cnn first reported in april that u.s. intelligence agencies discovered terror groups were developing new techniques to plant bombs in devices capable of evading airport security screenings, an incredibly dangerous and important national security issue. the trump administration later imposed a ban on devices larger than cell phones for passengers flying from eight middle east and african countries, citing factors, including human intelligence. >> at the time, cnn agreed to withhold key details of the intelligence, including the city where the laptop threat was detected by a u.s. ally because u.s. officials were concerned about revealing sensitive sources and methods. the "washington post" story citing u.s. officials says president trump revealed the name of that city to russia's foreign minister and ambassador, and those officials are now extremely concerned about the president compromising a critical isis intelligence source and its impact on global u.s. security partnerships. they also worry mr. trump might have put the

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matthew chance, cnn, moscow. >> matthew, thanks very much. dominic thomas is a professor at the university of california los angeles and joins me now live from paris. dominic, good to see you. finally, the day is here. these two candidates are polar opposites, though, a stark contrast for the people of france to choose between. just sum up, if you can, how momentous today could be for france and for europe. >> right. it's been an extraordinarily complex electoral campaign. back in 2002, marine le pen's father made it through to the runoff. since then, marine le pen took over the party in 2011, did quite well in the 2012 elections, but compared to 2007, the last time her father was there, she has doubled in terms of millions of voters the number of people that are supporting her party. she in the last debate that took place before the second round promised to return the keys of france to the french by providing border control, a return to the french frank, trying to force a referendum on the european union. and emmanuel macron is absolutely op

cnn, new york.president trump will return to the united states as he wraps up his nine days. jared kushner and ivanka trump returned to washington, d.c. earlier this week. our security correspondent kim dolzier, of all these kcontacts learned in the last 24 hours, what's your take of jared kushner? >> kushner reportedly had this conversation with general michael flynn in the room with the russian ambassador. they talked about setting up this independent communication channel. the thing is when you get a security clearance, one of the things you do was not only disclose all foreign contacts you have had in recent years but also once you have that clearance, you have a duty to report contacts with foreigners and everyone contacts with journalists and especially contact journalists. he did not know that at that point but general flynn did. one of the things you do with counter intelligence is you want these kinds of contacts people have with foreigners and you look for something that maybe evasive. thi

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you're live in the cnn newsroom. i'm anna cabrera. we begin tonight with troubling new details about the downfall of michael flynn, president trump's former national security adviser fired for lying about his conversations with the russian ambassador. and now a former u.s. officials tells cnn senior members of trump's administration transition team warned flynn about those conversations weeks before flynn's december phone call with the russian ambassador, sergey kislyak. the "washington post" first broke the story and says flynn was told in late november that his conversations with the russian ambassador were almost certainly being recorded. all of this coming as president trump spends his first weekend as commander-in-chief at his home in new jersey. our white house correspondent athena jones is in nearby brankburg. what more are you learning about this controversy? >> reporter: we're learning -- and these are details confirmed by my colleague, jeff zeleny. we're learning that there was concern that flynn didn't app

now, cnn has confirmed the main details of this story. one thing is clear, despite the white house's denial, this has certainly sent the white house off of its message. they were hoping to reset this week after the president's controversial firing of fbi director james comey and instead focused on their new fbi director, focus on the upcoming foreign trip. but if monday is any indication, it's clear that's not going to come easy. back to you guys. >> all right, sara murray. thank you for that. >>> joining us this morning as we break down this big story "weekly standard"'s senior writer michael warren live in our washington bureau. michael, good to see you this morning. a lot to get to. let's start with the "washington post" report. greg miller, one of the two reporters responsible for the story, a national security correspondent. when he pushed back against h.r. mcmaster, who in part denied this report, here's what greg miller told cnn. >> i think that the white house is is playing word games here to that effect to try to blunt the impact

