i'm brooke baldwin. we begin this afternoon with the wales of children, frightened, confused and alone, separated from their parents at the nation's southern border. [ children crying ] >> while many lawmakers can escape this disturbing sound and the images of children huddling under these thermal blankets and h in these cages, the president saying this: >> those are the only two options, totally open borders or criminal prosecution for law breaking. we want to solve this problem. we want to solve family separation. i don't want children taken away from parents. and when you prosecute the parents for coming in illegally, which should happen, you have to take the children away. >> the president will soon be heading to capitol hill to talk immigration options with house republicans, several of whom don't support his policy. the white house has said the president supports both immigration bills that are currently under consideration, but we just heard the president say he will now be making changes. and in

. >> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. we are live in washington, d.c. today with this breaking news, after days of images of children on our southern border alone in cables sleeping in mats, undertime blankets, wailing for their parents the president has kavled. he is turning his finger pointing and false claims into family separations into the border with mexico. the president saying he will quote/unquote sign something soon to help keep families together. this is what he said just a little while ago. >> we are very strong at the border. we're very strong on security. we want security for our country. the republicans want security and insist on security for our country. and we will have that at the same time we have compassion. we want to keep families together. it's very important. i'll be signing something in a little while that will do that and the people in this room want to do that. they're working on various pieces of legislation to get it done. but i'll be doing something that's somewhat preemptive, ultimately will be matched by legislation, i'm

i'm brooke baldwin. we got the breaking news now. the litte elatest presidential president trump has just commuted the life sentence of alice marie hnson. she has spent the last 21 yea i. she was a first time non-violent offender. johnson in part wrote this, "trump has the power to give me. he truly has the power to change better.tice system for the i can only steadfast and hopeha he hears me." the president did hear visit from reality star kim kardashian west last week. she was there with the president discussing all of this in the oval office. she learned about johnson's plight after the site mike aired her story. >> i lost my job. i struggled. i felt like a failure. i went into complete panic and out of complete desperation, i became involved in a drug conspiracy. >> i just really strongly believe that she is someone who has ly rehabilitated herself and will continue to do so outside of prison. she's done her time.et 22 years. you know, think in life everyone makes mistakes and she really deserves a s

i'm brooke baldwin. judge set b deadline of friday for the president's e a new accusation by the special counsel robert mueller. this could put paul manafort behind bars as he waits for two charges on bank fraud and other charges. mueller says manafort tried to get witnesses to lie for him. this is according to court documents. manafort spokesman tells cnn, quote, mr. manafort is innocent, none of changes our defense, we will do our talking in court." >>> gentlemen, welcome and, garrett, just to you first, can you just walk me through exactly what paul manafort was alleged live trying to do here. >> yeah. so this was sort of a fascinating case, particularly coming on the heels of if you remember sort of relatively early after paulas originally charged, bob mueller went after him for trying to sort of help write an op-ed defending him. bob mueller was even able to cite individual track changes that paul manafort made. so the fact that after all of that last fall and winter, we have this new set of allegat

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. here's our top story this hour. after several political pardons, dr donald trump has declared an act of clemency that even his critics will applaud. he's commuting the sentence of alice marie johnson who get life in prison for her first drug offense. the president learned of johnson's case from a white house visit by kim kardashian west last week. the reality star learned of johnson's plight after the news sight mike featured her story. moments ago she tweeted this, "the phone call i ever had with alice will forever be one of my best memories, telling her for the first time and hearing her screams while crying together is a moment i will never forget." with me now is one of the mike co-founders who helped motivate kim kardashian-west and also with us is chief political analyst gloria borger. great to have both of you here. let's just cut right through it. the fact is had it not been for mike and you all featuring alice johnson's story, alice johnson may be serving the rest of her life behind bars. >> it's been incre

