brooke has a.d.d.cial media and you put it in the hands of a teenager, and then throw in some mental illness, she just becomes very vulnerable. >> reporter: but her parents don't realize just how vulnerable, until they get a knock on the door. >> we were blown out of the water when the police showed up at our house. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: officers revealed what their little girl had been doing online. the men, the nude photos, all of it. you know people watching this are going to say, "where were you?" >> yeah. >> it was shocking. >> it was. >> i guess i thought of her just as a regular, everyday little girl growing up. >> reporter: word spread on social media about brooke's mistakes. bullied and shamed, she tried to numb the pain with drugs and alcohol. i think you used the word broken. >> yeah. >> reporter: do you have any idea how you got that way? >> i think i just got to a point where i kept getting hurt, i kept doing things that i knew didn't make me happy. >> reporter: and then an act of d

. >> reporter: this is brooke, a california teenager. she's 15 now and a self-professed recovering cell phone and social media addict. how long was she on her phone each day? >> when she got home from school, at like 3:00, until she went to bed at 9:00. >> it was more. >> reporter: it was more. brooke says she would be up until 4:00 in the morning and later. >> the second a text went off, the second someone snapchats me or facetimes me, i always answered and i always waited and waited and waited for someone to reply. it was like my heart. i couldn't put it down. >> reporter: teenagers have always had this fear of missing out, but it's just mushroomed. it's nuclear. >> reporter: and brooke's selfies reveal a troubling progression, imitating bad behavior she was exposed to online with her phone. >> the more she started to change and act out, the more we started to really -- >> clamp down. >> clamp down. then that created anger. >> reporter: brooke was always two clicks ahead of her parents, jim and stephanie. >> i was constantly making dif

-brooke: i want that. suits him best. his sales pitch is strong. patrick: ...comes in a lot of different colors. lemonis: and he knows his numbers. patrick: that one with the flocking would retail around $44. -liz: okay. -brooke: okay. lemonis: and he's doing all of it without dan and kelly having to hold his hand. brooke: could you put a colored lace? patrick: a hot-pink drawstring or something like that would really make it pop. i think that's a really good idea, actually. lemonis: but best of all, he's taking feedback the right way. brooke: i love the kitschy, whimsical expressions that reflect your personality. liz: my favorite part of the collection is the graphics. i think the graphics are really fun, and i think customers are looking for things that are gonna surprise and delight them. and then, i think first and foremost, it's getting the setup ready. we call it a "trunk-show" model. so, you bring in the stock and we actually sell it. then if it takes off, you know, we are big believers in chasing

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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

>> brooke, yes, i do.eed to be very clear that we don't have evidence -- hard evidence against the president. he deserves a fair hearing. that's what these hearings are about but the underlying question is one of, was their obstruction of justice? we don't know that yet. it's way to early to say that. when you start asking the question, it's worth remembering that the two presidents who have faced such inquiries of the past, the white house has been prepared to impeach him on obstruction of justice and resigned before that took place and in the bill clinton case, he impeached him and one of the charges was obstruction of justice and many were serving on -- during the clinton and/or -- at least 100 have voted on this question in the past and i think it's way too early to say one way or the other but i think it's not too early to say we are dealing with very serious matters. they go to the heart of the presidency. and it's one of the reasons there is so much fear in washington now about where all of this is

brooke?l right. so that's the meds. what about the law, joey jackson. dui. in the eyes of the law. >> yes. >> is there a difference whether you're drunk or you're on prescription meds? >> there's a major distinction. so let's back up. obviously, you know, dui and dwi, driving under the influence, you want to prevent people from being on the roads being in a condition that's hazardous to themselves and the other and the law factors in. drugs are one thing. if you self-induce and you voluntarily take drugs and that impairs your judgment or ability, but when you're on prescription medication -- >> when a doctor says here you go. >> a doctor says you've had back surgeries and knee surgeries, you have ailments that require medication, we're going to give them to you, and as a result of that you have some reaction which causes, as the fine doctor has just described, issues concerning drowsiness and issues concerning your ability, that's not criminal. the fact is that we don't send people to jail fo

