cnn has learned that the president has been talking about it for months. we know that he made moves to fire mueller last june but was talked out of it. yesterday "the new york times" reported there was a second aborted effort to fire the special counsel in december. that move fueled by reports that mueller had issued subpoenas to deutsche bank, the president's financial records. reports which proved to be inaccurate. for more on the latest developments, we'll go to the white house and cnn's pamela brown. >> reporter: good morning, christine and alex. our team has learned the president's consideration of firing rod rosenstein has gained urgency following the raid of the office of the president's personal lawyer, michael cohen. sources familiar with the matter say this is one of several options including going so far as to fire attorney general jeff sessions, as well, that trump has been weighing. officials say if trump acts, rosenstein is his most likely target because installing a new deputy attorney general could provide the check on mueller that trump ha

it is a cnn exclusive. i'm wolf and you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news. president trump seizing on accusations against iran by israeli prime benjamin netanyahu as mr. trump weighs whether to rip up the iran nuclear deal. netanyahu accused the iranian government of lying about its nuclear program and said israel has proof the regime is pursuing nuclear weapons at a secret compound. also an exclusive cnn investigation is revealing that more than 100 uber drivers have been accused of sexual assault or abuse and at least 31 of the drivers have been convicted on charges ranging from battery to rape and dozens of criminal and civil cases, they are now pending. we're going to show you -- talk about the breaking news and show you much more. congressman adam kinsinger is standing by and our reporters and experts are also standing by. first let's get straight to the breaking news. >>> jim acosta is joining us. north korea and iran are both very m

and he now works for cnn.t dossier briefing occurred in four days later it was put out on cnn. that is very interesting. they did have high-level -- >> reporters had. i know for a fact. >> as james comey said, cnn said they needed a justification to put it out. howie: i have to jump in. another thing in the comey memos that struck me, susan, comey was talking to the president he says about stopping leaks, trump replied that we need to go after reporters and referred to the fact that 10 or 15 years ago we put them in jail to find out what they know, he mentioned judy miller at fox by name, spent couple of days in mail, does that concern you? >> judy miller was in jail for three months. howie: part of investigation. she wouldn't reveal sources. >> it's happened before, the threats are ongoing against reporters, what would be different this time if trump did it, it would get a lot more attention and focus and a lot more anger from the public because it would be donald trump doing it, he's waging war on the free p

let's get a check on "cnn money."obal stocks lower today after trade tensions on the presidential attack on amazon rocked wall street. dow fell 459 points when china slapped tariffs on the u.s. goods. amazon shares fell 5% after the president accused it of not paying taxes and taking advantage of the post office. previously the so-called faang stocks drove the market to record highs. intel shares nose dived 6% on news it may have to survive without apple. bloomberg reports apple plans to make its own processors to mac. apple used intel in 2006 and since then intel has come to rely on apple's business. intel still makes most of the money from selling pc processors and mac kpcomputers are a part that market. the company doesn't comment on speculation. apple did not respond to our request for comment. spot ifify spotify's approval for ipo today. it is taking itself public with a direct listing. it will sell shares directly to the investors to save it millions in fees. and nobody knows the price when the stock starts trad

cnn's ivan wat tson is in beiji. ivan, the chinese are not planning on backing down. >> reporter: no, they are not. it is a national holiday here, the commerce and national affairs ministers put out a statement on the latest threat of $100 billion of tariffs is a prove indication. we do not -- provocation. we do not want to start a trade war. we are not afraid of the u.s. and if the u.s. disregards the opposition and the international community persists in the unilateral, trade protectionist practices, the chinese side will follow through. this is roughly 40% of china's overall trade to the u.s. and you know, if both sides continue to make these threats, it will be a big deal. these are the two largest economies in the world and as yet, however, the white house has said we are months away from the tariffs being imposed. this could still be interpreted as posturing and maybe they will sit down and negotiate and work out of it. >> and that's, of course, what people are hoping for. ivan watson in beijing. >>> during the

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cnn political analyst and executive editor for central newspapers, ryan karen, and cnn political analyst, ryan lizza. so the fact that veselnitskaya now says she is a kremlin informant, how does that change things? >> well, for one thing, the timing is sort of unfortunate for the house intelligence committee, which wrapped up this investigation and really didn't give much credence to the famous trump tower meeting. this would seem to be a piece of evidence that they would want to look at a little bit more closely. the first thought i had about this is why is she coming out and saying this publicly? and is this first kind of psy ops by the kremlin? obviously, they love to keep the russian meddling story going. they know it creates lots of fighting in our politics, which is the goal of the whole operation. and putin has a long track record of meddling in other countries, denying it, then subtly, you know, indicating, well, maybe he did meddle, after all. and then eventually bragging about it. we saw that in crimea. the first thing i thought is this part of the next wave of this for putin t