i'm brooke baldwin.it right here, "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> the president couldn't strike a milk deal. can he strike a nuke deal? "the lead" starts right now. >>> countdown to history, president trump moments away from sitting down with kim jong-un. kim looking loose even posing for selfies before the big summit. is president trump ready to go one-on-one with a man many considered to be a mad man. >>> and as president trump prepares to sit with the dictator, he continues tom our closest democratic allies. where does the world stand after a weekend of anger, drama and mean tweets. >>> plus -- are you talking to trump? robert de niro f-bombs the president on live tv or attacks like this one playing right into president trump's hand. and his next campaign. >>>

i'm brooke baldwin. we have new video from inside the tents in texas. this is video just released by the government. being released as hundreds of parents are still waiting to be reunited with their children. the president is suggesting those same people should be denied the right to due process. part of what the president tweeted. we cannot allow all of these people to invade our country. when someone comes in we must immediately with no judges or court cases, bring them back in where they came. the new york times is adding to them. the president has expressed regret for signing his executive order which ended family separation by detaining parents and kids together. let's start with hour with diane gallagher. diane, i know the kidses in the facility, between the ages of 13 and 17. we're looking at pictures from the white house. the president and first lady welcoming the king and queen of jordan. diane, to you. tell me what you saw. >> brooke this is my third tour now. i've done a centralized processing center in mccallon. and now this i know people ha

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i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me.about, including the breaking news of the hour, this explosive report 18 months in the making, the inspector general at the justice department has determined former fbi director james comey was not biased in his handling of the hillary clinton e-mail investigation but that he did, in fact, deviate from department norms. just a reminder here, a lot of democrats, including hillary clinton herself, blame her election loss on comey's decision, remember, to

show more of you. >>> welcome back, i'm brooke baldwin, you're watching cnn.irst this hardline immigration bill that the house just voted on has failed as expected. meantime, the so-called compromise bill, phil is expecting will get a vote tomorrow. we know the president has signed this executive order stopping his own policy of separating families at the border but a catastrophic question is this. what now happens to the more than 2,300 children who were taken from their children and currently being held in shelters without mom and dad. nothing we read in that executive order and nothing we read from the administration since explains howhi takes care of that problem. polo sandoval in the small bordertown of mcallen. the order doesn't say where the families would be detained and it doesn't say whether children will continue to be while the locations are built. what happens now? >> adding to all of that uncertainty, brooke, is the question of whether or not we'll continue to see the actual prosecutions happen. let me explain what happened today. the surprising

i'm brooke baldwin.nk you for being here. president trump's former campaign chief, paul manafort, has been sent to jail until his trial on alleged foreign lobbying crimes. this federal judge just revoked his bail after prosecutors argued that manafort is, quote, unquote, a danger to the community. they also said that he has committed new crimes, namely witness tampering and conspiracy to obstruct justice, all the while being under house arrest. manafort, he's pleaded not guilty. and when he walked into court today, he was greeted with shouts of "lock him up." >> lock him up! >> lock him up! >> lock him up! lock him up! lock him up! >> for his part, president trump is trying to distance himself from manafort as much as possible. >> i feel badly about a lot of it, because i think a lot of it is very unfair. i look at some of them where they go back 12 years. manafort has nothing to do with our campaign. but i feel so -- i tell you, i feel a little badly about it. they went back 12 years to get things he di

i'm brook baldwin. here's the breaking news, the president says today's supreme court decision is, quote, a tremendous victory. the ruling effectively makes the president's controversial travel ban a part of u.s. immigration law. >> so the supreme court ruling was a tremendous victory for this country and for the constitution. the supreme court ruling was a tremendous victory for our country. >> will you go ahead with it, sir? >> of course. what do you think, i wouldn't go ahead with it? >> does it embolden you to the idea of deporting people without due process as well? do you think -- >> we have to find a system where you don't need thousands of judges sitting at a border. we had a tremendous victory today and we greatly appreciate it. we needed it as a country. that was a big victory. >> in a 5-4 decision the u.s. supreme court reversed the ruling of a lower court and most citizens from iran, libya, north korea, sew al ya, syria, venezuela and yemen will be barred from entering the united states. thi

