, new jersey, near the president's golf resort where he's spending the weekend. boris, there were a few revelations this week, to say the least, about the president from michael cohen, none of them flattering. what are we learning about cohen's motivations? >> reporter: well, ana, according to several people who have discussed this matter privately with michael cohen, he believes that reaching out to robert mueller will lessen his own legal woes. of course he's under investigation by federal prosecutors in manhattan and what he is alleging is dramatic, that the president of the united states has misled the american people, saying that president trump effectively not only knew about that proposed meeting between some russians promising dirt on hillary clinton and his own son and members of his campaign team but further, that he approved of that meeting. just as dramatic has been the shift that we've seen from the trump team when it comes to michael cohen, his former attorney, following the news that fbi officials had raided his office and apartment. t

more from white house correspondent boris sanchez. >> reporter: the white house would only confirm that president trump spend the weekend speaking to key allies and advisers, notably white house counsel don megan over the nomination process in general. one of the topics we know will not be discussed is these potential nominee's stance on abortion in roe v. wade. president trump saying specifically he would not be asking these nominees about that. we do know, however, that is on the minds of several lawmakers including susan collins, the senator from maine who told jake tapper on "state of the union" that she would not support a potential nominee if they stood to overturn roe v. wade. listen to this. >> i would not support a nominee who demonstrated hostility to roe v. wade because that would mean to me that their judicial philosophy did not include a respect for established decisions, established law. and i believe that that is a very important fundamental tenant of our judicial system, which as chief justice roberts says, helps to promote stability and even handedness. >> reporter: and

for the latest, let's go to boris sanchez at the white house. >> reporter: christine and dave, no one more qualified for the position. that is how president trump described brett kavanaugh. his choice to replace anthony kennedy following his retirement from the supreme court. two people close to the decision making process showed that president trump showed favor to kavanaugh long before kennedy announced his retirement and after a conversation with the retired justice, president trump felt more strongly. the president talked about his criteria for choosing kavanaugh. >> what matters not a political view, but whether they can set aside the views to do what the law and the constitution require. i am pleased to say that i have found, without doubt, such a person. >> reporter: some democrats have come out in total opposition to the nomination. he could potentially win some favor among red-state democrats. previously kavanaugh made statements suggesting that he would respect legal precedent and potentially uphold roe v. wade. dave and christine. >> boris at the white house. joining us her

boris sanchez, thank you very much. >> the president unveils his supreme court nominee on monday.eunite children separated from their parents at the border. and then the president's off to the nato summit on wednesday. thursday, the president lands in the united kingdom and he'll meet with queen elizabeth on friday. finally on monday, july 9th, president trump goes face-to-face with election meddler, russian president vladimir putin. pretty busy week. s harry everyonen, the senior writer and analyst, and steve, who is a law professor. steve, first your take on president trump's mueller interview request. is this an attempt to duck controver controversy. >> i heard it might be, but i don't know what's going on here. is to trap him if there isn't anything there already. it does end up in court. the law is most likely going to be on the special counsel side, and not on rudy giuliani, so i think this is just posturing, trying to get this off the radar given all the other news as you mentioned that we'll have in the next week. >> harry, we were talking about of we came on the air about

>> boris sanchez live in new jersey. thank you for that report. has repeatedly denied he asked comey to go easy on flynn. in fact, listen to what the president said last may. >> did you at any time urge former fbi director james comey in in way, shape or form to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn and also -- >> no. no. next question. >> let's talk about this. we bring in cnn legal and political commentator ken cuccinelli. the former virginia attorney general and editor for the "weekly standard," bill kristol. ken, rudy giuliani says trump's ask is not out of the ordinary. when he was a prosecutor family members and friends of defendants asked him to go easy on people. but this is the president of the united states talking to the fbi not to prosecute one of his friends. isn't that a little different than what mayor giuliani is talking about. >> certainly it is different and the behavior isn't different and i think the president is right in that it was structured as not an order as both sides describe it so the unusual feature y

