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cnn brian todd has details. ame to light as kim jong-un was having his first meeting with russian president putin. >> that is right, wolf. as kim jong-un seemed to signal the united states by flaunting connections with vladimir putin, we learned of that defiant demand kim made of the trump administration and we spoke to the american envoy that received that bill. >> reporter: it was a brazen demand from the kim jong-un regime in north korea to the trump administration. sources say a $2 million bill to the u.s. for the hospital care of comatose american student otto warmbier. sources tell cnn the north koreans insisted the u.s. sign a pledge to pay the bill before they would release him from custody in 2017. the bill was presented to joseph eun to win the release of the university of virginia student and that he signed a pledge to pay it. tonight eun isn't commenting on whether he signed the pledge but tells cnn he had strict orders from the secretary of state and the president. >> it was clearly understood by me

brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> now to the story of the russian woman who pleaded guilty to conspiracyng as a russian agent during the 2016 u.s. election. she learned her fate on friday. our sara murray has the story. >> reporter: a federal judge on friday sentenced marina butina, a russian national to 18 months behind bars. butina has been in jail for nine months. she has nine more months to go. she pleaded guilty months ago to conspiracy of acting as an agent of a foreign official here in the united states. the judge in delivering the sentence said butina's crime was serious, it was sophisticated and dangerous. she made it clear this was more than just a paperwork violation. more than just letting the attorney general know that butina was operating here in the u.s. and it's clear that this broader conflict between u.s. and russia with tensions about russia's interference in the election played on the judge's decision. butina apologized for her activity, she said she didn't realize she was invite latie vi law. they said that her sentence is politically motivated and it's fabricated an

cnn's brian todd has been working his sources. est both here in the united states? >> that's right, wolf. we have new information tonight on the extraordinary pressure being placed on members of the group which conducted that raid at north korea's embassy in madrid, spain. one of these men is now in hiding in fear for his life. we're told that the information these men likely got from that embassy could be very valuable to western intelligence. >>> it was a bizarre and brazen heist aimed at north korea and its dictator kim jong-un. carried out in broad daylight against the brutal regime's embassy in spain back in february. ten men gained entry into the compound allegedly as posing as businessmen, tying up the staff and beating them. spanish officials say before making off in embassy vehicles with a stash of thumb drives, hard drives, computers and phones. a gold mine, spies say, for western intelligence. >> police. >> reporter: tonight cnn learned u.s. marshals are searching for this man, a mexican national and u.s. resident who sp

brian todd is in "the situation room."pomp and ceremony so far, the question will there be any substance to this summit? >> reporter: that is a big question. neither side is saying anything about signing any formal agreements or making any statementsality the summit but make no mistake, u.s. officials and south korean leaders and allies are very concerned over the possibility that kim and putin could strike a secret deal which might throw a wrench into the efforts to get kim to give up his nuclear weapons n. russia tonight, rolling out the red carpet for kim jong-un. the north korean leader arrived across the country border to a hero's welcome, taking a break from trump, kim stepped off his armored train and met by girls in vintage russian costumes offering him bread and salt while the 35-year-old dictators appeared to taste the salt, his trip is designed to rub it in an open wound with donald trump after the failed summit in february. >> it is possible that kim jong-un is also thinking about this in terms of making donald

brian todd has been digging into all of this. what are you learninging?ces where president trump has told the same specific lie about his father's birthplace. we found it's part of a pattern from trump. not just lying for political gain, not simply getting his facts wrong but lying to win over the people who happen to be right in front of him. the president makes a claim about his family history we presume has to know isn't true. >> my father is german, was german and born in a very wonderful place in germany so i have a great feeling for germany. >> reporter: it's well established president trump's father fred was born in the bronx in 1905. a trump adviser defended the president telling cnn, quote, obama thought we had 57 states, sometimes mistakes happen. but this isn't the first time trump has made this claim. >> i have great respect for germany. my father is from germany. don't forget, both of my parents were born in eu sectors, okay, i mean my mother was scotland, my father germany. >> reporter: his mother was born in scotland. his paternal grandfath