a lawyer for kushner told cnn in a statement, "mr. involvement in the operation of kushner companies and divested his interests in the one journal square project by selling them to a family trust that he, his wife, and his children are not beneficiaries of. as previously stated, he will recuse from particular matters concerning the eb-5 visa program." still, it's clear the company might understand the optics of their beijing presentation. cnn found out about this event because of this ad. it was actually posted in the elevator of our building here in beijing, so we took a photo. you can clearly see it says kushner one right there, and later on, it says "invest $500,000, and emigrate to the united states." this was billed as a public event and we shot it from the crowd on an iphone, but other organizations who showed up got kicked out. reporters with both "the new york times" and "washington post" were asked to leave. the "post" wrote that when they asked why, "a pr person who declined to identify herself said simply, this is not the s

cnn is following the story live in seoul. >>> from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome. to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i'm george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> a vote for change. france decides 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast, less than 24 hours, voters head to the polls to pick a new president. an 11th-hour surprise. the campaign of one candidate, emmanuel macron, announced friday it had been hacked. cnn is following the important election with my colleague leading coverage in paris. >> reporter: it was surprising, indeed, to wake up to this this morning. not least because the official campaign is over. so with the way french politics and voting works, the saturday that comes before the sunday of voting is really a day of reflection. there's no more campaigning, and there's no more tv coverage of politics. really people are supposed to be alone with their thoughts. you're not used to having what could be considered major campaign events. it was a real surprise. here's what we know -- campaign of the front-runner return, em

cnn athen that jones outside the white house for us. i understand the president has holding meetings with staff to try to boost morale. what can you tell us about that? >> hi anna. the president was working personally to try to bolster the morale of his staff as this tough week was coming to a close. you mentioned we've been told the white house staffers have a sense of dejection. this is in part because the communication in particular was kept out of the loop of the president's decision to fire director comey until really the final moments. they had about an hour or so to prepare a explanations for the president's decision and we saw that was a story that kept changing and that was ultimately a contradicted by the president himself. one of the folks who have been upset, the word we're hearing is rattled is the vice president himself. vice president pence went to capitol hill and said seven times that the president was acting on the recommendations of the justice department, specifically a deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. we lear

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gary touchman, cnn, elliot county, kentucky. >> the news continues here on cnn.r the break. >>> the u.s. president returns to washington to a slough of problems weighti problems waiting for him, including new allegations surrounding his son-in-law, jared kushner. >>> getting back on track. british airlines working frantically. canceled flights at heathrow. the effect there. >>>

also, exclusive new cnn reporting. sources say russia officials discussed having potentially derogatory information about mr. trump and some of his top aides in 2016. information described as financial in nature. we are told the intercepted communications suggested that russians thought they could use the information to inflew enthe incoming administration. this hour i'll speak with democratic senator brian -- our correspondents and specialists are also standing by. first, let's go to cnn's jessica schneider. with all of the breaking news, what's the latest, jessica? >> we know that russian officials claim to have the derogatory information about then candidate donald trump all in the midst of the 2016 election. that's all according to two former intelligence officials and congressional source. now one source tells cnn the potential derogatory details were in fact financial in nature. the conversations were picked up by u.s. intelligence and showed that russians believed they had the ability to inflew enthe administrat

you're watching cnn. 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 say the president describes specifics on how isis hopes to ooze laptop computers as bombs on airplanes. the sources say the president did not reveal the source of the information but intelligence officials say there is concern that russia will be able to figure out the highly sensitive source. the president then tweeted this morning that he, quote, has the right to share the information with the russians. moments ago, he qualified his time with sergey lavrov and the ambassador this way. >> we had a very, very successful meeting with the foreign minister of

cnn's elise labatt joins me now. it's an important distinction whether someone is a target, subject or witness in an investigation. where does jared kushner fall in all of this? >> reporter: just because the fbi is interested doesn't mean he did anything wrong and no allegations thus far that jared kushner did anything wrofnlg the fbi has not talked to him yet. it's not even clear that he will, but because he was so involved in the campaign and transition investigators feel he may be able to provide information to assist the fbi probe. tonight the fbi criminal probe of russian interference in the 2016 presidential election now focusing on president trump's most trusted adviser, son-in-law jared kushner. >> the white house has been trying to get behind a lot of these programs. >> reporter: officials tell cnn kushner is not the target of the probe, and there are no allegations he did anything wrong. >> he's not under investigation. if mueller is going to do a thorough investigation of russian influence or attempted inf