cnn's boris sanchez is in new jersey near the president's bedminister resort. l busy week ahead for the president. what should we look for? >> reporter: hey there, joe. as you well know, never a dull day for president trump. the big thing on the agenda for the early part of the week, of course, is the announcement of his nominee to replace justice anthony kennedy on the supreme court. the president has spent part of i had weeke his weekend teasing that prime time announcement monday at 9:00 p.m. the president has also spent time here fielding calls about the supreme court pick, though his source would not indicate specifically who the president had been speaking to. another white house source telling us that all the paperwork, all the interviews are done. the only thing left is for the president to make a final decision and then announce it to the american people. of course, the backdrop for that news is that there is a brewing legal battle between the president's legal team and the special counsel. rudy giuliani, the president's attorney, was on "state of the u

boris sanchez with us now. he president said he planned to talk to one, maybe two potential supreme court nominees or candidates, i should say. some key lawmakers are also making their preferences known. >> reporter: that's right, ana. the president told reporters friday that he was hoping to interview one or two potential nominees this weekend. we've reached out to the

more now from boris sanchez. >> reporter: dave and christine, president trump setting to make the historic announcement at 9:00 for his nominee to replace anthony kennedy on the supreme court. the back drop of the decision is the news over the weekend that rudy giuliani has laid out very serious demands of the special counsel so that robert mueller could sit down one-on-one with president trump. giuliani is essentially asking the special counsel to provide some evidence to lead to suspicion of wrongdoing on behalf of president trump. giuliani does not believe that robert mueller would comply with some of the demands. he has openly said so suggesting he believes mueller would issue a subpoena to compel the president to testify. something that giuliani says he would challenge in court. here is more from the president's attorney on "state of the union" sunday morning. >> i have no idea what he will do. if he does, we could have the subpoena quashed. to subpoena the president has never been done discuss fiully. there -- successfully. there is strong criminal process. we have a strong argument

boris sanchez has the latest. >> reporter: the white house not putting out an official on the record to our questions about the nationwide protests against the president's immigration policy. president trump himself did weigh in on immigration via twitter early on saturday morning bashing democrats writing that they wanted to abolish immigration and customs enforcement suggesting at one point that they are an open borders parties and drawing a line between the restructuring of i.c.e. that some democrats like new york senator kirs steen gillibrand is calling for. no word from people near the president's property. some 3 or 400 protesters gathered at a library near the president's property. we do know the president has kept busy this weekend. he initially told reporters on friday he would spend the weekend interviewing one or two nominees for the court. the white house on saturday night put out a statement saying the president was continuing conversations with allies and with white house counsel don mcbegm mcgann over the possible replacement. we should note that president trump on fri

thanks, boris sanchez.sident's to-do list this week is going to be his big announcement on a supreme court nominee to replace retiring justice anthony kennedy. the president says he'll announce that choice tomorrow night. joining me now to discuss this, cnn supreme court reporter. what do we know about these finalists? you said last hour there are four we're looking at who are most likely. >> right. this is the frantic last day before this big announcement. >> you got a long 24 hours ahead of you, i think. >> i do. top contender has always been brett kavanaugh. he's 53 years old. he's a judge here in washington, d.c. he has about 300 conservative opinions. conservatives like them. issues like executive power and religion. but he's from within the beltway, and the president, remember, he ran on that promise to drain the swamp. so some of his critics say he shouldn't be the pick. another one, ray kethledge. another young judge, 51 years old. he's been on the bench for ten years. he's got lots of conservative

boris sanchez is in new jersey where the president will spend a three-day weekend at his golf resort. boris, what are you learning? >> reporter: yeah, in a legal proceeding in san diego, the department of justice has essentially told a federal judge that they are in compliance with some of the orders that he made last month, that they are no longer separating families at the border and they are providing communication between some of the children who have been separated from their parents and their families. however, the doj is postulating it may need an extension to reunify the children with their families. there are two deadlines, july 10 for children younger than 5, july 26 for children older than 5. that's creeping closer. the administration is on the clock here. they're saying that the department of justice -- rather the department of health and human services, because they are using dna testing to reunify the kids with their parents, that will take some time. further, because there's a screening process to ensure the children are not being reunited with people who may be a risk