brooke? >> jim, thank you. let me off of what jim said, do you think those who voted for trump who want that wall, do you think they recognize this is full-on spin? >> those supportive of him are willing to give him more time to get these things done but you have a lot of republicans who say, yes, we want border security but we don't want to be focused on this the whole time. the question about the budget, too, next september you're going to have fights all over again and when asked in the briefing room what kind of dynamics are going to be different then than now. and so i think those questions and, of course, will be almost a year after the election at that point, those questions will be more difficult to answer. >> stevphen collinson, now we'v heard sean spicer asked about the fbi director's testimony today and the mention of hillary clinton. she spoke publicly yesterday. really, really condemning what comey did in october. i'm just curious, do you think all of this talk about the blame ga

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. 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

"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

brook sd brooke. >> we are all are. gentlemen, thank you.spring, but feels like summer in the east. today could be a record breaker. chad myers has the sweltering forecast next. you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. >>> time for the five things you need to know for your "new day." rod rosenstein naming robert mueller as the special counsel in the russia investigation. >>> the new york times reporting president trump knew weeks before inauguration that michael flynn was under federal investigation. despite that, he made him the advisor. >>> and the not guilty verdict in the police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man. betty shelby in the death of terence crutcher. >>> 13 gang members in los angeles were arrested. more than 50 raids targeted the gangs leadership. >>> and the music world mourning after chris cornell, the lead singer of soundgarden died in

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

brooke? >> so colonel, barbara say this is extra ordinary narrowly rare. do you even know how many times they have hit pro-assad forces? >> yeah. yeah. this is the second time we've done it intentionally. there was a mistaken attack on forces early on but this is the second time we've struck them b intentionally. we're not there really to engage the syrians. we're there to engage isis. but we have to protect our own forces, plus the forces that we are training in that area. this is a very crucial area of syria. this is where the borders of jordan, iraq and syria meet. it's a crossroads. and prior to a few months ago it was the main way that the iraqi shia militias were moving back and forth between the two countries. the free syrian army has blocked that off. we're seeing a challenge and we're seeing the u.s. rise to that challenge. brooke, i hate to say it, but we're getting more and more involved in the fighting in syria, not against isis but the civil war. >> carl francona, barbara starr,

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.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.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. 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

brooke. >> nick, thank you. all right, top of the hour you're watching cnn. 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. 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

hey, brooke, how you doin'? brooke: you know, steve, i'm livin' the dream.th my 5--my 4 sisters--hilari, kelli, chelsea, and devan. we own a catering business called gourmet girl cat--gourmet girls catering. and chelsea and i sing classical music together. [applause] brooke: yes. steve: so you and your sister hilari sing class-- brooke: chelsea. come here, chels. steve: chelsea? chelsea: allow me! brooke: ok, go ahead. start. chelsea: ♪ mi mi mi mi brooke and chelsea: ♪ we love you, mr. steve harvey we want to have your baby ♪ [cheering and applause] [brooke giggling] audience: whoo! steve: the hell you all clappi'' for? i got 7 kids. i don't want-- i don't want 5 of the ones i got. [laughter] brooke: steve, we have 19 kids between us. chse

bob brooks joins us from ocean city with more on what's going on at the shore. teams busy behind you, bob. >> reporter: it is, a little rain and gloomy weather never hurt anyone. proof of that at the boardwalk in ocean city. there's tons of people out here having an awesome time. it's no secret it's not the nicest day out, it's even a little chilly in ocean city, once you throw on extra layers, or not, memorial day weekend is ending on a high note. ask the brooks family. >> we got down here yesterday, with you bejammed packed everything in. >> i beat my daddy at a game. >> yeah, yeah, tell the world. >> reporter: today's dad's job is not losing the game, but pushing the cart. >> that's what dads do. >> reporter: we've seen nothing but smiles, eating the good stuff, these two were sharing the same outfits and including monkey bread. >> lineups all day long, fry, funnel cake, hot dogs and good time. >> reporter: memorial day is just about the books, though the beach is just about empty, lots and lots of people are using up the last few hours that they can. and ano