with me, bob baer, cnn intelligence and security analyst, former cia operative, and cnn military and diplomatic analyst john kirby, a former spokesman for the state department. admiral, i want to start with you, because what the white house is telling our jim sciutto is that they called around after this meeting to check on how classified the information was. how sensitive the information was that the president shared. and the white house says that no one expressed any kind of alarm, no one at that meeting, including general mcmaster, who says he was there last night, expressed any kind of alarm. so, they don't see a problem, according to the white house. >> well, somebody must have been alarmed enough, john, to make a call to the intelligence community to find out the level of classification of what they said, and it must have tipped somebody off, because they wouldn't have made that call in the first place. i also think it's important to remember that according to reporting, anyway, that it was a good back-and-forth between the white house and the wi"washingt post" before that stor

. >> and cnn live coverage of that breaking news story continues now with cnn and isha sesay. >> and i'm isha sesay breaking news this police in manchester, england are investigating a deadly explosion outside one of bretten's largest entertainment venue at least 19 people killed and 50 wounded after explosion just outside the manchester arena. this happened around 10:35 p.m. local time just a a concert by pop star ariana grande ended >> grande tweeted this broken from the bottom of the my heart i am so sorry i don't have words. fear and panic erupted as the crowded of around 20,000 people, many teenagers desperately tried to leave the venue. won wernt law enforcement official told cnn a man has been identified at the scene as the probable suicide bomber. so far, no claim of responsibility. police in britain have an emergency number for anyone looking for information. >> an emergency number is available for all those concerned about their loved ones or anyone who may have been in the area. the number is 0161le 8569400. >> we are current treating this as a terrorist incident. until we

and of course, as cnn first reported, the u.s. intercepted discussions of russian officials bragging about cultivating relationships with trump campaign aides, including trump's first national security adviser, michael flynn, to influence trump. and following cnn's report, "the new york times" said that trump's campaign manager, paul manafort, was also discussed. john and poppy? >> so, outside of the president himself, do we know from our sources who the russians were specifically talking about when they're talking about this dropdrop derogatory information? >> reporter: none of the sources would say which aide was discussed. one of the officials said the intelligence report actually masked the american names, but it was still clear the conversations did revolve around the trump campaign, though no specifics. and another source would not give more specifics, citing the classified nature of all of that information. now, it's important to note that asked for comment, the white house is telling cnn the following, saying, "this is yet

sara murray, cnn, the white house. >>> two sources tell cnn white house lawyers have begun researching impeachment procedures and consulting experts on the process. the white house denies this, saying it is simply not true and still far from certain that president trump was face an effort to remove him from office. according to sources briefed on legal discussions, the president still has backing of republican supporters in congress and some democrats have been pulling back on talk of impeachment out of concern it is far too premature. >>> the u.s. president in saudi arabia but the shadow of controversies continues to grow. great deal to talk about. bringing in jacob with the policy think tank chatham house in london. good to have you with us. let's talk about news that cnn learned, lawyers within the trump white house talking about researching impeachment. given the controversies plaguing this white house, are you surprised by this or would this be a standard move to understand the parameters? >> i don't think it is a standard move for any president at any point but given the amount o

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we have breaking news and a cnn exclusive, but first cnn's diane gallagher with the very latest. diane? >> reporter: that's right. sources are telling cnn that the russian government officials talked about having that potentially derogatory information during the 2016 election. it was about then candidate trump and some of his top aides. one of those sources saying that the information was financial in nature. the conversations picked up by u.s. intelligence suggest the the russians believed they had the ability to influence the administration with the information. that's according to two former intelligence officials and a congressional source. now sources caution that the claims could have been fake or even exaggerated as part of russia's greater disinformation campaign. former director of national intelligence james clapper acknowledged that's possible, but warned -- >> i will just say that there were a series of communications and dialogs that we grew -- i say we, members of the intelligence community that were aware of it, were very concerned about. >> reporter: meanwhile th

