i am brooke baldwin live in manchester.eople enjoying a night out when a suicide boomer blew himself up at that massive arena. authorities are calling this a fast-moving investigation. police have conducted at least two raids and investigators want to know if this lone attacker was part of a wider terror network. let's begin there with our cnn terrorist analyst, paul cruickshank. we know one person is in custody. police have i.d. 'd him. how quickly will we be able to tell whether he acted alone or had a network? >> that remains to be seen. so far, they have not uncovered any links to an established terrorist group, a group like isis or al qaeda. possibly there will be a link that emerges. as of now, they really have found nothing to suggest that. so they are trying to figure out if he acted alone, in terms of this plot. did he build this device himself or was he part of a network of co-conspirators in the united kingdom, perhaps some kind of sleeper cell or something like that. they are really throwing, i understand, absol

i'm brooke baldwin here in new york. thanks so much for being with me on this friday afternoon, but stay right here. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. it is cinco de mayo today which

i'm brooke baldwin. moments ago, the white house daily briefing finished, exhibiting what cnn's political director, david chalian, just told me was a crisis of credibility. once again, administration officials had to readjust their accounts of what exactly led president trump to fire the director of the fbi, james comey. the initial reason was that it was based upon recommendations by the deputy attorney general, which was totally tossed out based upon this nbc interview that the president sat down for a little while ago. minutes before the briefing, he revealed that he was planning to fire jim comey no matter what he was advised. here he was. >> look, he's a showboat, she's a grandstander. the fbi has been in turmoil. i know that, you know that, everybody knows that. you take a look at the fbi a year ago, it was in virtual turmoil. less than a year ago, it hasn't recovered from that. >> monday, you met with the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein. >> right. >> did you ask for a recommendation? >> wh

"newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. >>> here we go, top of the hour, i'm brooke baldwin and you're watching cnn. any moment now, air force one will leave for saudi arabia. president trump's first foreign trip since taking office and as he's looking back in his proverbial rearview mirror, the dark cloud hanging over washington. an investigation into whether there was improper contact between trump associates and russia spiralling into talk of obstruction of justice this week and even depending on who you ask, impeachment. the president no doubt hopeful his trip will be a positive step forward. but the president's first order of business, representatives of more than 50 muslim nations, some of whom are listed in the president's travel ban. and the speech, by the way, that speech from saudi arabia written by this man, stephen miller, who drafted the travel ban. so let's begin here with this trip. athena jones is our cnn white house correspondent. first stop, saudi arabia. talk us through his agenda. >> reporter: hi, brooke. this is a big deal. we've heard white house offici

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. we're watch iing two major stors for you breaking a at this moment. the first president trump's fired national security adviser says he will plead the fifth and is refusing to cooperate with the senate intelligence committee over questions about the campaign's ties to russia. more on that in a moment and what this means for the investigation. but first, moments ago, president trump and israeli restroom benjamin netanyahu faced reporters at this joint appearance during the president's first overseas visit as chander in chief. >> i also look forward to working closely with you to advance peace in our region. because you have noted so us is sintly that common dangers are turning former enemies into arter ins. that's where we see something new and potentially something very promising. it won't be simple. but for the first time in many years, mr. president trump for the first time in my lifetime, i see a real hope for change. >> i'm encouraged that they pledged cooperation to confront terr

i'm brooke baldwin.day that no sources or methods were divulged to the russians and h.r. mcmaster downplayed the significance of whether the president revealed the city where the intelligence actually came from. >> all of you are very familiar with the territory and controls. if you were to say, hey, from where do you think a threat might come from territory that isis controls, you would probably be able to name a few cities, i would think. and so it was nothing that you would not know from open source reporting in terms of the source of concern. and it had all to do with operations that are already ongoing, had been made public for months. >> that classified information is kebl is connected to a threat with laptops and the city where the threat came from is a detail cnn agreed to withhol when cnn broke the story back in march. i have nick paton walsh with me here in new york and bob baer with us, also a cnn intelligence and security analyst. guys, welcome. nick, let me turn to you. we were told back in