why did this happen to brooke?bassador, she took to the skies with the red bull air force team. it's that indomitable spirit that makes her certain she'll walk again. today, brooke thabit flies. how about that? how about that? with people like that, there's nobody here that's quitting until we get caught. want to say something about her mom. see her smiles. met her grandma again in the lobby this morning. the families are impacted, too. mothers, daughters, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, cousins. everybody. hat's off to you for your love and support. and hat's off to everybody around the world that is running. hat's off to everybody here in sunrise, florida, because today -- we run for those who can't. all right! >> rob has got such a big heart. and that was such a phenomenal story. we're pulling for brooke. that is such an inspiration. the fact that she never questioned why it happened, never said why me? >> that story brings it home. illustrating w this today. good on you, rob. >> yeah, rob. like we said, he'

brooke. >> nick, thank you. all right, top of the hour you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin.hite 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

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we're pulling for brooke.such an inspiration, the fact that she never questioned why it happened, never said why me? >> that story brings it home. in terms of illustrating why rob is doing this today. good on you, rob. >> yeah, rob. like we said, he's got a big heart. >>> coming up on "gma," do it yourself mother's day gifts. it's a week away. but diy gifts that you can whip up in a flash and that's straight ahead in our "weekend download." we're right back, everyone. and that's straight ahead in our "weekend download." we're right back, everyone. are . i need an insulin that fits my schedule. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ (announcer) tresiba® is used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. don't use tresiba® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar, or if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. don't share needles or insulin pens. don't reuse needles. the most common side effect is low blood sugar, which may cause dizziness, sweating, confusion, and headache. check your blood s

. >> reporter: good morning, brooke. this is a ray of hope for the trump administration to finally put this behind them or the law of unintended consequences at work. how the firing of fbi director james comey could lead a top trump administration official to name bob mueller, a towering figure in american law enforcement to lead the investigation into russian interference in the last election. the white house issuing a statement from president trump responding to the appointment of a special counsel. the president says in part, a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know. there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein naming former fbi director robert mueller to oversee the investigation. rosenstein signing the order before alerting attorney general jeff sessions and giving the white house less than an hour notice before making it public. the surprise announcement comes after pressure for the deputy ag to appoint a special prosecutor after preside

again, this is at middle brook road and great seneca highway in germantown.night on our nbc washington app. >>> this is the xfinity sports desk. >> well, we're right in the middle of caps, wizards games. every night it's something. >> every day but friday this week there's a game. tonight game two for the wizards, still in boston. going to have to win one on the road if they want to win the series. basketball more than any other sport, home court advantage gives you an the wizards have to get the game to win the series. could tonight be the night? the radio voice dave johnson joins us live from the garden. we know a big piece for tonight is if markieff morris can play. what's the latest word? >> well, he suffered that sprained left ankle, game one. but he's carol maloney tough and he says only his mother or head coach brooks can stop him playing tonight. he'll be on the court behind me in a few moments to test that sprained left ankle. that's on scott brooks's mind. also, the celtics made 19 three-pointers on sunday. you better believe he's thinking about tha

>> bill: brooke? wow. look at you. >> brooke: look at this!ry -- sorry i'm late. >> bill: no apologies. everything okay? >> brooke: it is now. [ both chuckles ] >> bill: tell me about it. we're finally here. let's do this! >> brooke: [ giggles ]

surprisingly, brooke is very relaxed.ijust looked round and the penny dropped, i said, one day you're going to fight here, all these lunatics are going to be back in year, and it's going to be an unbelievable moment. in year, and it's going to be an unbelievable momentlj in year, and it's going to be an unbelievable moment. i remember, he looked me in the eyes and said, one day, one day you will be defending the world title here. it's a clash of styles and a close call as to who may win. as the one and number two welterweight titles in the world face up. and it is clear that errol spence has not flown from the usa to make up the numbers.” spence has not flown from the usa to make up the numbers. i didn't come here for no reason, i had any doubts i would stay at home. i am 100% prepared and i just i would stay at home. i am 100% prepared and ijust can't wait. brooks' trainer believes his man will return to welterweight in much strongerfighter will return to welterweight in much stronger fighter having stepped up to middlew

