i'm christine romans. >> i'm boris sanchez.ight now. >>> the first thing that i'm going to do when i'm president is i'm going to clorox the oval office. >> mr. president, kids belong in classrooms, not cages. >> if you cross the border illegally you should be able to be sent back. it's a crime. >> mr. vice president it looks like one of us has learned the lessons from the past and one of us hasn't. let me begin by telling you -- >> he was able to get the lines in, escape unscathed and a new life line. he will be back. >> this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> good morning. welcome to a special edition of "new day." thursday, august 1st. 5:00 here in detroit. so much drama july couldn't handle it all. >> no, it quit. >> it quit on us so we had to make it august. this morning, who's waking up in a better position than last night? was there a breakout or a breakdown in the democratic debate. much of the analysis is in and the verdict is bruising. this was a demanding get it from all sides event, particularly fo

i'm boris sanchez. it's friday august 2nd. 5 a.m. on the east coast. the u.s. preparing to bring back thousands of troops from afghanistan. the trump administration negotiating a peace deal with the taliban right now. two sources familiar with negotiations say the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan would shrink from 14,000 to between 8 and 9,000 in the coming months. a spokesman says the move is part of the administration's push to end the war in afghanistan which has dragged on for nearly 18 years. this has been a signature issue for president trump going all the way back to his days as a candidate in 2015. here's what he said just last month. listen. >> we're like policemen. we're not trying to fight a war. if we wanted to fight a war in afghanistan and win it, i could win that war in a week. i just don't want to kill 10 million people. does that make sense to you? i don't want to kill 10 million people. i have plans on afghanistan that if i wanted to win that war, afghanistan would be wiped off the

cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez has more details. s this reveal, boris, genuine fears in the white house of a slowdown? >> well, jim, it certainly raises the question as to why the white house is having these private conversations about potential tax roll pay cuts to try to stave off an economic slowdown when they keep suggesting publicly that the economy is doing just fine. we understand that these conversations are still in the early stages. public kplee the white house has said it isn't under consideration at this time. but all we've heard from the white house from the president's tweets and retweets, from kellyanne conway, wilbur ross, is that the economy is doing just fine. larry kudlow scheduled phone calls with business leaders this week to try to gauge their feelings on the state of the health of the economy. the white house is concerned about the economy. we know that president trump has had conversations with aides recently about whether this trade war with china could impact his chances going into a 2020 reelection campaign

and boris sanchez is at the white house for us. is?of a larger issue between bolton and the president? >> well, fred, this isn't the only area where we know the president disagree was his national security adviser. the question, though, is in the way john bolton has been excluded from something so sensitive and important as the united states longest running war, the influence and the importance that he has when it comes to the president and his perspective on a vast variety of issues. bolton reportedly excluded from the top level meeting on the future of afghanistan, also not able to access a draft of the peace agreement in the way that he wanted to. apparently his position on in is irritating president trump. and clearly the president has not sought out his opinion. bolton disagreed with the president on a number of issues as i alluded to, including iran. the president dropped numerous hints he would sit down with the leadership there. bomten has made hawkish compensates with iran and similar with north korea. bolton is opposed to the

cnn's boris sanchez joins me now. president trump had been expected to visit denmark late last week but that's no longer happening. it's hard to believe the reasoning here. tell us why. >> yeah, don it's basically because denmark is reluctant to sell him greenland. the president had brought this up several times according to white house sources. this is something he was taking seriously. on the face of it it wouldn't be crazy for the united states to try something like this considering greenland has tremendous strategic implications and there's already a u.s. military base there. what isn't clear is exactly why the president thought it was up for grabs, why he thought it was for sale. the danish prime minister made clear this story was absurd. she even said i hope this is not meant seriously. apparently president trump was taking it very seriously because he's not going to denmark altogether. he wrote, quote, denmark is a special country with incredible people but based on prime minister's comments she would have no i