ana. >> boris sanchez, thank you. before the spoke to former defense secretary and cia director michael panetta about cohen's claim about trump knowing about the meeting as well as the plans for the second summit between president trump and vladimir putin. here is the conversation. >> mr. secretary always good to have you with us. i want to tap into your experience working in the white house. when you look at this week's headlines, the new claim that the president of the united states had knowledge of and approved of accepting russian help during the campaign, how does this affect the work of this administration? >> well, it raises obviously a lot of issues about just exactly what -- what that relationship was, what kind of assistance obviously was provided directly to the campaign. those are issues obviously that bob mueller is considering in his investigation. and i'm sure he is going to be looking very closely at those issues, because they relate to the whole question of whether or not there was any collusion betwe

boris sanchez, thanks so much.urt-ordered deadline to reunite children separated from their families at the border is now in the rearview mirror. one out of three children remain separated from their parents with no clear indication when they will be reunited. cnn's kaylee hartu ng joins us now in mcallen, texas. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, fred, in the past couple days, the government has been patting itself on the back, saying they've reunified all families eligible for reunification by that court-ordered deadline. as you mentioned, that still leaves 711 children at the government's last tally who have been separated from their families who have not been reunited because they're deemed ineligible for reunification. no two family stories are the same. in the course of covering this story, in the bigger picture, the common threads have been that of confusion, frustration, chaos, and incredible challenges in communication. this story best incapsulated today by the story we're learning of a woman who we'll

cnn's white house correspondent boris sanchez is joining us now live from berkeley heights, new jersey, near the president's golf club, where he is spending the weekend. so what's next for the white house? >> hey there, fred. sources indicate that aides have tried to get president trump out on the road to keep him focused on the strength of america's economy. and not the slow drip of information coming from the russia investigation. this week, the president touted strong growth in america's economy and also a trade deal he announced with the european union. of course the russia investigation hangs over everything this administration does, especially in light of that bombshell announcement sources indicating the president's former attorney michael cohen was preparing to testify that president trump was not honest with the american people when he's repeated that claim that he knew nothing of a meeting between his son, donald trump jr., and russian nationals at trump tower in july 2016. of course those russian nationals we know were promising dirt on hillary clinton. the president and his

checkinging in with the cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez in brooklyn heights, new jersey, and what can you tell us about what the president is examining while making a selection? >> hey, there, fred. yeah, right now the white house has only confirmed that president trump has spoken to a couple of close advisers and allies including the white house counsel don mcgahn over the white house process, and we have yet to get the confirmation if he has spoken to any of the nominees and the white house is not answering the questions on that despite that president trump said that he would try to conduct one or two interviews this weekend. we know that he has said that he would not ask directly of the nominees if they support r"roe versus wade", and that controversial supreme court decision on abortion, but because there are so many key lawmakers that are falling on the fence on this issue, and notably susan collins of maine, and lisa murkowski of alaska, it is going to be coming up in the nomination process. some key votes will depend upon whether whether roe v. wade should stand. j

let's get straight to cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez live in new jersey where the presidentre about the president's demands. >> reporter: hey there, ryan. yeah, rudy giuliani apparently telling "the new york times" that the president will not sit down with robert mueller unless the special counsel can prove that some information that the president has is impossible to obtain through any other means. apparently rudy giuliani has told "the new york times" that they must -- or rather that the special counsel must present evidence that the president has committed a crime and that special counsel robert mueller must prove that he has the jurisdiction to pursue an investigation detailing obstruction of justice. here's the exact quote from rudy giuliani. "if they can come to us and show us the basis and that it's legitimate and that they have uncovered something, we can go from there and assess their object ivety." now, it appears that the white house is essentially gearing up for a legal battle because giuliani even admitted to "the new york times" that he does not believe that ro