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first, let's get the very latest on the breaking news, cnn's brian todd is joining us. brian, venezuela's political crisis is clearly escalating. >> it is escalating, wolf, there's been a lot of violence on the streets of caracas today and it is not at all clear tonight which leader has the full backing of the venezuelan military. >> reporter: it is one of the most violent moments of this spontaneous uprising that continues tonight, as protesters swarmed one of venezuela's armored military vehicles, pelting it with options, another swept in from the left, slamming into the crowd. seconds later, as the chaos swirls, another vehicle comes into view on fire. all of this unfolded today, outside lacarlota military air base in venezuela's capital. juan guaido today declared, this is the final phase in the effort to topple president nicolas maduro. guaido, recognized as venezuela's president by the united states and more than 50 other nations, has led months of protests against maduro. but today, it escalated, as guaido made a more sweeping call for venezuela's military to back

>> brian todd, thank you so much. >>> coming up, wikileaks founder julian assange is dragged out of then embassy where he had taken refuge several years. he faces extradition for hacking military secrets. are more charges ahead? lease the 2019 is 300 for $329 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. with retirement planning and advice for what you need today and tomorrow. because when you're with fidelity, there's nothing to stop you from moving forward. but allstate actually helps you drive safely... with drivewise. it lets you know when you go too fast... ...and brake too hard. with feedback to help you drive safer. giving you the power to actually lower your cost. unfortunately, it can't do anything about that. now that you know the truth... are you in good hands? >>> happening now. wikileaks founder julian assange arrested and dragged from the london embassy where he has been hold up seven years and facing extradition to the u.s., accused of conspiring to steal military secrets. are more charges coming. >>> it is not my thing. president trump denies knowing an

brian todd. back and forth of that frame i watched listening to my friend screaming they killed my dad they killed my dad. and i had medical training i even had i.v. equipment in my car because i was on ours and that's why. i asked for someone to go get the id card nine one one we had to wait at least seventeen minutes after the first ambulance arrived because baby used to take him to the hospital and they said now is not our jurisdiction and then we have to call another ambulance. on. this is a few of the. few who. in this room do you. do this with the able to unload them with. brian's action it really opened a lot of people to. what was going on there and why you should there and how much he had sacrificed in order to save. the concert naval weapons station remains in the national spotlight as protesters of past and present rallied on behalf of the n.d.p. conference mechanical occupy. protesters tore up the section of the same tracks we're working with brown from the five train. i visited this

brian todd is working this story for us.jong-un didn't hide his frustration with president trump during their summit. >> he not only didn't hide it, wolf. it seemed like he kind of went off on trump when he was talking to putin. kim was blunt in his assessment of where he stands with the americans. he was very critical of trump and his team, and that seems to have given vladimir putin an opening. north korea's ruthless young dictator is angry and venting tonight. during his summit with vladimir putin in vladivostok, kim jong-un gave the russian president a brutal, stark view of where he thinks he stands with donald trump. according to his news agency, kim told putin the situation on the korean peninsula is, quote, now at a standstill and has reached a critical point where it may return to its original state. more damning, kim accused president trump and his team of acting in bad faith at the recent second summit talks. >> kim jong-un is frustrated. the last summit in hanoi was a failure for him. >> reporter: a failure, exper

let's go to cnn's brian todd, he's got details for us.tween top leaders at the nra, and it is all public now. >> that's right, an internal battle in the nra spilled out in public in a messy way. we learned the nra powerful ceo wayne lapierre was reelected unopposed. another figure many americans remember from an infamous washington scandal. america's most prominent gun rights organization with one of the most powerful lobbying arms is in turmoil tonight. retired lieutenant colonel oliver north, a controversial figure for decades for his role in the iran contra scandal announced he is out as president of the national rifle association saying in a letter, quote, there's a clear crisis in the group. north lost an internal battle against the powerful ceo of the nra, wayne lapierre. "the wall street journal" says north acauscused him of chargin expenses to a ven tore and asked the group to look into finances. the journal reports la pierre said north was pressuring him to resign and trying to extort him. >> we are seeing things at the nra, whet