. >> so i wanted to bring in boris sanchez who is in new jersey near where the president is staying this boris, it was 13 hours since el paso, and this just happened and then the dayton shooting happened. that was about 1:00 in the morning. do we know if the president has been briefed? >> reporter: no indication yet from the white house that president trump has been briefed on the shooting in dayton. if he hasn't been briefed already, likely he will be soon. and we expect the president to respond to this as he often has had to with condolences for a community ravaged by gun violence. as far as el paso, last night he writes today's shooting was not only tragic, it was an act of cowardice. i there are no reasons or excuses that will ever justify killing innocent people melania spend our thoughts and prayers to the great people in texas. and he was alluding to the hateful motive. unclear if the president will address white nationalism and violence further. >> boris sanchez, appreciate it. thank you. >>> good ictor blackwell in el . christi paul is in atlanta. and in a matter of just 13

boris sanchez, thank you. can i say, no one has to cry alone. i think the world is behind you, and certainly we are. so thank you so much. thank you so much for what you have written and people can look at that on cnn.com. our special coverage continues. the president is in the air right now on his way to el paso. brooke speaks with the mayor of dayton. she just gave a news conference. she just met with president trump. we'll find out what happened behind the scenes. so stand by. ine... "i am here." aim to say that more with aimovig. a preventive treatment for migraine in adults that reduces the number onthly migraine days. for some, that number can be cut in half or more. don't take aimovig if you're allergic to it. allergic reactions like rash or swelling can happen hours to days after use. common side effects include injection site reactions and constipation. aim to be there more. talk to your doctor about aimovig. dayton. . do you have concerns about mild memory loss related to aging? prevagen is the number one pharmacist-recommended memory

cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez is live at the white house.he storm is making a b line for the southeastern coast, the outer bands are expected to hit monday night. the president is now facing this storm surrounded by acting officials in key roles. what's the potential impact of that? >> well, ana, as you know, president trump has said he likes his cabinet secretaries and other advisers to operate in an acting capacity because it gives him more flexibility. those are his words, in this case, the president's choice to lead fema, jeffrey bayard is not even leading that agency. in his place, acting administrator, peter gainer is working hurricane dorian. it's his first time overseeing a hurricane while working for fema. his resume includes a decade of emergency management most notably in rhode island where he handled a series of tropical storms. notably, the act kevin mcaleenan, he doesn't have a great relationship with the white house. the president views him with a measure of distrust. people close to mcaleenan said he was considering resigning

. >> boris sanchez is outfront tonight at the white house. boris, i wonder does the white house have an explanation why the president is again backing russia over both u.s. allies but also sitting u.s. senators? >> not quite, jim. we've heard repeatedly from the white house and see nobody is tougher on russia and vladimir putin than president trump even though we occasionally get the obvious glaring examples of the president having a soft spot for russia, a soft approach when it comes to vladimir putin. the rift between him and the other g-7 leaders being the latest examples. sources indicating that saturday night the president became increasingly agitated when other leaders dismissed the idea of russia rejoining the g-7. sources indicating that he for the situation between russia and the g-7. even though russia has become less democratic than it was back in 2018. a source indicating that president trump was inclined to even hold a vote among the world leaders on this issue but he held back clearly because he felt that he didn't have enough su

erica. >> boris sanchez with the latest. thank you. >>> as we learn more about just what did happen behind the scenes, it is fascinating to us as we look at this. that the president, we knew he would continue to push for russia to be allowed back in. but to hear about how this happened at the dinner is somewhat remarkable and yet not surprising all at once. >> right. in some ways this is peak trump in other ways we should continue to be surprised and alarmed by this behavior. whether it is on the world stage, domestically, behind closed doors, at a podium in front of the world to see, we should call it out. we should report it as we are and we should talk about it. all of those caveats aside to make a political comment for a second. 2020, november, far away. don't think voters are going to really be moved by the crazy chaos, arguably crazy chaos we saw over the weekend and while there are important foreign policy implications, politically he's doing trump. trump is going to be trump. and don't think people are going to breat

we start with cnn's boris sanchez. and the president is still in the air after visiting the victims in dayton but that is not stopping him from tweeting? >> reporter: yeah, that is right, jake. the president taking aim at some political rivals. apparently as focused on them as he is on offering condolences to victims in dayton and el paso. as he was in air force one he tweeted at joe biden giving a speech denouncing racism and asking the president to tone down his rhetoric. here is what he wrote about joe biden, writing, watching sleepy joe biden making a speech so boring the lame stream media will die and the ratings and clicks with this guy. the president going on to suggest that if joe biden is elected president in 2020, at least china will be happy. the president notably not tweeting about gun control legislation. something that leaders in ohio suggested the president should pursue. president trump today visiting the two cities ravaged by gun violence this week. first stop, dayton where he went directly to a hospit