boris sanchez with us now. boris, the president said he planned to talk to one, maybe two potential supreme court nominees or candidates, i should say. some key lawmakers are also making their preferences known. >> reporter: that's right, ana. the president told reporters friday that he was hoping to interview one or two potential nominees this weekend. we've reached out to the white house for a progress report on that, if the president had any updates as to who he might have spoken to. no response yet. the white house would only confirm that president trump has actually been speaking to advisers and allies, including white house counsel don mcgahn, about the process in broad strokes. you mentioned the lawmakers that are speaking out. one of the key issues that we will hear about again and again throughout this confirmation process is the issue of abortion, notably because the margin for error for republicans is razor-thin. they're going to need every single vote to get a nominee confirmed, and there are some re

well, cnn's white house correspondent boris sanchez joins us now live from berkeley heights, new jersey, near the president's bedminster golf resort where he is spending the weekend. what can you tell us, boris? >> reporter: hey there, joe. the white house declined to comment on the news coming from north korea, that statement put out by the north koreans. the president has not weighed in on twitter, though he was active this morning, tweeting out some attacks against the press. look, joe, ultimately, this could be seen as just the latest chapter in what has been a very volatile process. it wasn't that long ago that president trump was referring to kim jong-un as little rocket man. we went from there to having the president call the chairman smart and gracious, and as the president was receptive to calls that he win a nobel peace prize for setting up this meeting in singapore, a short while after that, he cancelled the meeting altogether, saying that it would be inappropriate for the two leaders to gather. ultimately, he ended up meeting with kim jong-un in singapore. you also had the d

cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez is live for us from new jersey near where president trump is spending the weekend at his golf resort in bedminster. so tell us more about trump's border wall, government shutdown threat. >> reporter: hey there, fred. as we've seen before, president trump wants his border wall by any means necessary. this is not the first time that he's made the threat to shut down the federal government over budget spending on his border wall. last year we were in a similar situation with congress having to pass continuing resolutions from september all the way to early 2018. the president on twitter is threatening to do it all over again. he writes, quote, i would be willing to shut down government if democrats do not give us the votes for border security, which includes the wall. in a separate tweet, he made this an issue for the midterm elections writing, quote, congress must act on fixing the dumbest and worst immigration laws anywhere in the world. vote "r." "r," of course, for republicans. but some prominent republicans are not on board with this plan.

let's go to our white house correspondent, boris sanchez, on all of the above. let's start with the scott pruitt conversation with the president involving jeff sessions. tell me what you know about that. >> reporter: several sources telling cnn that earlier this year, scott pruitt apparently asked president trump if he would fire his attorney general, jeff sessions, and at least temporarily put him in that role for some 200 days or so, according to the vacancies act, before he would then move back to oklahoma and run for political office. of course we know that president trump is publicly displeased with his attorney general jeff sessions, he's called him be leaguered before. it's not a surprise that he is pondsering a reforward-looking statement -- pondering a replacement. this on top of ethical violations. scott pruitt being investigated through 14 separate federal probes that we know of. it comes on the heels of recent reporting, a senior administration official telling cnn they believe that scott pruitt is inching closer to a tipping point with president tru

. >> cnn white house boris sanchez is live in new jersey near the president's golf club where he is spending the weekend. and giuliani is claiming that the one tape is dock toornd we know that fbi has more tape, and does he believe they are doctored, too? >> we don't know quite yet, ana. rudy giuliani has gone through the spectrum when it comes to talking about the president's former attorney michael cohen from calling him an honorable man to the flat out now calling him a liar, and taking to the sunday morning talk shows to dispute exactly what the president said in his conversation that recorded conversation with his former attorney, and the president and his legal team clearly on the defensive here following the explosive claims made by michael cohen and namely the idea that president trump approved the meeting of june 16th with don jr. and other campaign officials, and russians, and to get dirt on hillary clinton, but something that the president has denied knowing anything about. this is rudy giuliani. >> we know something about 183 unique conversations on tape. one of them with the pre