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i'm brooke baldwin. this is cnn. president's personal attorney, michael co has spliit the group of lawyers that has helped him navigate this criminal investigation, raid on home, office, hotel room, and gloria borger has been breaking the news on this one. gloria, new reporting. why is he changing his lawyers? >> these things are complicated, particularly when they involve lawyers and clients. we've been told according to multiple sources at, first of all, michael cohen wants somebody and a firm who is very district o new york.uthern he has obvious reason to believe he may be under criminal prosecution at some time in the not-too-distant future. the attorneys he originally hired were hired to h him navigate thecongressional process. this case has obviously burgeoned into something completely different, so he wants somebody from new york. second reason according to a couple of sources is money. this is an expensive particularly whe have large law firm going through the laborious task of going through a million pieces

i'm brooke baldwin. president trump is on his way back to the united states after that historic meeting with the north korean leader kim jong un. so the question, what was said behind those closed do for now we takhe president's word for it, since there were no official records documented. we know there was an agreement signed by both leaders. let's be clear, this was simply an agreement to keep wor toward what president trump describes as complete denuclearization. although the deal they reached false short of anything binding, president trump insists that all he gave up was his time. he also announced he ending decades of joint military exercises with south korea and some lawmakers say that's an enormous concession. still, the president heaped praise on the dictator he once referred to as little rocket man, even say he would absolutely invite kim to the white house. >> he is very talented. anybody who takes over a situation like he did at 26 years of age and is able to run it and run it tough. >> you t

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i'm brooke baldwin.y giuliani unapologetic ands this stems from an affair she had with trump back in 2006 and rudy giuliani says he does not believe her because of what he doesionally. daniel's job means she hasquote. that is what he told a business conference in israel when asked how melania trump sees the scandal? >> she knows her husband and know it is is not true. there is slight suspicious when you look at stormy dan i know donal look at his three wives. beautifuly women. great substance and srmy i think -- >> you have respect on this stage, every women. >> yes, i respect porn stars. dow respect porn stars? do you think they don't respect women? and sell the bodies. i respect all human beings and or a one of substance and has great respect for herself and isn't going to sell her body for sexual exploitation. you want to bring a case, let me cross-examin b are in entitles you to no degree of giving you credibility any weight. secondly, explain to me how she can damaged. s no reputation. if you are go

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i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me here. ght now. >>> thanks, brooke. the report comes out that says james comey screwed up. but did the fbi ultimately help donald trump? "the lead" starts now. >>> it's out, the long-awaited report on the fbi's handling of the hillary clinton e-mail case blames now fired fbi director james comey, does it let president trump off the hook for firing him? >>> north korea basking in the propaganda. state media proudly showing president trump returning a salute from a north korean general as the president restorally defends one of the most oppress i leaders in the world. plus, suing the trumps, president trump unloading as the new york attorney general sues him and his grown children and tries to dismantl

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. ooke. why didn't he do this 2,000 kids ago? "the lead" starts right now. under intense political pressure brought on by the outrage over images and sounds of kids in cages, calling out for their parents, president trump finally signs an order which he says will stop his family separation practice at the border. but it didn't really sound like he wanted to. >>> as republicans are warned that president trump's immigration crisis could sink them, brand new cnn polls we're releasing right now on "the lead" are giving us the newest snapshot of the intense battle coming for corning control.

i'm brooke baldwin. we got the breaking news now. the litte elatest presidential clemency.sident trump has just commuted the life sentence of alice marie johnson. she has spent the last 21 years in prison on drug charges. she was a first time non-violent offender. johnson in part wrote this, "trump has the power to give me a second chance. he truly has the power to change our justice system for the better.