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. we are expecting to hear from the white house press secretary sean spicer for the very first time since this explosive report and arguably the deepest crisis of donald trump's presidency. this memo from former fbi director james comey that claims the president asked him privately to stop investigating the former national security adviser michael flynn, reportedly saying, quote, i hope you can let this go. congress now demanding any memo along with mr. comey's testimony as lawmakers raise concerns that president trump may have obstructed justice. amid all of this, silence from the president except for these comments he made during a commencement speech at the coast guard just a short time ago. >> never, ever, ever give up. things will work out just fine. look at the way i've been treated lately. especially by the media. no politician in history -- and i say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly. you can't let them get you down. you

i'm brooke baldwin. we're getting breaking news in with regard to president trump's travel ban. this is actually the revised travel ban that would keep individuals out of the united states for 90 days from countries including iran, libya, sudan, syria and yemen. this involves the fourth circuit. the news is that the fourth circuit has just ruled to uphold the block on the ban. page pate, one of our legal analysts, is on the phone with me now. page, the news is that the ban is still in force. >> yes. >> page, i don't have a great signal. let's try that again. you're live on cnn. can you hear me? >> i can hear you, yes. >> all right. you are crystal clear, sir. explain to me what's just happened with the fourth circuit. >> well, i have not seen the opinion yet and i'm very interested to review it but it appears that the court was very concerned about all of the additional statements that the president and his team made about this ban before they actually signed the executive order. so this attempt to revis

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me. t now. >>> thank you, brooke. air force one returns and the president is out of airplane mode. "the lead" starts right now. president trump returns home with a tweet storm as the russia investigation hits closer to home. what's next for jared kushner, the president's trusted son-in-law after a new report that he push sued a secret line to the kremlin? >>> testing trump again. north korea fires its third ballistic missile in as many weeks as the pentagon prepares for the growing threat in an unprecedented way. plus, in the rough. the mug shot after tiger woods is arrested in florida. why he spent part of his morning in

i'm brooke baldwin. we've just learned that cnn is reporting that israel was the source of the information that was shared with the russians in the oval office one week ago. this has sent his battered white house into an entirely new crisis as, quote/unquote, he says is very successful but that's far from how other sources are describing it to cnn. they confirmed details first reported in "the washington post" that president trump revealed highly classified information to both the foreign minister and russian ambassador when they visited the white house last wednesday. just a short time ago, national security adviser general h.r. mcmaster was in the room when the president met with the russians and the national security adviser stressed that the president did absolutely nothing wrong. mcmaster also provided the context of what the president was saying at the time. >> the president was emphasizing, we have common interests here. we have to work together and we have cooperation with trans national terroris

i'm brooke baldwin. we begin with breaking news regarding the fbi's role in the 2016 presidential election. we're now learning why the fired fbi director went public to announce the investigation of hillary clinton's e-mails was ending. you remember james comey held an infamous news conference last summer. turns out, he was worried about the russians impacting the integrity of the investigation. dana bash has the new breaking news here. what exactly have you learned? >> cnn has learned, brooke, that then fbi director james comey knew a critical piece of russian information related to the hillary clinton e-mail investigation was fake but felt he needed to take action anyway because he was concerned that if the information became public, it would undermine the investigation and the justice department itself. now, this is according to multiple sources, talking to my colleagues, simone and gloria and myself. now, these concerns were a major factor in comey deciding to publicly declare that the clinton probe

i'm brooke baldwin. moments ago, the white house said it does expect changes to the health plan. the president hailed 24 hours ago after the house passed it. his first massive victory act. now the american health care act is in the hands of the u.s. senate. while senators look at what the house approved, some of them are also working on their own version of the bill. the white house remains confident the primary parts of the bill will remain. however, deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders filling in for sean spicer today failed to embrace -- failed to actually call it trumpcare. >> i think that the one thing that you can be sure of is to never underestimate this president. i think he's shown time and time again when he's committed to something, it's going to get done. he's made no secret he's committed to reforming the health care system. you are going to see that process take place. we are not going to get ahead of the legislative process. we expect there to be some changes but we expect the pri

i'm brook brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. we will send it back to washington. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. ♪ >> this is "cnn breaking news." >> thanks, brooke. welcome to "the lead." we will begin with breaking news. politics lead, of course, after seven years of campaigning, promising and false starting, republicans did it. the house voted to repeal and replace the affordable care act, otherwise known as obamacare. they needed 216 votes. they got 217. >> if you can make that out, that rendition of, nah, nah, nah, hey, hey, good guy. originally by steam. house