let's check in with cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez live for us in berkeley heights, new jersey. where's the president now, and how high on the list is this whole supreme court nominee? >> reporter: hey there, fred. yeah, president trump is getting set to depart new jersey. so far, the white house has only confirmed that the president has had conversations with close allies and advisers this week, including white house counsel don mcgahn, over this nomination process. notably, the president told reporters on friday he would try to interview one or two potential nominees this weekend. we've asked the white house about it but have yet to get a response. we have to point out that one of the key issues that is going to be brought up again and again in this confirmation process is abortion, partly because key republicans like senator susan collins of maine may determine their vote during confirmation on whether the nominee supports roe versus wade. she told jake tapper that in a meeting with president trump last week, she asked the president to focus on a nominee that respecte

boris sanchez, cnn, traveling with the president in bedminister, new jersey. >>> let's get some expertinternational politics at city university of london. great to have you with us. >> good morning. >> let's start with the emotional scenes we're seeing across the united states. crowds estimated from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. people are angry. they want firstly those children who were set rated from their parents to be reunited, but they also want a more humane immigration policy. is the white house listening? >> well, i feel the white house is being forced to listen to a degree, and i think the reversal of the executive order about separating children from their mothers and so on, that reversal last weekend cates that they basically have to listen, otherwise, they're going to lose core support as well. you'll recall 40% of republicans over the age of 50 were opposed to that policy, too, so i think president trump has got to listen to those protestors, but i think he's going to try to work his way in so that he doesn't lose that edge which he has among republicans on t

boris sanchez, cnn, traveling with the president near bedminster, new jersey. >> boris, thank you.ited kingdom. the uk's brexit secretary david davis has resigned, marking another stumbling block for britain's efforts to leave the european union. davis said he wasn't willing to be a reluctant conscript to a compromise plan agreed upon friday. that plan would press for a free trade area for goods with the eu and maintain close trade ties with it. other conservative lawmakers criticized that compromise, saying it offered a brexit in name only. the prime minister of the nation, theresa may, faces parliament in the coming hours. let's talk about that with cnn's international diplomatic editor nic robertson live just outside number 10. nick, look, certainly this makes for an inconvenient scumballing block for the prime minister as she had planned to sell this deal. it seems the sales pitch just got a lot harder. >> reporter: yeah, i think if we sort of look at it in the round it's a stumbling block and certainly she may interpret it as well. but how big of a stumble seems to be that she

. >> reporter: cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez joins us live from new jersey where the president spent the weekend. boris, let's start with these attacks against mueller. walk us through what the president is alleging here. >> reporter: in a series of tweets the president sent out earlier today we saw not only his freshest attacks on the special counsel but his most direct against robert mueller. the president calling his investigation illegal and then going on to cite what he perceives as conflicts of interest by the special counsel himself. i'm going to read you a portion of one of his tweets. the president writes, "is robert mueller ever going to release his conflicts of interest with respect to president trump including the fact that we had a very nasty and contentious business relationship." cnn has reached out to the white house to find out wa exactly the president meant by a contentious business relationship. the white house has yet to respond. but there is previous reporting out there that may shed some light on what the president is talking about. earl wr earlier this ye

let's start with what we heard from boris sanchez, the reporting. the president's attorney in these new conditions that they're trying to set for mr. trump to agree for a meeting with the special counsel robert mueller, do you see mueller agreeing to conditions like these? >> no, absolutely not. but that's not the point. rudy giuliani gave the game away when he said, look, what we're trying to do is sway public opinion. in other words, try to convince the public there's no need for an investigation or that an investigation is politically motivated, biased against trump. and that's like new verse same song because the administration has been trying that for months with for example the nunes memo that sort of cobbled together memo that tried to discredit the fbi. with trump's tweets, the witch-hunt that insisted on no collusion. the twicht hest here is what th president's lawyers are saying you show us all the evidence you have, you show us everything that's out there and then maybe we'll let trump speak to you. guess what? political or legal process,