this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. the white house tonight circling the wagons, saying the story is false, but two former officials knowledgeable about the situation tell cnn that the main points of the story first reported by the "washington post" are true, the president shared classified information with the russian foreign minister. and make no mistake about this, this story is a bombshell. it goes way beyond partisan politics in general. lives are at stake around the world and that raises two frightening and very serious questions. is a president who would do this even unwittingly, competent to be the commander in chief? is president trump up to the job? we'll discuss all of that tonight. i want to get right now to cnn's david chalian, jim sciutto, david gergen, and sara murray. and cnn political and national security analyst, david senger. good evening to all of you. jim sciutto, what are you hearing from intelligence forces about the president and the russians inside the oval office? >> two officials knowledgeabl

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he's hostile to cnn, other networks. going to talk to rupert murdoch and you're not going to stop him. what you can do is insist that career government employees throughout the agencies deal with fox news related matters. and i have to say the sexual harassment allegations are just the tip of the iceberg. the real issue for rupert murdoch is expanding the number of tv stations he owns. and of course donald trump wants that. if he's asking to give him positive coverage going into the 2018-2020 elections, that's the really big issue. we're at a very, very difficult situation in the united states. we're not supposed to have some other media outlet linked to the united states government that dominates the air waves, but we could be going in that direction if we're not careful. >> bill, i only have a couple of seconds, but talk to me quickly about the optics here and the authenticity now of the government? >> well, that's a big question going forward. i mean, if they're sending their message out through basically a propaganda

griffin has partnered with cnn for a new year's eve special for several years.tatement says it found the photo disgusting and offensive mirroring what all of us here think. it's been taken down. the network is evaluating the new year's eve coverage with kathy griffin. the photo was meant to be shocking. it was no question it crossed the line. >> for those of you wondering about anderson cooper's opinion he tweeted he's april palled by this photo shoot. clearly disgusting and completely appropriate. i think echoing the sentiments of everyone here at the net work. >>> an angry outburst in court by the man accused in a deadly stabbing spree in portland. >> you call it terrorism i call it patriotism. you hear me. >> that's not all. more of what he said at his arraignment next. the future isn't silver suits and houses on mars, it's right now. think about it. we can push buttons and make cars appear out of thin air. find love anywhere. he's cute. and buy things from, well, everywhere. how? because our phones have evolved. so isn't it time our networks did too? introdu

cnn.escribed as an unconventional marriage, he's now with us live. he's the editor and chief of the weekly magazine. how important is the love story in the minds of french voters as we get closer to this run off. >> i think it's -- i don't think it's -- what we can say, if he was elected next sunday, france will have a lady, he add -- he'll have a girlfriend. so i think the image of michael campaigning is wise. has been reassuring of the father daughters, i'll see going back to classical image. >> so we're getting much closer to that. so let's talk about these final pitches, what has been the final pitch and what has been the pitch for le pen. has either seemed to gain momentum as we get close here. >> what i will say, george, is the fact that 15 years ago on this very day you had 1.5 million people marching in the streets of paris to make sure le pen will not be elected. today this doesn't exist, i mean the demonstration that will take place will be a meeting by le pen. so we can say that

>>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> good morning. so grateful to have your company here. i'm centennial olympic pa i'm christi paul and i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >> a new launch of a missile by north korea this morning. >> north korea is interrupting president trump's second full day of overseas diplomacy. >> what we know it was overnight and comes hours before the president is set to give this major speech in saudi arabia. he'll address more than 50 islamic leaders to outline his vision for u.s./muslim relations. >> this launch happened a short while ago so let's bring you up-to-speed on the events unfolding on the north korean peninsula right now. so we turn to will ripply. what do we know this morning, will about nch launch? >> reporter: the fact they have launched missile flew several hundred miles and landing in the waters with off the japanese coast' forcing themselves into the global conversation hours before this major season by the u.s. president you have to wonder if the north korean regime, led by kim jong-un, are trying to send a message they