i'm brooke baldwin. a massive moment in the firestorm of president trump's firing of the fbi director, james comey. the white house trying to insist the president's threat to comey was, in fact, not a threat after all. the president tweeted earlier that comey better "hope there aren't tapes of their conversations." so let me bring in my panel and gloria borger, to you first on that threat/non-threat. i mean, again, you read the tweet, how is that not threatening language? >> well, it is threatening language, to me, and to lots of other people, particularly coming from the president of the united states. today. sean spicer said it was not a threat and then he said, he's simply stating a fact. and then he said, i'm moving on. what struck me today, brooke, was that sean spicer repeatedly refused to answer the question of whether the president -- >> recording devices. >> -- is taping oval office conversations. >> three different times, i noticed. three different times. let me point that out. and i think we h

i'm brooke baldwin. let's send things down to washington, d.c. with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. two top trump advisers refusing to comply with the russia investigation. "the lead" starts right now. cnn exclusive reporting that this the russian sources say were caught on intercepts bragging about possessing something damaging to donald trump and his campaign. was this just boasting? was it disinformation? or was it legit? >>> firing back. for the first time the u.s. fires a missile capable of knocking down potentially a north korean nuke. was the test a success? >>> plus, asleep at the wheel. new details about that disoriented looking tiger woods during his dui

i'm brooke baldwin.ared kushner is the man closest to the president and he's been referred to as essentially the secretary of everything and he's now under fbi scrutiny caught up in the ongoing russia investigation. trump's son-in-law in the spotlight for his interactions with russian officials during the election and during the transition. investigators tell cnn the focus is on the trump campaign's data analytics operation in which kushner was involved and his contact with russian officials. with me now, david chalian, our cnn political director, and federal and white collar criminal defense attorney, carol. welcome to both of you. david, just on the politics of this, all indications are that he's not a target, you know, no allegations of wrongdoing. he has said he will go talk to congress and tell him what he knows of these meetings. that said, what does this mean that one of the most powerful people in the west wing is being looked at? >> this is a shift in this investigation because now -- and you re

i'm brooke baldwin. two major breaking stories at this moment. the first president trump's fired national security adviser michael flynn says he will plead the fifth and is refusing to cooperate with the senate intelligence committee over all the questions about the trump campaign ties with russia and his involvement. much more on that in a moment and what this means for the investigations. but first, an historic moment in the donald trump presidency. president trump standing side by side with welcoming benjamin netanyahu. they have faced reporters. >> there are many things that can happen now that would never have been able to happen. it's terrorism and facing the threat of an iranian regime that is threatening the region and causing so much violence and suffering. >> i also look forward to working closely with you to advance peace in our region. because you have noted so us is zingtly the common dangers are turning former enemies into partners. that's where we see something new and potentially something very promising. it won't be simple. but f

brook baldwin joins me.trump ending his short lived twitter hiatus, blasting the russia investigation, blasting the appointment of a special council as the greatest witch hunt in american history. this move by rosenstein, the man that the president said he respected so much that he took his advice in getting rid of jim comey, agreed upon by democrats and republicans, when is the last time that happened, now being trashed by the president. of course the former fbi director is the choice to look into the questions surrounding russia's interference. >> you have these three separate congressional committees who want james comey to testify about what president trump told him, essentially making him the most wanted man in washington. and several new reports about michael flynn adding to the crisis facing this trump administration. we have it all covered for

i i'm brooke baldwin.e giving his first briefing since before the president's big trip overseas and, of course, since the avalanche of news into the investigation of donald trump's campaign, ties to russia and the events leading up to the president's firing of fbi director james comey. of all of the things here, the most pressing headline is the reporting that russia had derogatory information about president trump and his campaign aides, according to two former intelligence sources. the information was financial in nature and centered around whether the russians had leverage over him and his team. a lot of players standing by to go through this as we have our eyes on the podium. jim acosta, let me begin with you there in the briefing room. this is a huge briefing. this is the first time we've seen sean spicer at the white house in some 15 days. >> right. >> what do you expect? >> reporter: well, there's been a lot of news this morning on the russia investigation, brooke. there probably will be, judging by

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. ight now. >>> thanks, brooke it. never took the president that long to fire someone on "the apprentice." "the lead" starts right now. 18 days is how long it took trump to do something who experts believe was open to russian blackmail and all president trump and the white house are doing now is attacking the messenger. >>> the senate takes the ball in an efforts to repole and replace obamacare but should some of the democrats share some of the burden for fixing the problems? we'll talk to minority leader chuck schumer. and never before seen images of the horrors after assad's chemical attack in syria, the one that forced president trump to act. video you have not

i'm brooke baldwin.ng the fbi's role in the 2016 presidential election. we're now learning why the fired fbi director went public to announce the investigation of hillary clinton's e-mails was ending. you remember james comey held an infamous news conference last summer. turns out, he was worried about the russians impacting the integrity of the investigation. dana bash has the new breaking news here. what exactly have you learned? >> cnn has learned, brooke, that then fbi