businesses emperor akihito steps down will hear how things are looking up for japan's economy our brian todd russell be back with the did have in his team at the top of the hour. good luck. generally late has no education her husband drinks. her son takes drugs. there seems to be no way out. then she dares to make a change and take control of trolling. a growing a story of some patrick. punished. conflicts are going to tell you. some time in the twenty six to you my great granddaughter people are. what make the world be like in your life time in around half a century. when i was born there were three people you will share the planet with nine billion. you world be around two degrees more. negatively sea level rise by at least one during this century. we're going to have some climate impacts mature greater than what we see already. it's really frightening. why are people more concerned. today first d.w. . mixed signals from spain sobota big games about socialists and populists mean tough coalition talks ahead what could this mean for the euro zone's fourth biggest economy. also on the show as

our brian todd was for the entire team thanks so much. for choosing. to leave yourself for. the new. school. no cause for celebration world press freedom day may third. the renaissance was when people started keeping track of time. locksmith paisa headline invented the pocket watch in fifteen ten it soon became a profit tool merchants and a fortune with it. and it allowed seafarers to navigate the distant oceans. shortly before christopher columbus had arrived in the americas and the known world tripled in size. people began to understand our planet in new ways and an empire rose on which the sun never set. this was all thanks to the new portable time pieces scholars could measure and calculate the paths of the heavenly bodies more accurately discovering the mechanisms of planetary motion and ultimately placing the sun at the heart of our solar system. the way to the stars was opened at least in the mind of the pop. that watch and the other inventions of the renaissance helped transform europe and the world. florence in fifteen zero four united have been she was a towering f

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let's go to cnn's brian todd. brian, what is kim jong-un's regime saying now? >> reporter: wolf, for the first time, north korea is acknowledging that that raid took place at its embassy in madrid. kim's regime calls it a terrorist attack. tonight, we have in details on the raid and on questions raised by north korean and spanish authorities over whether the fbi was involved. kim jong-un's regime is lashing out after more than a month of silence over a mystery incident at one of its most important overseas outposts. in a new statement, the north korean foreign ministry calling the february 26nd raid at its embassy in madrid a, quote, grave terrorist attack, and urging spanish authorities to, quote, bring the terrorists and their wire pullers to justice. the north koreans say they're following rumors that the fbi was involved. >> that's something that the fbi would not condone. on the flip side, if they are now in receive mode. if someone comes to them and say, we have information that may be important, important intelligence information, the fbi would certainly

our correspondents are standing by in paris, but we begin with our brian todd, who's got the very latest. brian? >> wolf, this is still a terrible scene. a desperate battle by firefighters at notre dame cathedral. they're working inside and outside the structure, trying to keep the fire from spreading. the commander of the fire brigade now says they're worried about the tower collapsing. we have new information tonight on how this disaster unfolded. >> reporter: tonight, notre dame, one of the oldest and most iconic structures in paris is burning out of control. for people who'd flocked to the area near the centuries-old cathedral, the fire that broke out around 6:30 in the evening local time was obvious almost immediately. across the paris skyline, at first, the smoke could be seen billowing through the roof, then the flames. within moments, the roof of the more than 800-year-old cathedral was completely engulfed. crowds streamed into paris streets and squares, watching in shock. >> you run out of the bar and what i seen in front of me was terrific and horrible. the fire was so big that

brian todd is looking into this for us. brian, what are you learning?is is a new account by a visit a year ago between the trumps and the french president and his wife to mt. vernon. the report says president trump didn't show much curiosity of the estate but was critical of it. when he left the white house in washington, d.c. last april with the french president, macron, to visit george washington's home, mt. vernon, president trump flew past the washington monument. over the george pawing parkway. beside the george washington memorial in alexandria, virginia. yet once on the grounds of his home, he told people around him quote, if he was smart, he would have put his name on it. you have to put your name on stuff or no one remembers you, according to a stunning story in politico that cites several sources briefed on his comments. >> that tells you where the president's head is at. this guy wants to stamp his name and likeness on everything and thinks washington missed a chance to do that. >> reporter: politico describes trump as bored during the tour,