cnn's boris sanchez is live near the president's golf resort. talk us through the tweets. >> president trump launching his most direct attacks on the special counsel robert mueller himself via at which timer to day. i want to put up the tweets. he called the special counsel's investigation illegal at one point and then going on to list what he perceives to be conflicts of interest including this portion i want to highlight. he writes, is robert mueller ever going to release his conflicts of interest with respect to president trump including the fact that we had a very nasty and contentious business relationship. we reached out to the white house to get clarity on specifically what the president is talking about there, what he is referring to. they have yet to respond. we really don't have a clear indication just yet. but there is previous reporting dating back to earlier this year in "the new york times" and the "washington post." sources indicating that president trump had voiced frustration over what he perceived to be conflicts of interest to

boris sanchez, cnn, traveling with the president near bedminster, new jersey. >> let's bring in scott lucas to talk about all of this. scott a professor of international politics at the university of birmingh ingham i england. also the founder sxert of ea worldview live this hour in birmingham, england. a pleasure to have you on the show. let's talk of what we know about the president's pick here for the supreme court. mr. trump planning for a 9:00 p.m. eastern time announcement monday night, in true reality show fashion, regardless of who he picks help our viewers what this means for the balance of the court on central issues, abortion being key. >> well, you know, i always grew up with this idea, george, that the judicial branch was independent from the executive and from the legislature and so whatever happened in america it was sort of politically above everything else. well, that's not true. politics does affect the court. these are human beings. and this will be an attempt by the trump administration as a very conservative administration to entrench a conservative supreme court

cnn's boris sanchez explains for us. >> reporter: the white house would only confirm over the weekend that president trump spoke to key allies and advisers including white house counsel don mcgahn in broad strokes about the confirmation process. the white house would not confirm that the president actually spoke to those one or two potential nominees that he told reporters he might talk to on friday when he arrived here in new jersey. one of the topics we know the president will not be discussing with these potential nominees is their stance on abortion. the president saying he would not ask these candidates about their stance on roe versus wade. though it is something we know that lawmakers are going to be looking for including senator susan collins of maine. listen to what she told jake tapper sunday on "state of the union." >> i would not support a nominee who demonstrated hostility to roe v. wade because that would mean to me that their judicial philosophy did not include a respect for established decisions, established law. and i believe that that is some very important fundament

boris sanchez, cnn, traveling with the president just outside bedminster, new jersey. >> let's bring in freddie gray. he's the deputy editor at "the spectator," a weekly british magazine, to talk more about what's going on here on this side of the pond. freddie, thank you for talking with us. we just heard that story from our reporter about what the white house is trying to do to debunk the mueller investigation, something they've done over and over again. the question is is it working? >> well, i think that every time trump goes on one of these twitter tirades, i think there were 17 yesterday, which is pretty spectacular even by his standards, everybody assumes that it's a sort of venting of frustration. he has obviously the cohen thing hanging over him. he has paul manafort coming up this week, the paul manafort trial. so he must be very tense and anxious. and everybody assumes that this is an unconscious, unwilling venting of rage and anger. i'm not sure it is. i think perhaps he's trying to hype up the sense of drama to a certain extent. and in fact, often when he goes on these t

boris sanchez explains it all. >> reporter: this was supposed to be a positive week for the white houselowing the president's announcement on friday of strong economic numbers, symbolizing the growth of america's economy and his announcement of a recent trade deal struck with the european union. instead, the focus as it often has been is on the russia investigation and the president and his team's dramatic shift on his former attorney michael cohen, after reporting that cohen was preparing to tell robert mueller and other investigators that the president was aware of a meeting between his son and other campaign officials and russians promising dirt on hillary clinton at trump tower during july 2016. early on, after the fbi raided the apartment and office of michael cohen, the president and his legal team defended cohen. rudy giuliani calling him an honorable man. now, they are seeing a very different tune. listen to the two different sound bites from the president's attorney, rudy giuliani. >> he doesn't have any incriminating evidence about the president or himself. the man is an hones