but failed to mention in his speech, jake. >> boris sanchez at the white house.>>> let's chew over all of this. and alexander, let me start with you. president obama just gave what i think is fair to call a pointed even if you didn't go after trump by name statement. let me read part of. it we should soundly reject language out of the mouths of our leaders that normalized racist sentiments -- and threaten our way of life. and why not mention president trump if that is who it is aimed at. >> i would agree. i think president obama is trying to tow the line to make sure we're reuniting the country because it is a scary time right now. i don't think anyone as much as they want to say thoughts and prayers has an answer. because the reality is that politicians on both sides have failed the american people. we have not adequately solved gun violence in this country and so i think it is important to name what needs to be named but also highlight that america does not have a monopoly on racism and sexism and bigotry but what we do and what is unique about the united state

cnn's boris sanchez picking up our coverage now from the white house. >> reporter: as president donald trump prepares to depart for the g7 in france, sources say he's questioning why he should attend a conference he sees as unproductive. the last two gatherings of the world's top leaders ended acrimoniously, with trump feeling like he isn't given enough time to tout his achievements, like the economy, according to sources. >> the economy has been really fantastic. >> reporter: trump also triggered today by new chinese tariffs, huddling with his economic advisers in the white house, attempting to unveil immediate retaliation and firing off a string of tweets writing "our country has lost stupidly trillions of dollars with china over many years. i won't let that happen. we don't need china and frankly, would be far better off without them. trump adding a demand he doesn't have the power to enforce, tweeting "our great american companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to china, including bringing your companies home and making your products in the usa.

boris sanchez is at the white house. boris for the white house, they surely are on message to the economic message they want out there. but what are you hearing behind-the-scenes? >> privately concerns about the economy have long been a running theme in the president's conversations with his staff. as you know, frequently when he talks about his accomplishments, the economy, the strength of the american economy, is almost always near the top. the president privately has talked to aides about concerns that this ongoing trade war with china could hurt his chances for reelection. that's part of the reason that you saw him delay these tariffs on china going to december 15th. the president apparently swayed by aides who told him that these tariffs are chinese imports could harm americans who are shopping, who are christmas shopping, and it could apparently ruin christmas. the president keeping that in mind, he's decided to delay these tariffs. obviously publicly a very different story as you played the sound from larry kudlow,

they were afraid but he was >> boris sanchez traveling with the president in new jersey.ess is on that august recess. we'll see if we hear from members this morning. we'll because here at the top of the hour. >>> good morning. i'm victor blackwell here in el paso, texas. christi paul in atlanta. as we this morning are recovering 13 hours of blood shed across america. 29 people killed, more than 40 injured. welcome to our viewers here in the u.s. and joining us from around the world. the first shooting here on saturday in el paso, texas. 20 people killed, 26 injured. let's go to polo sand vallo sans covering the shooting in dayton, ohio. what is the latest there. >> reporter: authorities are saying that the gunman essentially opened fire at a business there in dayton, ohio in a very popular part of the downtown area, an upscale area that is described by officials

joining me now is cnn's boris sanchez at the white house. and boris, we get a window into trump's mind and fears based on his public comments, tweets, et cetera. is there a real concern in the white house about the economic data that they're seeing here? >> there may be privately, but white house officials are not sharing that publicly, jim. they're trying to tamp down worries that a recession may be looming. we just heard from kellyanne conway a short time ago on the lawn of the white house. they insinuated that the press was trying to attack the president, going after his strongest suit. whenever the president list his accomplishments, the economy is frequently at the top of that list. but amid concerns about the looming recession possibly going into an election year and amid this ongoing trade war with china, the white house is trying to tamp down worries. we heard over the weekend from sources explaining to cnn that aides talked the president into waiting until after december by essentially telling him tariffs would hurt families near chr

let's go to boris sanchez traveling with the president in new jersey. good morning to you. what are we hearing from the president? >> reporter: hey, good morning, victor. we just heard from the white house that president trump has been briefed on the smooth in dayton and he is monitoring developments. he tweeted god bless the people of el paso and god bless the people of ohio. he wrote the fbi local and state law enforcement are working together in el sass toe and dayton, ohio. information is rapidly being accumulated in dayton. much has already be learned in el paso. law enforcement was very rapid in both instances. updates will be given throughout the day. he is set to return to washington, d.c. 4:00 p.m. today. no word that he is going to go back sooner. he often makes statements before he departs his estate in new jersey. we will see what the president says later today. >> boris, thank you. we are awaiting a news conference from the del sol medical center where some of the people were shot here in el paso were taken. you can see a live shot of the podium being set up. a