comcast, building america's largest gig-speed network. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin.cnn here. live pictures of this rare tv event involving the fbi for the first time since his scathing 500 page report was released to the public. the justice department's inspector general, michael who are row wits, will speak before the senate panel on the series of mistakes made by james comey in his handling of the clinton administration. these are live pictures obviously from capitol hill for this hearing here. after the play by play is this, after he testifies current fbi director christopher wray is also expected to speak before the senate judiciary committee. as we wait for that hearing to get underway, we have new developments surrounding the desperate situation unfolding along the u.s./mexico border. hundreds of undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers are waiting to be processed at this facility in texas. many of them are children, some just infants, who will soon be separated from their parents as their parents are essentially taken to jail under

i'm brooke baldwin. i just want to start the hour by sharing with you the wails of children, scarred, confused and alone separated from their parents at the southern border. [ children crying ] . >> the president remains defiant in a twitter tirade, he insists this isn't his policy, putting the blame squarely on the democrats saying this. >> those are the only two options, totally open borders or criminal prosecution for law breaking. we want to solve this problem. we want to solve family separation. i don't want children taken away from parents. and when you prosecute the parents for coming in illegally, which should happen, you have to take the children away. >> in just two months more than 2,300 children have been separated from their parents and their gardens. -- guardians. while children could be separated prior to april, they were rare. there is no question this was a deliberate policy shift by the trump administration. to repeat, the trump administration implemented the current separation policy.

i'm brook baldwin. thank you for being with me. jake tapper starts now. >>> thanks, brooke. no plan to reunite the 2,300 kids with the families. "the lead" starts right now. breaking news, melania trump making a surprise visit to children at the border but did she hurt the message she was trying to send with an unfortunate wardrobe choice? >>> they're still frightened and confused and detained far from their parents but are we now seeing the first moves to try to reunite the families after the president's executive order? >>> plus, face to face, the wheels in motion after president trump said he's planning to meet with russian president vladimir pu

. >> hello, i'm erika hill today in for brooke baldwin. happening today, the only group photo president trump would not give a thumbs up to. he's in quebec for the g7 meeting. all those in attendance is about to take what may be known as the family picture. he's in many ways staying alone. on the iran nuclear deal, on the paris climate accord, on the u.s. imposing trade tariffs, which has led to a twitter spat with france and canada. and now observers are saying the better name for the g7 is g6 versus 1. today the president said russia should be included in the summit. >> i love our country. i have been russia's worst nightmare, but russia should be in the meeting and should be a part of it. you know, whether you like it or not, and it may not be politically correct, but we have a world to run and in the g7, which used to be the g8, they threw russia out. they should let russia come back in because we should have russia at the negotiating table. >> they threw russia out but let's remember why russia was forced out. this happened after it s

i'm brooke baldwin, thanks for being with me.the lead" starts now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> good afternoon. welcome to cnn. i'm jake tapper with "the lead." we begin with the major breaking news, supreme court justice anthony kennedy, the man known as the centrist swing vote is retiring from the supreme court. his retirement leaving trump with a decision that will alter the highest court in the land for decades an one that could alter laws in the united states of america and your lives. kennedy was the pivotal swing vote, siding with the majority in 5-4 votes over and over in his three decades on the bench. a more conservative justice in that kennedy seat,

>>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn on a friday. let's get to it, beginning with this extraordinary meeting, north korea's former spy chief, the one suspected of masterminding that sony hack is inside the white house. that is the window into the oval where they still are meeting. never mind the fact that kim yong chol shouldn't be anywhere near 1600 pennsylvania avenue or even inside the united states for that matter considering he is on a sanctions list that bars him from coming in, but in an attempt to revive this on again/off again summit between president trump and kim jong un, chol is hand delivering this letter to the president on behalf of the north korean dictator. after his own meeting with chol, secretary of state mike pompeo was pretty positive about the progress. >> this is going to be a process that will take days and weeks to work our way through. there will be tough moments, there will be difficult times. i've had some difficult conversations with them as well. they've given it right back to me, too. we're decades int