boris sanchez is in kansas city awaiting the president's arrival minutes from now. what is the white house saying about the president's thinking here, what's going on behind the scenes on this strategy? >> reporter: yeah, one source indicates that president trump is more than comfortable with how this discussion about security clearances is playing out. sarah sanders made clear the president is displeased about how these six national security officials have publically talked about relations with russia and the russia investigation. we should point out that sanders has said this is something the president is still mulling over. they are exploring how to go about this process of revoking security clearances, not a decision that's already been made. however, as was noted by speaker paul ryan in the sound bite, two of the individuals that the white house is singling out, comey and mccabe, have had their security clearances revoked for some time. it's unclear if the white house was aware of that when the announcement was made. sanders made the argument that the six offic

cnn's white house correspondent boris sanchez is joining us now live from berkeley heights, new jersey golf club, where he is spending the weekend. so what's next for the white house? >> hey there, fred. sources indicate that aides have tried to get president trump out on the road to keep him focused on the strength of america's economy. and not the slow drip of

cnn's white house correspondent boris sanchez joins us live now from berkeley heights, new jersey, atsident trump's golf resort for the weekend. we've spent some time out there before, boris. so give us an idea. what can you tell us? >> reporter: hey, there, joe. yeah, rudy giuliani telling "the new york times" he does not believe robert mueller is going to comply with these interview demands. this essentially could set the white house up for a legal fight with special counsel if robert mueller issues a subpoena to try to force the president to comply with an interview and the president challenges it. it appears the white house prefers this over having the president testify. as you know, rudy giuliani is asking special counsel to provide evidence to show that president trump did something all legal before he has to sit down with that interview with robert mueller. here's the exact quote from rudy giuliani. he tells the new york times, quote, if they can come to us and show us the basis that it's legitimate and they have uncovered something, we can go from there and assess their object

. >> boris sanchez. thank you. let's et cetera head to california now. >>> the carr fire in northern california claimed two lives nearly doubled in size today. president trump today approved the emergency declaration in that state. these fires are being fueled by high temperatures, erratic winds. there is tons of vegetation. people are fleeing for their lives. and they are seeing homes and entire neighborhoods burst into flames. rescuers have been racing against time and the elements to find a missing great grandmother and two young children. they went missing when a wildfire roared through redding, california, forcing thousands to flee. >> this is a very unfortunate situation it's an active and ongoing investigation. again my sympathy goes out to the family. i have not had a confirmation of deaths in the site there in regards to this. my personnel are on scene and they will be updating me as soon as possible. >> let's head to the scene now. cnn's dan simon is on the ground in keswick, california. dan what's the la

boris sanchez is traveling with the president and has the very latest.f. >> in choosing a new justice, i will select someone with impeccable credentials. >> reporter: president trump starting a long weekend in new jersey by teasing the prime time announcement of his supreme court justice nominee as if it's an upcoming episode of "the apprentice." >> i'm looking for the apprentice. >> reporter: his weekly address, a major tone in attitude from the raucous rally in montana. the president drawing cheers while taking aim at senator elizabeth warren. trump suggesting the massachusetts democrat take a dna test to prove her claims of native american heritage. >> i'm going to get one of those little kits and in the middle of the debate when she proclaims that she is of indian heritage because her mother said she had high cheekbones we will take that little kit and say, but we have to do it gently. because we're in the me too generation and be very gentle. we'ller ha we'll we'ller have -- very gently toss that kit. >> reporter: mocked a former republican presiden