our white house correspondent boris sanchez is joining us. president picked a very, very sensitive another fight. >> that's right. as hurricane dorian looms over puerto rico, president trump a island. all of this happening as mouming signals indicate a potential downturn in the economy going into 2020. sources say president trump is rattled by that. that he's putting intense pressure on aides and reaching for victories to try to reenergize his base into what will be a tough re-election campaign. >> tonight donald trump signing a declaration for puerto rico but not without reinsulting the island. demanding credit for offering ai aid. tweeting, we are tracking closely. that includes the competent mayor of san juan tweeting that puerto rico is one of the most corrupt places on earth. their political system is broken and their politicians are either incompetent or corrupt. congress approved billions of dollars last time. more than any place else has ever gotten and it is sent to crooked politicians. no good. and by the way, i'm the best thing tha

. >> boris sanchez, thank you. >>> so the president as we showed us tweeted earlier today the economy is doing really well, and then followed up by saying the federal reserve can easily made it report-setting. the question is why are we paying more interest. seeing once again the president is trying to have it both way, this consist aren't inconsistency that we can count on. >> right. at the same time the president is saying there's nothing to see here, he's mulling additional tax cuts, maybe a payroll tax cut to try to boostle economy. he delayed the implementation of some of those tariffs on chinese goods to try to protect u.s. consumers around the holiday season when he said all along that the tariffs weren't actually going to hurt american consumers or workers. the agricultural industry has been bearing the brunt of these escalating trade wars, so he is trying to have it both ways. it's clear from his appearance yesterday that he's unnerved by the prospect of an economic downturn. the one issue he has had fairly better approval ratings as president is the economy. so it's very cri

boris sanchez is outfront at the white house. boris, what are you hearing there tonight? >> hey there, kate, from what sources outlined to us, the president is concerned about the trade war and how it will impact him personally. we know he spoke to aides robotly asking how it could impact his 2020 re-election chances. the president facing a series of difficult tests and not taking responsibility for the tweets that you outlined that tanked the stock market today. look there are ominous signs the american economy is weakening. the federal reserve is not bending to his will despite repeated attacks on jerome powell and despite claims from the administration that american consumers aren't bearing the brunt of the tariffs, we are hearing different things from the farmners the midwest in red states that president trump carried in 2016. the concern obviously is the real going into 2020. the question is, what ultimately the president will do about it? he is repeatedly said the trade war is going to be easy to win. it's clearly proving more difficult than perhaps he imagined. let

boris sanchez is there. how serious are these talks?reporter: kate, from what we understand these talks about a potential payroll tax cut are still in the early stages. the white house publicly has denied that they're under consideration at this time. but this belies what we've heard from white house officials over the last few days, including the sound bite you played from president trump there. we've heard from wilbur ross, kellyanne conway, larry kudlow all saying the funneledmentles are strong. th larry kudlow is scheduling talks this week with business leaders to get their input on the state of the economy to find out how they feel about the future of the economy moving into 2020. that plays a big part of this. the white house has said that those calls were scheduled before, previous to any concern about the economy becoming part of the national dialogue. but we know that president trump is closely watching this. he's spoken to aides about his concerns that this trade war with china could impact his reelection chances going into 20

. >> boris sanchez is outfront at the white house. boris, the white house tonight still arguing there is nothing to see here with the economy? >> yeah, that's right, the kate, the message from the administration so so far is everything is fine despite the ominous signals. you saw the director of the national economic council here on the north line of the white house a short while ago. saying a recession was not in the foreseeable future. i asked about the report that the machining sector shrank the frooirs first time in decade. he said he wanted to take a closer look. and the number you mentioned the jobs the number were substantially weaker than he estimated. he said he wasn't concerned about it. he want today look at the fine print. the president is aware of all this information. he has had discussion was aides according to sources about how the economy could potentially impact his 20 chances, specifically the ongoing trade war with china. just yesterday he tried to distance himself a bit from it saying it's not his trade war with ch

boris sanchez is outfront at the white house. boris are there any indications that president trump is willing to let this dispute go? >> no, kait, in fact shortly after the statements you played from president trump in a afternoon at the white house. he tweeted critically about denmark spending on defense in the nato commitments. it's unclear where the president with got the idea that greenland was for sale. but he has clearly taken this hart to cancelling the trip to denmark all together. a noted shift from last night on twitter where he thanked the danish prime minister for being candid and saving the united states money on travel. the president as you pointed out is a frequent critic of the united states allies often closest allies as you know. denmark very supportive of the united states foreign policy sending troops into the iraq and afghanistan buts in a lens into the president thinking on politics and specifically foreign policy. to him this is all personal. he is nice to people like vladimir putin and kim jong un when they