he could face double jeopardy in the united states and we have more from brian todd.rning? >> reporter: new information on julian assange's precarious situation inside the ecuadorian embassy and on what prosecutors in the united states could be after from assange, including information about the trump campaign's alleged efforts in 2016 to get dirt on hillary clinton. >> thank you. >> reporter: he is at the center of one of the biggest counterintelligence investigations in the united states, the russian attack on the 2016 election. up until now, julian assange, the mercurial founder of wikileaks, has been untouchable. holed up in a couple of rooms inside ecuador's embassy in london for almost seven years, publicly by a video or when occasionally holding news conferences from the embassy's balcony. >> my work will not be cowed -- >> reporter: his welcome may be wearing thin. on tuesday, ecuador's president complained the 47-year-old has repeatedly violated protocol at the embassy. last night wikileaks tweeting, claiming a high-election ecuadoran official told them assan

cnn brian todd is joining us with details. they've never met before. >> reporter: they have not.ing. a meeting that is being watched closely by the u.s. and allies. there are crucial questions surrounding this summit tonight. including over how kim and putin might work together against the united states and if they're comparing notes on how to deal with president trump. they are the leaders of two countries considered hostile foreign powers, are viewed sushs suspiciously by us intelligence and courted as friends of trump and tonight they are about to meet face-to-face for the first time in a super charged summit of america's enemies. kim has left pyongyang on his armored train for a meeting on thursday. likely in the siberian city. >> it is a worry when you have two adversaries meeting who have a shared interest against the united states of america and do not see the united states of america as a friend. >> reporter: the kim dynasty has a long-standing relationship with the kremlin, forged at the height of the cold war, an era that putin has been wanting to capture. they both too

brian todd, thanks. >>> coming up, a shocking development in the case of a teenager in kentucky who showedstreet saying he was a little boy kidnapped eight years ago. fbi saying he is not even a little boy or even a teenager. was it all a sick joke. with thd no artificial preservatives. make every sandwich count with oscar mayer deli fresh. get 2 medium, every day at marco's, 1-topping pizzas for just $6.99 each. because it takes two... to make a great everyday value. every store. every day. the italian way. hello primo. we're all under one roof now. congratulations. thank you. how many kids? my two. his three. along with two dogs and jake, our new parrot. that is quite the family. quite a lot of colleges to pay for though. a lot of colleges. you get any financial advice? yeah, but i'm pretty sure it's the same plan they sold me before. well your situation's totally changed now. right, right. how 'bout a plan that works for 5 kids, 2 dogs and jake over here? that would be great. that would be great. that okay with you, jake? get a portfolio that works for you now and as your needs change f

cnn's brian todd has the details of what appears to be the latest chapter in a washington political soape latest? >> reporter: it is, wolf. a soap opera that involves top trump advisory kellyanne conway and her husband george. a prominent attorney who has been relentless against the president. he is going further than his fellow republicans and even further than top democrats in comparing this to watergate and calling for the president's impeachment. it's a scathing attack on president trump in the op-ed pages of the "washington post". notable not just for its argument but because of its author. john dean famously told nixon a cancer in the presidency and that it was growing, the column says. what the mueller report shows with crystal clarity is that today there is a cancer in the presidency. president donald adjustment trump. congress bears the constitutional solemn duty to excise the cancer without delay. that's from a prominent conservative, george conway, the husband of kellyanne conway. >> is he out on a limb here? >> i think he has decided to put himself "outfront" as someone who h

brian: todd piro all over this story. he is in the newsroom. todd?nd bought. the 18-year-old's trip comes days before the area marks the grim anniversary of the columbine massacre on april 20th. yesterday many schools around denver put on lockout where outer doors are bolted but classes continue as normal. with the threat not diminished some schools are closed entirely today. at least 18 so far. get this, that's 546,000 students, 60% of colorado public school students according to reports. employees told stay home. no specific threats have been made but authorities are not taking any changes. >> because of her comments and actions. because of her travel here to the state, because of her procurement of a weapon immediately upon arriving here, we considered her to be a credible threat. certainly to the community. and potentially to schools. this has become a massive manhunt. and every law enforcement agency is participating and helping in this effort. >> this all started with a tip from an fbi officer in miami. the bureau says they have several leads.