bach brooks spokbob brooks spok. >> it was a fire that destroyed home on flanders road.bors say the flames were huge. >> you saw the black smoke in the air. >> all eight inside, three adults and five children are alive. much of that is because of 17 yierl17-year-old rudy edwards. >> i feel good. he should feel good. he saved his one-year-old nephew trapped inside. i wasn't thinking nothing. when he said he was in the house, i went in. the overbrook student said after they got everyone to safety, a quick head count revealed the one-year-old was still inside. neighbors watched in disbelief as he ran back into the burning home. >> >> i started praying. >> the conditions inside, unwearable. >> i couldn't see nothing. >> how did you find him? >> he coughed >> when he got outside, witnesses say he handed his mom the baby and collapsed. >> he passed out. rudrudy saved his feasm. >family.>> he doesn't remember h after making it out. >> i felt dizzy so i passed out for a bit. i woke up with a mask on. >> injuries, smoke inhalation, bumps and bruises. >> you are not surprised he r

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

that's a good way to put it, brooke.nother explanation of why james comey was fired, which i had it up to four or fifth morning. so this is a return to -- this is a reflop of a flip. genuinely. donald trump said last week to lester holt because of the russia stuff and now we have a return to that. but this is a gigantic problem. the white house continues to focus -- i want to make one clear point here. the white house continues to focus on the fact that the real issue is the leaks. >> right. >> that's not the real issues. yes, leaking of classified information, it is worth looking into. but to say that the information contained in here, which is that donald trump, the president of the united states, called the fbi director a nut job and conceded that he was under -- and i'm quoting -- great pressure as a result related to russia and he was going to now be relieved to that pressure to not one but two top russian officials, not just anywhere but in the oval office, you can say that's the real story. you can say that it's n

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

. >> brooke: that would be me. [ both chuckle ] >> bill: finally. can you believe it? we're here!e did it. we pulled it off. >> brooke: yeah, and the way i'm feeling now says it was worth the wait. >> bill: well, the way you're feeling now is just a preview. i'm gonna make you the happiest woman on the planet, and keep you that way. >> brooke: already done, sweetheart. mmm. [ giggles ] >> bill: what a perfect day -- started off with our wedding, and ending with our honeymoo

"the lead" starts right now. >>> thank you, brooke. 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 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

brook was knocked down by spence in the tenth round.jury that brook suffered in his fight against golovkin eight months ago, but in the opposite eye. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll have more in the next hour. thank you very much. let's take a look at the weather prospects. a mixed picture at the start of the week. many places have enjoyed a fine afternoon. variable clouds, hazy sunshine. quite warm. it is going to stay dry across northern areas as we head into this evening, but rain already in the southern areas will continue to move northwards. some of it will be heavy. the satellite picture, there has been plenty of sunshine around. clouds thickening up. rain pushing out to france. it is been moving northwards. bright colours in the radar, indicating a heavier burst. this evening, quite wet through central parts of england in towards wales. the south—west of england is slowly moving northwards, tending to fizzle. across the north though it will be a dry end to th

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"

we'll talk with peter brookes about this in a minute. we talked about the nasdaq and s&p hitting record highs early in the trading session as volatility continues to fall and fall to decade lose. lot of people are talking abt this today. the so-called fear index known as the vix, you see it below ten, could it be investors are getting a little too complacent as the index continues to fall? assuming, just assuming that stocks will continue to go up. liz claman talked to warren buffett about this yesterday, the hidden dangers of the market and how he might react to them. listen. >> a public that gets overexcited about stocks at some point is the biggest risk to a stock market. >> do you see that now? >> i don't think so. >> you never know when it's going to happen. you know it will happen periodically, except it isn't periodically exactly. radically is a better word, but it will happen, it will happen. >> and when it does, what will you be doing that day? >> buying. >> of course, he's going to be buying if he's warren buffett finding value