families with their children has come and gone and more than 700 children have not been reunited and boris sanchez is joining us live from new jersey near where the president is spending the weekend on his golf resort there in bedminster and tell us more about trump's point of view and strategy here. >> hey, there, fred. some say that the time is a flat circle, and we are right back to where we were a few months ago and really starting a year ago around september when congress had to begin passing the continuing resolutions, because they could not agree on the budget. the government was shutdown for a brief period earlier in the year, and almost took a second before they found something that he would sign. when he signed the funding agreement from the government, he complained about the funding for border wall, and it appears that he is ready to do the whole thing again. on twitter he wrote, i would be willing to shutdown the government if the democrats do not give us the votes for the border security which includes the wall. the president going a step further calling on kocongress t say that they

let's start with our white house correspondent boris sanchez standing by as we wait for the comments from the president himself. all right. he's off the plane. he's back home. what do we expect to hear from him in terms of cleanup over what happened yesterday or tripling down on his comments? >> reporter: hey there, brooke. yeah, president trump expected to have this meeting with house republicans on the ways and means committee in just a few moments. the white house confirms that he will be talking about his summit with vladimir putin, but as far as what his response is going to be, we don't really know. he may dig in his heels and defend his statements. he may try to clean up some of what he said. as suggested by even steadfast reporters like former speaker newt gingrich. just judging from that tweet though, the president is obviously unhappy about the reception that his performance is receiving in the united states. sources indicate that the president was actually upbeat when he walked off the stage in helsinki. he felt like the summit was successful. he apparently became furious

let's get to cnn's boris sanchez. apparently wants us to believe what he said today reading from the typed remarks. >> reporter: that's right, jake. clearly an orchestrated response. we're learning that several top national security officials actually met earlier in the day and according to sources determined that the president had to clarify the remarks that he made in helsinki. they even crafted part of this response. i did want to point out the president had an addition. we saw a number of markings on the pages and one part specifically wrote out, quote, there was no collusion. of course, jake, as you noted what the president said contradicts so much of what he said in helsinki and what he has been saying for months. perhaps the most stunning part is that the president is suggesting that all of this controversy isn't merited. it's simply because he misspoke. facing fierce backlash after his stunning press conference with rush russian leader, vladimir putin, the president met with lawmakers at the white house this a

said just a minute ago so i'll go over to cnn's boar which he is sanchez in new jersey not far from the president's bedminster resort. boriss a readout? >> this just happened, joe. the president spoke to reporters about his supreme court decision saying he hadn't made a final decision as to who his nominee is going to be to replace justice anthony kennedy on the supreme court. the president telling reporters he would likely make up his mind between late tonight or possibly tomorrow before noon and saying there were four leading candidates. listen to president trump departing bedminster. >> i'm very close to make a decision. haven't made it official yet obviously. haven't made it final but we're close to making a decision. >> reporter: how many people are you decided between? >> let's say it's the four people. everyone, you can't go wrong but i'm getting close to making a final decision. we'll be meeting at 9:00. we have a great country, folks. we have a great country. thank you very much. >> that was the extent of what the president reveal bud it coincides with what we heard from sources over the weekend. president trump f

boris yelledson, putin stepped in and stabilized the country. he rode the wave of ever rising oil prices. translated into rising wangs ged soaring sto soaring stock. soon off came western economic sanchezsated hard times well. allowed the rue baa to fall and his central bank has kept inflation in check. putin is a fiscal conservator. >> aspect of wealth, closer to dubai than moscow 30 years ago. >> add lg to economics, putin's secret's sauce, nationalism. and it surged in 2004, after an invasion that shocked the world. >> bigger vladimir putin grabbed a piece of ukraine for russia. the rest were horrified. it all looked very different through russian eyes. >> i never met as russia who accepted the notion of ukraine totally separate. >> many ukraine recented the nation but not russians. they see it as a rival of deep sense of power and national destiny. >> putin have given their pride back. russia is once again a great power. putin is an ideology, above all, he's of national power. putin may say he has made russia great again. sounds familiar? >> we'll make america great again. like putin, trump has used nationalism to boost his support but many believe that donald trump is no vladimir p