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i'm brooke baldwin. we begin this afternoon with the wales of children, frightened, confused and alone, separated from their parents at the nation's southern border. [ children crying ] >> while many lawmakers can

i'm brooke baldwin. you are watching cnn. we are moments away from this white house press briefing where sarah sanders will be taking the podium and answering questions about why the philadelphia eagles are not invited to the white house today. the white house releasing a statement "quote, the vast majority of the eagles team decided to abandon their fans." trump tweeting, "unfortunately only a small number of players decided to come and we cancelled the event. staying in the lock er room for playing of the national anthem is disrespectful to our country. sorry." tis isn't the first time we've heard the president outraged over the nfl. >> in my opinion, the nfl has to change. or you know what's going to happen? their business is going to go to hell. >> you have to stand proudly for the national anthem or you should be playing. you shouldn'te there. maybe you shouldn't be in the country. >> now, the only problem is the eagles did not take a knee during the national anthem. they did stand. and linked arms in a sign of unity and

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i'm brooke baldwin. you are watching cnn. away from this white house press briefing where sarah sanders will be taking the podium and answering questions about why the philadelphia eagles are not invited to the white house today. the white house releasing a statement "quote, the vast majority of the eagles team decided to abandon their fans." trump tweeting, "unfortunately only a small number of players decided to come and

thanks for staying with us here on cnn, in today for brooke baldwin. president trump is at a session on economic growth and the future of work. just moments ago he took part in what is known of course as the family photo. you see prime minister justin trudeau next to him who is hosting. the president standing with these world leaders for a picture. but when it comes to policy, president trump is standing alone, denying north american, european nations when it comes to the iran nuclear deal. the paris climate accord and on the u.s. imposing trade tariffs on key allies. now there is a new reason observers say the better year for this year's g7 could be g6 versus one. president trump today saying russia should be included in the summit. >> russia should be in the meeting. whether you like it or not, and it may not be politically correct, but we have a world to run and in the g hg7, which useo be the g8, they threw russia out and we should have russia at the negotiating table. >> russia was forced out of the summit after it seized the land of another count

. >> hello, i'm erika hill today in for brooke baldwin.oday, the only group photo president trump would not give a thumbs up to. he's in quebec for the g7 meeting. all those in attendance is about to take what may be known as the family picture. he's in many ways staying alone. on the iran nuclear deal, on the paris climate accord, on the u.s. imposing trade tariffs, which has led to a twitter spat with france and

brooke baldwin, a rare exception, got it right. >> here is a question for democrats. so many people are outraged by the cages and thermal blankets and facilities and they were all there in 2014 under president obama. my question to you is did you speak up against them then? >> you know, on this issue that we get into a moment where we are making progress and then when it stalls we turn around. [laughter] greg: i don't think those are words. talk about a deer in the headlight. that senator got mugged by the truth in broad daylight . people now care about the problem because it is trump. good, imagine if you have four more years of some democrats the human trafficking that happened only under obama would be largely ignored. this abuse happened while he was president. even the liberal website agrees but then the press forgot they covered it because amnesia will not interrupt her anti- trump tantrums. trump owns it was trying to stop it is all the greater problem. fact, long-term taxes have short-term setbacks. adults get this and children never do. by children i mean the

i'm brooke baldwin. we have new video from inside the tents in texas.t released by the government. being released as hundreds of parents are still waiting to be reunited with

i'm brooke baldwin in new york. we send things to washington. is sitting in for jake tapper. "the lead" starts right now. >>> thank you, brooke. anyone know of any good hotels in singapore? "the lead" starts right now. president trump says his summit with kim jong-un will happen a week from tuesday, this after an unprecedented meeting with north korea's spy master. north korea got what it wanted so what did we get? and president trump could not contain his glee at a glowing jobs report even before the rest of us knew the numbers. but not everything is rosy with the economy as our closest allies say there will be consequences for trump's trade war. >>> a sickening discovery. how a traffic stop for a broken

. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn on a friday.is extraordinary meeting, north korea's former spy chief, the one suspected of masterminding that sony hack is inside the white house. that is the window into the oval where they still are

. >>> top of the hour, ana cabrera in for brooke baldwin. >>> prosecutors believe this shooting was a planned, targeted attack. police say the suspect was there to kill as many people as he could. even blocking an exit to prevent victims from escaping. >> we brought to the judge's attention the evidence that suggested a coordinated attack, the barricading of the back door, and use of a tactical approach and hunting down and shooting the innocent victims in this case. >> the suspected gunman making his first appearance. a judge ordered him held without bail, charging him with five counts of murder. investigators say the accused shooter used a shotgun to kill five employees of the capital gazette, and injure two more. hours after the latest mass shooting, the newspaper published today's edition. capital gazette, focusing governing by remembering the hard working journalists and staffers killed. let's get right to cnn's brian todd, live in annapolis, maryland. what more are you learning? >> we are learning a few moments ago from court papers that the suspect, jarrod ramos was fired from

. >> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me.breaking news on the justice department's internal report into how the fbi handled the hillary e-mail investigation. the official report is expected to be released to the public at this hour, but we are learning from our sources that the inspector general here concluded that fired fbi director james comey was not biased in his handling of the investigation but that he did in fact deviate from department norms. this sweeping 500-page report is expected to detail a series of failures by top federal officials, including comey, ahead of that crucial 2016 presidential election. a lot of democrat, including hillary clinton herself, blame her election loss on comey's decision to reopen the investigation just days before that election in 2016 and a lot of republicans felt comey gave

. >> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. we are live in washington, d.c. with this breaking news, after days of images of children on our southern border alone in cables sleeping in mats, undertime blankets, wailing for their parents the president has kavled. he is turning his finger pointing and false claims into family separations into the border with mexico. the president saying he will quote/unquote sign something soon to help keep families together. this is what he said just a little while ago. >> we are very strong at the border. we're very strong on security. we want security for our

. >>> i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. thank you for being with me.start with this extraordinary upset sending shockwaves through the democratic party today. alexandria a

. >>> i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me ts rnoon.d.c. now. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> president trump said he has the power to pardon a different cast member from the apprentice. this one is named donald trump. "the lead" starts right now. >>> above the law? president trump said he has the right to pardon himself.does mr beyond robert mueller's reach. the battle between religious freedom and freedom from discrimination. the fight between a conservative christian baker and a gay couple. the supreme court makes a decision in one of the key cultural battles of our time. >>> plus the lewinsky affair, through the prism of me

i'm brook baldwin. thank you for being with me. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> thanks, brooke. no plan to reunite the 2,300 kids with the families. "the lead" starts right now. breaking news, melania trump making a surprise visit to children at the border but did she hurt the message she was trying to send with an unfortunate wardrobe choice? >>> they're still frightened and confused and detained far from their parents but are we now seeing the first moves to try to reunite the families after the president's executive order? >>> plus, face to face, the wheels in motion after president trump said he's planning to meet with russian president vladimir putin and will mr. trump confront the problem he wishes would just go away? good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." mixed messages and confusion and uncertainty for the 2,300-plus undocumented children seized from their parents by the u.s. government. president trump is talking tough an blaming democrats today after the dramatic reversal yesterday on his administrati

. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. thank you so much for being with me.esident trump is on his way back home following this historic handshake with the leader of north korea there in

hi, everyone, i'm brooke baldwin, alongside my colleague, john better man.just a short time from now, president trump and kim jong-un will meet face to face for the first time. they'll meet one on one, aided only by their individual translators, and talks are moving faster than expected. better man, you're there, tell me more.