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for joining me especially on this e memorial day. the president back from his nine-day trip overseas in time to honor the nation's fallen war heroes. he paid tribute there today at the tomb of the unknown soldier. the solemn moment of silence happening in stark contrast to what's going on inside the white house. the cry ses now extending to the president's son-in-law, one of his top advisers, jared kushner as "the washington post" repo reported in december, kushner may have discussed creating a secret back channel so the transition team could communicate directly with the kremlin. what's more here, kushner suggested, quote, using russian diplomatic facilities in the united states for the communications. the post cites officials briefed on intercepted between the kremlin and russian ambassador. the president himself is defending kushner to "the new york times" saying jared is doing a great job for the country. i have total confidence in him. he is respected by virtually everyone and is working on programs that will save our country bi

>>> thank you for being with me on this friday, i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. the president has just left air force one. wheels up there at joint base andrews on his way for this first overseas trip. but he is carrying some heavy baggage. his frustration over the appointment of a special counsel to investigate if his campaign had any ties to russia. new revelations in the timeline and perhaps reasoning behind the president's decision to fire james comey, the now former fbi director. today you had the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein telling house members he knew it was going to happen, "it" being the firing. today, rosenstein refused to answer questions on who specifically asked him to write the letter. with me now, cnn political director david chalian. david chalian, if he knew that comey was going to be fired before writing the memo, why write the memo? >> well, remember, there was a meeting that we've previously reported on with rosenstein and sessions and the president before that final decision was made and so it's not terribly surprising, i guess, t

"newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. >>> here we go, top of the hour, i'm brooke baldwinre watching cnn. any moment now, air force one will leave for saudi arabia. president trump's first foreign trip since taking office and as he's looking back in his proverbial rearview mirror, the dark cloud hanging over washington. an investigation into whether there was improper contact between trump associates and russia spiralling into talk of obstruction of justice this week and even depending on who you ask,

i think the fear is alex brooke baldwin -- i wrote and article a few years ago, he is aware of it.you keep mocking donald trump he becomes almost likable. i'm muslim, my community is concerned about donald trump. immigrants are concerned,woman are concerned about donald trump on a whole different level. it is not political, it is personal. i keep telling conservatives it is not political, our concern is very personal. i think they're doing a great job with the humor not making him likable but the bad guy. >> that leads me into the question for you, dylan. you talk about people feeling this urge to really speak out right now. sports normally a teflon world where athletes and coaches go out of their way to avoid making waves with the media. one of the most under stated coaches, the five-time championship coach of the san antonio spurs, gregg popovich, he is usually understat understated but he was anything but that here. listen. >> it was a very weird night for many reasons, which i don't think any of us can, you know, grab on to. it is like trying to figure out the presidency, same

i'm brooke baldwin.re continuing our special coverage here. you've got democrats now threatening a boy can you tell on capitol hill that could slow the senate's day to day operations. what exactly do these centers want among some items they're calling for a special prosecutor to lead this investigation now into the trump campaign's alleged ties to russia. speaking of democrats you've got senator bob casey there. tems how are the centers feeling? what did doo they want? >> thanks, brooke, and that's a question we are going to ask senator casey. senator casey, how far are democrats willing to go to press their demands for a special prosecutor? >> we've got to focus on this urgent issue, which means if we have to take steps to get the administration to focus on reporting a special council, i think it's necessary of them to do that. i asked them investigate the alleged lings between the trump campaign and the russian government before. but we keep hearing that they're not prepared to do that. 24 american peo

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for watching cnn. on this wednesday, we're juggling quite a bit this afternoon. we're waiting for multiple major live events at any moment sean spicer will be holding the daily briefing momentarily as the president is taking personal steps to advance republicans' plans to replace and repeal obamacare. also, we're watching baton rouge, louisiana. you have the department of justice today about to officially announce if it will charge those officers involved in the death