brian: todd filling in to be roar wonderful in the kitchen.ve: we have family news to alert you to. jed has officially been named the co-host of "fox & friends weekend." [cheers] jedediah: i apologize in advance. brian: what does it feel like to get the job? jedediah: it feels good. the weekend show is so much fun. you guys are a blast too. i'm looking forward to it. brian: tell you how long it is? jedediah: they did. it's a long four hours. steve: you are saying you have to do two shows four hours. 8 hours a week. tough. [laughter] steve: we only work 15. brian: of course you were here and went to "the view" for an hour. so this is a lot more. jedediah: exactly. i was like you on outnumbered on the five "the view" for an hour and then here. it's good for you. it keeps you really sharp. "fox & friends" keeps you 145r7. i tell everybody that. there is no one sharper than the "fox & friends" people. that live tv you never know what's popping up in that prompter sometimes. steve: or it's not spelled right. brian: didn't we go through two months o

brian: why don't you ask that man if he thinks your butt looks big. todd: brian, i decline.n. brian: absolutely. steve: there you go. [laughter] ainsley: thanks, todd. steve: no filter. just saying. brian: 24 minutes before the top of the hour. jillian has a filter. jillian: good morning to you guys. start you off with this story we are following. a dramatic rescue when a upon to an boat takes on water and capsizes. you can see the group clinging to the bottom of the boat newport richy, florida. some of them didn't know how to swim. the sheriff's department rushing to get all 13 people safely out of the water. two people had to be hospitalized but everyone is expected to be okay. officials blame inexperienced boaters and rough conditions. two men facing charges for allegedly attacking a man for wearing a maga hat. the victim says he was walking in his d.c. neighborhood when the men spouted the hat and hit him to the ground . >> why are you doing that? said, no, no, no; and then point to me on my head. jillian: the victim says he tried to walk away but the suspects wouldn't l

brian: stunner. julian assange is under arrest. ainsley: todd piro live in the newsroom with details.ew minutes ago. rob: within the last 15 or 20 minutes or so. the wikileaks founder arrested at the ecuadorian embassy in london. he had been staying there since 2012 after seeking asylum to escape extradition to sweden where he was wanted on sexual misconduct claims. we are now learning ecuador withdrew his asylum for violating their arrangement but it was unclear exactly how. wikileaks tweeting out, quote: urgent, ecuador has

todd, thanks so much for joining us today. appreciate your expertise. >> thanks for having me. brianht. 30 minutes before the top of the hour. we move ahead. fox news will host a town hall tonight with former starbucks ceo howard schultz. todd piro is having breakfast with friends ahead of the big event in kansas city. todd? todd: good morning to you. it's a very todd heavy block here. one todd and then another todd. it's not about me. it's about the ladies coming up on "fox & friends." we will be talking about all the big issues of the day in light of this big town hall where they will be talking about the big issues of the day. if there is one common theme from this table, one, it's ladies morning as opposed to ladies night and two immigration. we are talking about that. we are having cinnamon rolls all when "fox & friends" returns on a thursday morning ♪ we always find a way back home ♪ ♪ a house in a neighborhood with a lot of other young couples. then we noticed something...strange. oh, could you, uh, make me a burger? -poof -- you're a burger. [ laughter ] -everyone acts like t

todd: steve, ainsley and brian good morning to all of you.pected to be back here in court. all this after a judge said the county's emergency declaration was, quote: misplaced. 30 day declaration barred vaccinated children from schools, houses of worship, and other public areas. even kids with a religious exemption. this after rockland county was hit with 167 cases of measles. as of last friday. in ruling against the declaration, the judge said the measles outbreak didn't rise to the level of an epidemic. but leaders here disagree. saying the county needs to be proactive, which could include issuing another ban. >> this is a public health crisis. it's time sound the alarm. >> yet, despite this increasing threat, reaction to the ban is still mixed. >> have to get you kids vaccinated. and you are putting all these other kids at risk by not doing it and it's not right. >> i am not afraid to stand up for people that don't want to put pork into their bodies. i am not afraid. i grew up in new york city. i had the measles in 1978. i am not afraid. >