cnn's mj lee has more on that. and mj, this bill still has an uphill climb to say the least, in the senate. >> reporter: yeah, not just an uphill climb, a long uphill climb at that. here's the state of play right now. the house bill that passed yesterday now heads over to the senate. this is congress 101. for any bill to become law, it, of course, has to be approved by both the house and the senate. the problem, though, right now is that senate republicans have already basically indicated that they are going to reject the house bill in its current form, and that is why they have already set up a working group of sorts that includes conservative republican senators as well as moderate ones, to try to figure out what kind of bill do we want in the senate. now, the budget reconciliation process mandates that senators have to be very conscious of whether or not everything in their bill complies with the byrd rule. so that is an added complication. now, ana, if we thought things were tough in the house, also keep in min

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also joining us is our cnn global affairs analyst, and cnn contributor. the white house responds this is yet another round of false and unverified claims by anonymous sources in an effort to smear the president. that's their take. for the russians, based on all this reporting from jim and pamela, what is their mo in terms of using this type of information, if indeed it does exist? how would they use it? >> as jim reported, we have a couple different possiblies. maybe this was one intelligence officer bragging to another that we've got the goods on the trump campaign. if they get into office, we're in the seat. or maybe this was a conversation designed to be overheard. that is how disinformation works. you spread something that is close to pre-existing beliefs, but takes it to another level. whether it be a leaked e-mail or a conversation like this that might have been designed to let fbi or cia investigators listen in and think, there is problems. there is malfeasance here. that is the point of a disinformation campaign, to spread and sew distrust inside

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let's go to cnn's barbara starr who is live for us at the pentagon.north korea now says it's ready to mass produce these medium range missiles. what's the potential reach, and who should be afraid of being a target? >> well, there's just one answer. their target, jake, really their ultimate target, the west coast of the united states. north korea is showing the world its missiles are on the move and then launching. its latest provocative act, the latest sign the regime is undeterred. kim jong-un with his generals supervising the second successful ballistic missile test in a week. south korean and japanese officials say the missile traveled to an altitude of 620 miles and a distance of 300 miles. >> all options are on table. >> what does that mean? what does that include? >> that means we've made it very clear that we don't want to start a fight so don't give us a reason to have one. >> reporter: north korea now claims it can mass produce ballistic missiles, but it could be this launch a few days ago that could be the missile test that changes everythi

we will of course have live coverage right here on cnn. but first let's bring in cnn's chief national security correspondent jim sciutto and our senior white house correspondent jim acosta. i know you've got some breaking news, some new reporting on the president's personal attorneys now being asked to provide sensitive information to the u.s. congress. what can you tell us? >> that's right, wolf. another person connected to president trump being drawn into the russia investigation. this time it is president trump's personal attorney michael cohen who is a fixture of course throughout the campaign cycle frequently appearing on cnn and other networks as a surrogate to donald trump. he has been requested by the house and senate intelligence committees to provide information and testimony. i just got off the phone with

i want to go to cnn 's international diplomatic editor. nic, how did the president describe the terror problem? >> reporter: well, he tried to sort of set a very even tone, if you will, in fact specifically saying, "i'm not here to tell you how to run your lives. i'm here because we have common values and that together we can find security by working towards those common values. he had another important message, as well, which is, our friends here should know that they don't have to question our support. we have your back, is the message. that's something he really wanted to roll back the impression a lot of leaders in this region had that under president obama he didn't support them. and president trump was very clear in saying that. he does -- the united states does support them. but he also said that the onus was on them. the united states can't fix their problems, can't do this for them. they have to make these decisions themselves. he said there was a lot more for them to do. >> of course, there is still much work to be done. that mea