with all respect to david brooks he's a never trumper. that's fine.rom that perspective, donald trump isn't going to do anything david brooks like. as i remember famously with david brooks, he was certain senator obama would be a great president because of the crease in his slacks. i mean, with all due respect -- >> that was a rhetorical flourish from brooks but let's put that to the side, you've made your point. david, are any points mollified by what was said. >> the president is not a child or loveable. the president was not just making a mistake. this particular mistake could not have been made with the ambassador from any country other than russia. donald trump was unusually in grashiating and sur vile with russians as he always is, for reasons we can only surmise but cannot be good. in a parliamentary system we would be discussing expected today of that prime minister who betrayed a national secret through inaddvertence. mistakes are not more forgivable in this context. the president won't resign. the fact is he smashds legitimacy and authority

s russia probe, and more, with the analysis of shields and brooks.t's syndicated columnist mark shields, and "new york times" columnist david brooks. >> welcome gentlemen so much to talk about what a week, i will mention that cnn has judges been reporting from several sources that white house lawyers are beginning to at least research the mechanism of impeoplement. they don't believe the story that anything like that is going to happen soon but they are looking into it. david this week again there is so much to talk about but let's talk about the appointment of a special counsel, robert mueller, amidst the speculation of russia, what does this do to the cloud hang being over the white house? >> well it's interesting that after a year spent campaigning against the insiders, the swamp, the beltway establishment, when you have a crisis everyone wants someone with experience, with credibility, this eent has been greetby republicans and democrats as a sign that okay fine we're going to get straight answers. it strikes me from this morning's news that he g

the city's 11th chief of police...tammany brooks was recently promoted from interim chief and is thethe position chief brooks began his police career here in antioch back in 1995 and has literally worked his was up the ladder now he is the police department's top cop. not bad for a guy who didn't finish high school

chris and brooke? >> joe johns, appreciate the reporting and we will take on the question this morning of why democrats are moving so quickly against one of their own, former senator joe lieberman. we'll talk about that. let's bring in our political panel, cnn politics reporter and editor at large, chris soliza, social editor and columnist for realpolitics.com, senioral li at jeffrey toobin. you called it. the president is staking his presidency on four words: no, no, next question. explain. >> well, you played it in the clip. he was asked directly did he at any point tell jim comey to either end or curb the investigation into michael flynn. those four words were his response. what does that mean? look, i don't know that donald trump put a tremendous amount of strategic thought into how he would respond to the question, but as a matter of fact, you now have what we would expect to hear james comey's side of the story, whether through congressional testimony, through the release of the memo or memos or

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

brook took a knee in the 11th round when he was under no real pressure, before the referee stopped thered in his fight against golovkin eight months ago, but in the opposite eye. that's over now. security has dominated the issue of the election campaign since the attack in manchester. leanne wood has argued whether her party would back further security measures to combat extremism. we are in favour of more targeted surveillance, we are against mass surveillance. if people are under suspicion the police need to keep a close eye on them. we support resources for that. the idea of watching everyone and being able to access everyone's e—mails communications, that's where we have a problem. that's where our mps have voted consistently against the sleepers charter, for example. the co—leader of the green party criticised the prevent programme for combating extremism, saying it was alienating the muslim community. many in the muslim community believe it has been an attack on their group in particular. we want there to be a mechanism whereby people can come to the state with concerns. but when

they got a big scare from stoney brook.oline steel ties the game with over three minutes remaining here. a minute later the terps take care of their only lead of the game. scores the game winner terps avoid their first home loss in five years. winning 13-12. congrats to them. >>> dc united looking to snap a two-game losing skid. shut out again. black and red get shut out for the seventh time in 11 games. they lose 1-0 at home to the chicago fire. >> i don't remember you ever saying anything about stoney brook in any sports cast in any newscast we've worked together. >> no, i've never said stoney brook. i know. i've just never said it in these walls. >> how do you know? >> i'm a proud alum. thank you so much. >> now i'm getting it. >> by the way, my wife is a proud alum as well. >> is that right? i'm sorry about what happened. >> speaking of long island lacrosse. >> take it away. >> my great danes play maryland tomorrow. that could be a tight match. for us, we have showers coming up on monday. tomorrow night into monday morn