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. spicer for the very first time since this explosive report and arguably the deepest crisis of donald trump's presidency. this memo from former fbi director james comey that claims the president asked him privately to stop investigating the former national security adviser michael flynn, reportedly saying, quote, i hope you can let this go. congress now demanding any memo along with mr. comey's testimony as lawmakers raise

i'm brooke baldwin.d into the trump hotel in washington, d.c., and report willedly made threats gaiagains the president, and the officers saw him gun expose and when they searched his car, they knew that he had ammunition and another gun in his car. police say they were tipped. >> this morning, the secret service, and the wpdc received a tip that an individual, an adult male was traveling to the district of columbia, and possibly the trump hotel armed with weapons. pennsylvania state police had received thin formation from a tip and they acted very quickly to share that information with us. they provided, pennsylvania state provided the suspect's name and a description of the vehicle. >> cnn justice reporter laura jarrett is following this one for frus washington. laura jarrett, who is this man? >> brooke, the suspect is 43-year-old brian lowells and as you heard the police chief say, he allegedly travelled from pennsylvania to d.c. armed with an ar-15 assault record and handgun and dozens of rounds of u

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for watching cnn. on this wednesday, we're juggling quite a bit this afternoon. we're waiting for multiple major live events at any moment sean spicer will be holding the daily briefing momentarily as the president is taking personal steps to advance republicans' plans to replace and repeal obamacare. also, we're watching baton rouge, louisiana. you have the department of justice today about to officially announce if it will charge those officers involved in the death of alton sterling. sterling was shot by police outside of a convenience store in louisiana last july. a lot of unrest. we're watching the community very closely there. >> as we wait, other developments unfolding in the last couple of hours at the white house. could the press secretary sean spicer walk out with news about progress in the struggle to replace and repeal obamacare? we know that two key lawmakers have gone from "no" votes to "yes" votes after a meeting with the president. we'll go and get reaction on how they pivoted from "no"

i'm brooke baldwin. first to david chalian, our cnn political director. i have one really simple question off the top here. that is, did she say that she doesn't understand why this is all so complicated? >> she did. she said, it's very straight forward. the president fired the fbi director. it's simple. no, it's not simple, because that's the man that's overseeing the investigation into his campaign's ties with russia. >> thank you! >> it's totally complicated. what we have here now, brooke, is a white house in a crisis of credibility. and it is unbelievable to watch sarah huckabee sanders, for now the third day in a row, needing to adjust her story because the president did not send his team out with all the information, so therefore, they were in the position of lying to the american people about why president trump fired director comey. the entire justification on tuesday night when this happened, from sarah, from sean spicer, from kellyanne conway, was about rod rosenstein's letter. that was it. tod

i'm brooke baldwin. in a couple of hours, the nation will know if they will reject or select a republican who was just charged with body slamming a reporter. greg gianforte has been charged with miss depeen ndemeanor assa. the reporter says that gianforte went after him when asked about the gop health plan. this reporter, ben jacobs, was able to record audio of this incident, which happened about 14 hours before these polls opened. >> the cbo score because you made your decision on health care and -- >> we'll talk to you about that later. >> there's not going to be time. >> i'm sick and tired of you guys. the last time you came in here, you did the same thing. get the hell out of here. are you with "the guardian"? >> yes, and you just broke my glasses. >> get the hell out of here. >> you'd like me to get the hell out of here and i'd also like to call the police. can i get you guys' names? >> you've got to leave. >> gianforte's camp have a very different account. a spokesperson says jacobs aggressively sh

. >>> i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. the president wants to get to the bottom of this. but reports of conversations between president trump and james comey are, quote, not accurate. reporters trying to get information from him, a memo from the former fbi director james comey that claims the president asked him privately to stop investigating the former national security adviser michael flynn. reportedly saying, quote, i hope you can let this go. congress now dep mabding any memo along with mr. comey's testimony and the house oversight committee has just scheduled a hearing on the fbi for next wednesday as lawmakers raise concerns that president trump may have obstructed justice. may have. amid all of this, silence from the president for 22, 23 hours now except for the comments he made this afternoon a short time ago. >> you will find that things happen to you that you do not deserve and that are not always warranted but you have to put your head down and fight, fight, fight. never, ever give up. things will work out just