so, let's go live to moscow and bring in cnn's diana magnay. diana, we know that putin was even stopped at a hockey game yesterday to talk about all of this and the absurd world of u.s. politics right now. what's the reaction in moscow to all of this? >> reporter: well, president putin acted surprised when he was asked about this, said it has nothing to do with us, it's completely within the president's competence to fire whoever he wants. and of course, you heard from sergey lavrov, the sarcastic tone which he batted off questions about this. so, to a certain extent, i think russia feels superior, a certain scorn for the chaos they're seeing in the united states. it makes the u.s. look bad. in russia, that's not necessarily a bad thing here. but at the same time, dmitry peskov, the kremlin spokesman, said we hope that this doesn't affect u.s./russia relations, and i think that's very important. russia does want a partner in the white house who is predictable on issues like syria, on issues like the fight against international terrorism, and th

this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. we're awaiting a news conference, going to happen at any moment. a western law enforcement official is now telling cnn a male at the scene in manchester has been identified as the probable suicide bomber in this event. a u.s. official said suicide bombing is now considered to be the likely reason for this blast. it hatppened just before 10:35 p.m., that was local time. this as audience members, tens of thousands of them, many of them young people, mostly young girls, teenage girls, or preteens, leaving that manchester arena. witnesses describe a huge explosion. chaos. victims. and injured people on the ground. and, again, i must tell you we're awaiting a news conference, that news conference is supposed to happen at 9:00 p.m. eastern hour here in the united states. it has not happened yet and we're awaiting that. soongs it happ as soon as it happens, we'll bring it to you live. let's get you up to date on the detail and what's possibly behind this now. i want to go straight to cnn's s

they're telling cnn this. they say, "this is yet another round of false and unverified claims made by anonymous sources to smear the president. the reality is, a review of the president's income from the last ten years showed he had virtually no financial ties at all. there appears to be moe limit to which the president's political opponents will go to perpetuate this false narrative, including illegally leaking classified material." they continue to say, "all this does is play into the hands of our adversaries and put our country at risk." the office of the director of the national intelligence and fbi, they're not commenting. and of course, the president himself has insisted on multiple occasions that he has no financial dealings with russia. >> and it's clearly very tough to know, since this new investigation is kind of really just getting its feet under it, but is this part of the current investigation now? >> yeah, this is all part of this. the fbi investigation is into the russian meddling in the u.s. el

cnn has not seen the memo. the story was first reported by the "new york times". the president told comey that flynn did nothing wrong despite the fact that he was fired for lying to the vice president about his conversations with the russian ambassador. sources tell cnn the encounter happened after a briefing involving vice president mike pence and attorney general jeff sessions who the president asked to leave the room so he could speak privately with comey. comey was reportedly so appalled by the president's comments he documented the exchange. just one of a number of peopleos he wrote out of concern that the president was trying to stop the investigation. the white house flatly denying the explosive allegations saying the president has never asked mr. comey or anyone else to end any investigation. this is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation between the president and mr. comey. in a tweet last week president trump threatened or at least warned comey about potential tapes of their conversations. recordings comey hopes exist in order to corro

"newsroom." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> you are live in the cnn "newsroom."test fired yet another short range ballistic missile. this one reportedly landing near the coast of japan. it's just the latest in what we've seen as a ba rage of missile test since president trump took office. the president has been briefed. we'll bring you a live report from our correspondence overseas as well as our pentagon correspondent. prices, management. president trump huddling with his senior advisor as he tries to dig out from a mound of russian headlines among those spotted at the white house today, first daughter, ivanka trump and high powered attorney kasowitz who celebrity clients included robert de niro and bill o'reilly. the president venting his frustration on twitter saying, it is my opinion that many of the leaks coming out of the white house are fabricated lies made up by the fake news media. we have live team coverage. i want to begin with ryan nobles. do we know how the white house is planning to get back on message? >> reporter: we know that as you mentioned the

his attorney sent this statement to cnn and i'll read it for you. mr.ushner participated in thousands of calls in this time period. he has no recollection of the calls. we asked for dates of such alleged calls so we may look into it and respond but we have not received such information. of course, the allegations about kushner are just the latest in a series of allegations we've heard in the last two weeks concerning this investigation into potential contacts between trump campaign associates and russian officials. those allegations, of course, the president was hoping to escape as he departed for his first foreign trip but they have continued to dog him throughout this entire week and particularly here in europe those concerns about russia, coupled with the allegations that have surfaced in the last week or two have amplified all of that situation in nato, speaking in nato the other day in brussels the president failing to once again reassure those nato allies about his position on russia, about his willingness to confront russian president vladimir pu