our white house correspondent boris sanchez has the latest. >> reporter: tonight, president donald trump signing an emergency declaration securing aid for puerto rico but not without insulting the island and reigniting a feud with the san juan mayor. trump tweeting, fema and all others are ready and will do a great job. when they do, let them know it and give them a big thank you, not like last year, that includes from the incompetent mayor of san juan. later adding, puerto rico is one of the most corrupt places on earth. their political system is broken and their politicians are either incompetent, or corrupt. congress approved billions of dollars last time, more than any place else has ever gotten. and it is sent to crooked politicians. no good. and by the way, i'm the best thing that's ever happened to puerto rico. the president once again, alluding to the false claim that puerto rico received $92 billion in disaster relief following hurricane maria in 2017. in reality, congress allocated about $40 billion in aid, with the island only receiving a fraction of that. >> i have taken bett

boris sanchez is outfront at the white house.omment from president trump on president obama's incredibly pointed remarks. >> reporter: no, erin. the white house has not put out a response to president obama's statements. it's unclear if president trump has seen the statement. given the past public remarks that he's made about president obama, it wouldn't be a surprise to see him insult the former president or leave a stinging rebuke. we don't know how president trump feels about barack obama. this is an unprecedented, uncommon attack. you rarely see a former president criticize a current administration this way. he clearly alludes to president trump's frequent racist remarks and racist rhetoric. the president used some of the strongest language to date to condemn white supremacy. there is a long list of things that this president has said that mirrors some of what we saw in the suspected shooter's manifesto in el paso, things that immigrants are invaders, suggesting that sanctuary cities are -- making remarks about not being surp

. >> boris sanchez, appreciate it. thank you. >>> good ictor blackwell in el . christi paul is in atlanta. and in a matter of just 13 hours, tragic time for not just these two individual communities, el paso, texas and now dayton, ohio. but for the country. first there is an active crime scene here in el paso as investigators try to get information about the suspect who is in custody and the 20 people killed here, 26 injured. but overnight, there was also a shooting in an entertainment district in dayton, ohio. nine people killed there, the shooter killed as well. 16 people injured. let's start this hour with shimon prokupecz with the latest in washington. >> so that shooting, nine dead as you said, happening just about around 1:00 a.m. police say when the gunman walked into this bar, to this club, and opened fire killing those nine people, 16 injured. and what we're told by police is that this individual was wearing a body armor. he had what they have described as a long gun. obviously a lot of panic inside this bar, a lot of people again running for their live

boris sanchezed inside el paso outside the wal-mart where the massacre happened.resident think his visit went well today in el paso? >> erin, given what the president said at the regional command center where he stopped a short while ago. he thinks it was a positive respect. saying the respect and admiration that the office of the president receives made it an amazing day. we should point out according to the white house pool there was somebody standing out with a large bed sheet that read racist go home. that's generally the sentiment i've heard from people i talked to in el paso. a sentiment that the president can't console the community because of the rhetoric used against immigrants. this is largely an immigrant descendant community. just behind me there is someone on a micron. there was sob did he somebody deriding the president, asking the to speak out against white supremacy. there is a sinnism about the visit. people telling me earlier that they believe the president seeking a photo opportunity. we should point out before he left the white house, the presi

sanchez, "today in the bay." >> kris, thank you. >>> new overnight for you, uk prime minister boris johnson is asking the queen to temporarily suspend parliament. opponents see this move as an attempt to make it harder for lawmakers who want to thwart the prime minister's plan for brexit. that deadline for britain to leave the european union is october 31st. the news has sent the pound falling. so far the buckingham palace is declining to comment. >>> back here in the bay area, today marks one month since the deadly mass shooting at the gilroy garlic festival. three people were killed when a gunman opened fire in christmas hill park. the gunman later killed himself. the city council approved a temporary memorial at the location of last month's mass shooting. there are plans the council approved, the 30-foot palm tree in christmas hill park will be draped with blue prayer flags and a split rail fence with 16 posts, one more every person injured in the attack. there will be three boulders to represent the victims. the mem legal will include an area people can leave behind candles and other items. >>> happening t