. >>> good evening, i'm brooke baldwin live here in

i'm brooke baldwin. moments ago the white house added another dimension to the why piece here, why president trump fired fbi director james comey an act only done one before in american history? it president said before because comey, quote, wasn't doing a good job. the vice president said today it was based solely on the recommendation of attorney general jeff sessions and the deputy attorney general rob rosenstein. now, the white house press secretary is revealing more of rosenstein's reasoning that led president trump to act. it has to do with the comey's unprecedented news conference when he announced he would not be charging hillary clinton in an investigation of her e-mails. list now to sarah huckabee sanders. >> he's questioned director comey's reason for needing to stay at the fbi. he's had countless conversations with members within the fbi. i think one of the big catalysts we saw was last week on wednesday. director comey made a pretty startling revelation that he had, essentially, taken a stic

i'm brooke baldwin here in new york. let's go to washington. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. the white house shutting out the u.s. media in saudi arabia and marveling at a lack of protesters. when in riyadh, i suppose. "the lead" starts right now. president trump making history in israel by visiting the western wall. afterwards he met with israel's prime minister, but did the president accidentally confirm he gave up classified information to the russians? >>> breaking news in had the russia investigation. a source telling cnn michael flynn now plans to take the fifth, when he testifies before the senate. something that donald trump once said you only do if you're guilty. >>> and north korea bragging that it's taking a major step of the goal towards reaching the u.s. with its missiles. >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. president trump touched down in israel today and met with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, becoming the first sitting u.s. president to ever visit the holiest

ike brooke baldwin. thanks so much for being with us here on this friday. let's go to washington. "the lead" with pamela brown in for jake tapper starts right now. >> thanks, brooke. now the family is involved. "the lead" starts right now. under scrutiny, the fbi russia investigation looking into the president's son-in-law and secretary of seemingly everything. what does jared kushner know? >>> hillary clinton getting political taking straight shots at the president in a fiery speech. what she says helped get her through the loss. >>> plus, the head of homeland security warning we could see a lot more attacks like the one in manchester. what that means for your holiday travel plans. welcome to "the lead" on this friday. i'm pamela brown in for jake tapper. we want to begin with the politics lead. the investigation now including the president's family. president trump's son-in-law, the man perhaps closest to him, jared kushner, now in the spotlight in the fbi's russia investigation. u.s. officials telling cnn that the bureau is now looking at kushner's role during the election and d

brooke baldwin is here instead. mr. trump denies that he

i'm brooke baldwin. let's send things down to washington, d.c. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. two top trump advisers refusing to comply with the russia investigation. "the lead" starts right now. cnn exclusive reporting that this the russian sources say were caught on intercepts bragging about possessing something damaging to donald trump and his campaign. was this just boasting? was it disinformation? or was it legit? >>> firing back. for the first time the u.s. fires a missile capable of knocking down potentially a north korean nuke. was the test a success? >>> plus, asleep at the wheel. new details about that disoriented looking tiger woods during his dui arrest. what does the breathalyzer have to say? welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. the russia investigation by the fbi and by the house and senate intelligence committees is proceeding at full speed and so is apparently the refusal to cooperate for many key figures closest to president trump. today is the deadline for fired national security adviser mich

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke it. never took the president that long to fire someone on "the apprentice." "the lead" starts right now. 18 days is how long it took trump to do something who experts believe was open to russian blackmail and all president trump and the white house are doing now is attacking the messenger. >>> the senate takes the ball in an efforts to repole and replace obamacare but should some of the democrats share some of the burden for fixing the problems? we'll talk to minority leader chuck schumer. and never before seen images of the horrors after assad's chemical attack in syria, the one that forced president trump to act. video you have not seen, and you might never view this war the same way again. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. stunning news from the white house minutes ago about why it took the trump administration 18 days from the moment they were warned about their national security advise

i'm brooke baldwin. we're getting breaking news in with regard to president trump's travel ban.revised travel ban that would keep individuals out of the united states for 90 days from countries including iran, libya, sudan, syria and yemen. this involves the fourth circuit. the news is that the fourth circuit has just ruled to uphold the block on the

. >> brooke baldwin joins me. trump denies he asked comey to drop the fbi's investigation into michael flynn. declaring once again that he is the victim of a witch hunt and blasting the appointment of a special counsel. he says no one cares about these issues. >> meantime, the fired fbi director is breaking his silence. he said james comey was uncomfortable with interacting with the president and disgusted by that infamous hug in the oval office there. we have it all covered for you this morning there. joe john, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, brooke. it has been a week of serious developments. and the president for the first time actually answering questions about his interactions with the fired fbi director and also talking just a little bit about how he feels about the russia investigation. >> i think it divides the country. i think we have a very divided country because of that and many other things. >> reporter: president trump slamming the appointment of special country as bad for the country. >> i