here to discuss with me is cnn legal analyst paul calen and our cnn producer. can you lay it out for me now? >> cnn's manu raju just confirming moments ago that flynn will not respond to a request from the senate intel committee for information about his contacts with russia. they had subpoenaed him. they wanted him to testify. a source close to him is telling manu raju that he does not -- flynn does not intend to comply with the request and would invoke his fifth amendment right against prosecution. keep in mind, you know, for months, we have been talking about flynn and the scrutiny that he's been under by federal investigators, by the fbi, and recently prosecutors in the eastern district of virginia have subpoenaed records of his business transactions before the campaign, before he joined president trump's administration. so, all of this is ongoing, and the investigation into him, the criminal investigation is really in full swing and it's still moving forward, so, it's not unreasonable. a lot of us had thought this would happen. just kind of surprising that

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we go live to paris, bring in cnn's melissa bell. melissa, the french president-elect really has no experience governing in politics and is about to take over a deeply divided country. >> reporter: a deeply divided country. he has yet not just to build a parliamentary majority in the elections but get a single m fonk his name, so this is a man with his work cut out for him. up here we expect him to make his way up the champs delace, laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. today marks the 72nd anniversary of the victory over europe celebration, end of world war ii, essentially. president macron will be in his first official engagement, taking part alongside francois hollande and then macron will resign from the leadership of the movement he created a year ago to begin this most unusual political adventure. really, christine it can't be said enough, no one believed he could do it when he set out to create this party, when he announced his candidateure. what happened in france marks a redrawing of the political map. he saw o

. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> it is 7:00 eastern time, i am ana cabrera, we're live in the cnn news room, thank you for joining us. the pentagon is trying to learn more about another missile launch from north korea, launched early sunday local time from a site close to the country's west coast. a u.s. defense official now tells us it has traveled about 430 miles. this comes, this latest launch comes just after two weeks ago when there was a missile test that officials say was a failure. alexander field is joining us now, alexander, do we have an indication about the type of projectile that was fired? >> that is something that officials will all look into, trying to see what else they can learn about the projectile that was fired, see what they can gather about that firing, and about the ballistic missile program. you have heard north korea say they will continue the launches, one official saying you will see this happen on a weekly basis, and prior to what happened this morning you had already seen nine ballistic missiles launched at least over six different days since just the

this is cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. the president changed his story about why he fired fbi director, james comey, and now according to his twitter page, he is threatening him. during an angry tweet storm this morning, the president tweeted this, and i quote, james comey better hope there are no, quote, tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. now, the white house, as we just heard in the briefing a bit ago says that was not a threat. but in the backdrop of all of this are questions about the president's intent and whether an admission during an nbc interview constitutes an obstruction of justice. >> and, in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. it's an excuse by the dls femoc for having lost an election that they should have won. and the reason they should have won it is, the electoral college is almost impossible for a republican to win, very hard, because you start off at such a disadvantage. so every

cnn correspondent jeff zeleny joins us now. tell us what's happening inside the white house. >> reporter: the white house was hoping the president would return back from his trip abroad with the wind at his back and finally the chance to change the subject. that frankly has not happened. the russia investigation remains at the center of everything here in the west wing, even as the president had a commander in chief moment at arlington national cemetery cemetery. >> present. >> reporter: president trump paying respects today at arlington national cemetery. on his first memorial day as commander in chief, the president honoring heros from wars gone by. >> we pay tribute to those brave souls who raced into gunfire, roared into battle and ran into hell to face down evil. >> reporter: and fighting in conflicts still today. >> today a new generation of american patriots are fighting to win the battle against terrorism. ♪ >> reporter: with the sound of "taps" echo akrog the grounds at arlgton the president and his commanders looking