brian: dan, let's go to another area of your expertise that's what's going on with this whole russia investigation. chuck todd mccain that handed the -- that said hey, lindsey, i just got it dossier, what do i do with it? lindsey said give it to the fbi because of that. listen to this line of questioning. >> given the fact that senator graham admitted he was sort of involved in the process or at least knew of the process of how the dossier got to james comey from senator mccain and he read it actually before it got to comey, does he have recuse himself from this investigation on your committee or not? >> [laughter] >> do you think lindsey graham would recuse himself from any investigation? i can't imagine it. brian: do you believe this? a guy determined to get to the bottom of this and chuck todd is seemingly doing the work for democrats. >> well, chuck todd always does the work of democrats. is he a democrat activist posing as a media operative. you know, what's really puzzling about this entire case is there were so many obvious conflicts of interest. not stretches like this. well, lindsey graham you knew j

brian: stunner. julian assange is under arrest. ainsley: todd piro live in the newsroom with details. we just got word of this, todd, not too long ago a few minutes ago. rob: within the last 15 or 20 minutes or so. the wikileaks founder arrested at the ecuadorian embassy in london. he had been staying there since 2012 after seeking asylum to escape extradition to sweden where he was wanted on sexual misconduct claims. we are now learning ecuador withdrew his asylum for violating their arrangement but it was unclear exactly how. wikileaks tweeting out, quote: urgent, ecuador has illegally terminated assange's political asylum in violation of international law. he was arrested by the british police inside the ecuadorian embassy minutes ago and julian assange did not walk out of the embassy. the ecuadorian ambassador invited him into the embassy and he was immediately arrested. the warrant plifs served on assange dates back to 2012 we do not know what the warrant is for. you will recall over the last few weeks we had heard speculation that this could be possibly happening. that day is he

. >> it is, but brian, i mean, look, the president and bill barr have successfully neutered the impact of the mueller report politically. that's the bottom line. >> chuck todd, our thanks. he has tweeted about ten time so far this morning, the president. let's bring in jeremy bash, former chief of staff at cia and the pentagon. former chief counsel to house intel. jeremy, your preview. >> what i'm looking for is what does this report tell us about the broad questions of national interest. i agree. the political imaginations of 24 hour news cycle will be interesting. from the broadest lens in the sweep of history i think there are three question we're looking for answers to. number one, did the president allow his campaign to be assisted by the russian federation? did he know about it? did he accept it? number two is did the president allow his national security adviser in the days after the election to open a secret channel to russia, to do some secret diplomacy and undermine the outgoing administration in a a -- third, did the president abuse his powers by covering up those activities, by obstructing the administration and misleading the public about it? i

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brian: dan bongino was on the couch. he talked about the media and their role from here on in. >> these are not serious people anymore. chuck todd ainsley, they missed the two biggest stories of our generation. they missed the fact collusion was a hoax and -- was real. they got the story backwards. they thought collusion was real and spying was hoax. they missed two biggest stories of our generation. we're supposed to take chuck todd seriously? ainsley: chuck todd is saying actual collusion that doj officials talked to the trump campaign about what was in the mueller report. ed: the white house. ainsley: white house what was in the report according toking "new york times." andrew mccarthy read the constitution said about this the white house is entitled to know what is in the report. the investigation is done. it is already finished. if the president wants to know what is in the report now he is entitled to know ahead of all of us reading it. ed: i laugh. he read the constitution this morning got up. the president leads the executive branch. ainsley: over doj. ed: which reports to him. here is what we're about to announce. would

brian: back up a second what do you mean there is no fisa. >> there was no fisa warrant to spy on carter page. that is clearly factually a lie. and then toddly. he was lying or he was the worst dn in the history. he is the dumbest guy we have ever seen he didn't know there was a fisa? brian: 15 month often to try ofe trying to get russians. weather ivanka or friend of a friend of a friend trying to get ahold of jared kushner or alpha bank president trying to on behest of vladimir putin try to get some tide into the brand new trump administration. that's chronicled? >> absolutely. that's not news that the russians have tried to penetrate. that's clearly old news. the question was did the trump campaign collude and the answer is definitively no. ed: you hearsay if it's not active maybe it was passive. beto o'rourke out on the campaign trail if there was not collusion maybe there is coordination. i don't know if that's a crime. coordination. listen to this one from eric swalwell running for president, too. attorney general barr never should have been confirmed but once confirmed he should have recused himself from all oversight of the the mue