. >>> we're back and i'm brooke baldwin. the department of justice has officially closed its investigation into the shooting death of alton sterling and will not charge those two baton rouge police officers who killed him. >> after an exhaustive almost year-long investigation, all of the prosecutors and agents involved in this case have come to the conclusion that insufficient evidence exists to charge either officer with a federal crime in connection with this incident. >> back last july, two white police officers shot sterling, an african-american man, outside of a convenience store and a bystander's video showed them pinning him to the ground before ultimately shooting him. we'll show this to you, but just to warn you, it is graphic. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> get on the ground! >> that video led to widespread criticism and protests. cnn's nick valencia is in baton rouge for us this afternoon and, nick, we know that mr. sterling's family and their attorneys have been finally briefed today. you talked to them a

i'm brooke baldwin. the turmoil in the trump administration is rattling markets around the world.taking the biggest hit since last september. we have the cnn money chief christine romans with us with more. i haven't wanted to look at my 401(k) after yesterday. what is going on? >> it doesn't look like the fears are quelled. the calm broken on wall street. reports of a comey memo cracked what has been an optimism in markets about the trump presidency. the dow down 373 points. the harshest selloff since september. dollar erasing all of the post election gains. money flowed into gold and bonds. wall street's fear gauge spiked 42% from the lowest level in decades. until now, markets ignored washington headlines high on the tax cuts and deregulation. that changed yesterday. >> i think we're at a point where it seems like his presidency is starting to crackle and become vulnerable. i think wall street is feeling that for the first time. >> not the agenda the presidency. that was the difference. futures are down again. corporate profits are strong. the dow down. futures down about 85 poi

go to xfinity.com/myaccount >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me.. for the second time in less than 24 hours, the white house is defending president trump against an accusation that one legal scholar constitutes, quote, the most serious charge ever made against a sitting president. cnn has now confirmed the details first reported in "the washington post" that president trump divulged highly classified information to not one but two russian officials during this white house visit last week. sources

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. watch iing two major stors for you breaking a at this moment. the first president trump's fired national security adviser says he will plead the fifth and is refusing to cooperate with the senate intelligence committee over questions about the campaign's ties to russia. more on that in a moment and what this means for the investigation. but first, moments ago, president trump and israeli restroom benjamin netanyahu faced reporters at this joint appearance during the president's first overseas visit as chander in chief.

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for joining me especially on this e memorial day.ack from his nine-day trip overseas in time to honor the nation's fallen war heroes. he paid tribute there today at the tomb of the unknown soldier. the solemn moment of silence happening in stark contrast to what's going on inside the white house. the cry ses now extending to the president's son-in-law, one of his top advisers, jared kushner as "the washington post" report

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me. "the lead" starts right now. >>> thank you, brooke. air force one returns and the president is out of airplane mode. "the lead" starts right now. president trump returns home with a tweet storm as the russia investigation hits closer to home. what's next for jared kushner, the president's trusted son-in-law after a new report that he push sued a secret line to the kremlin? >>> testing trump again. north korea fires its third ballistic missile in as many weeks as the pentagon prepares for the growing threat in an unprecedented way. plus, in the rough. the mug shot after tiger woods is arrested in florida. why he spent part of his morning in jail. good afternoon. on this memorial day and welcome to "the lead. go the "i'm jim sciuto in for jake tapper. president trump joined americans in paying respects to the military men and women who gave their lives for this country at a ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns in arlington national cemetery. it was the president's first public event sinc

i'm brooke baldwin here in new york. thanks so much for being with me on this friday afternoon, but stay right here. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. it is cinco de mayo today which means one year ago this happened. "the lead" starts right now. replacing the plan to repeal and replace. senate now taking a crack of its own version of trump care and maybe this time we'll get to find out what it costs. >>> it's not as if the north korean government is known for adhering to facts. in 2012 they claimed they had discovered a unicorn layer. that's true. look it up, but how wild is their new claim that the cia infiltrated the country to kill kim jong-un. >> literally trampling free speech. an armored plowing over a crowd of people as deadly protests are reaching a new level of horrific. >>> good morning, everyone, welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we'll begin today with the politics lead. president trump heading to his golf club in jersey for the weekend tweeting this morning, quote, big win