but first, to a cnn exclusive. team is preparing him for potential questioning by robert mueller. a white house official and a person familiar with the situation said this is a sign the president's legal team is intensifying its deliberations over whether to allow trump to be questioned by the special counsel. all of this as we're learning that a trump foreign policy adviser made efforts to find dirt on hillary clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign. joseph schmitz played a key role in the search for clinton's deleted e-mails from her private server. cnn's chief national security correspondent jim sciutto has details. jim. >> fred, my colleague jenna mclaughlin and i are told by multiple sources a former adviser to the trump campaign pushed government agencies to review material from the dark web in the summer of 2016, that he thought were hillary clinton's deleted e-mails. his push, just the latest example of trump advisers who were mixed up in efforts to find dirt on clinton, including potentially stolen e

cnn obtained a copy. comey calls the trump presidency a forest fire and says aspects of the loyalty oath and boss in complete control reminded him of the days prosecuting the mob. >> and comey recounts the first meeting with president trump. comey said the only question of the russian meddling, you found no impact on the result, right? >> and the d on oossier and the unverified claims that russia had video of trump watching prostitutes urinate. he was obsessed with the golden shower information. if his wife melania thought it was true, he rolled on and explained why it could not possibly be true. ending it by saying asking me to investigate the allegation to prove it was a lie. >> comey has tough words for his fellow republicans. criticizing them. he laid out his mission statement. it is wrong to stand idly by or stay silent to undermine public confidence. >> the white house said republican party is not planning to respond to each of the allegations in comey's book. people familiar with the matter say the

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okay, let's watch the montage that captures cnn. >> this is cnn.trusted name in news. >> good evening. where to begin? >> i am wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." good evening come out front tonight. >> welcome to "the lead" with jake tapper. >> golden showers thing. >> golden showers thing. >> pee tape of prostitutes that urinate on each other and his bed in a russian hotel suite. >> urinate in a hotel. >> i thought we were going to talk about tpp, the pacific partnership, instead we are talking about pee pee. a w i can't believe it. [laughter] >> i had to say it. >> talk about the prostitutes. >> golden showers. >> mr. trump and russiantu prostitutes. >> golden showers, there is no way i would let people pee on each other around each me. >> golden shower hookers. >> i don't know if the current present was around prostitutes peeing on each other in moscow. >> this is cnn, the most trusted name in news. >> sean: joining us now from "the hill" is joe concha. i don't know -- [laughs] hello? hello? that was mesmerizing. >> sean: well, i don

cnn legal analyst laura coates and cnn law enforcement analyst josh campbell. good evening to one and all. jeff, let's start with you. you're standing there in front of the white house. president trump's allies were all set to go on the offense against comey. is that blown out of the water now after the bombshell after bombshell after bombshell has been leaked from comey's book? >> reporter: don, good evening, certainly it's complicated by these new details coming out about the book and suspect it's going to continue happening the next several days before the book's official release next week. look, the white house and republican national committee which is sort of overseeing the response to this always knew this was go ing to be a heavy lift, if you will, so their one strategy is to try and go after james comey. they're trying to undermine his credibility. they're trying to assail his character. interestingly using the words of democrats to remind all americans about the full picture of james comey, but don, the reality here is i think most people probably on

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. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> top of the hour. you are live in the cnn newsroom. i'm monica in new yo anna cabre. these images coming out of syria right now are heartbreaking. adults and children dead and dying. the victims of what witnesses with calling a poisonous gas or chemical attack that happened today just outside of the capital, damascus. we're about to show you some very horrific images. let me warn you, they are very graphic. this is in the town of duma, a suburb of damascus. people we are in contact with there say those still alive after the attack, including women and children, are paralyzed, convulsing and showing signs of being exposed to chemical agents. this is a residential area, not a battlefield, and the victims are innocent civilians. let's go tolive right now to frederik pleitigen. how far are you from the scene of this horror? what happened? >> reporter: we're about, i'd say, eight miles away from where this all took place earlier this evening. in fact, we've actually been seeing some air strikes that have been going down in that duma area, j

cnn political analyst nathan gonzalez and cnn political analyst and history professor at princeton julianeser. there's no specifics. we don't know how this will play out. this is a good first step in terms of seeing lasting peace? >> absolutely. certainly is a diplomatic breakthrough. all you're talking about is a framework for negotiation and a willingness to negotiate. but that doesn't mean the rest is easy. the next few stages of this are still going to be incredibly fragile. >> right. so nathan, you know, from your perspective what do you think was the tipping point? obviously north korea's been under economic sanctions for a long time. we have president trump's very strong rhetoric on this issue. what do you think was the determining fact they're got kim jong-un to kind of come to the table? >> it's tough to be inside of kim jong-un's head. that's probably a dangerous place to be. i'm not sure where the negotiations -- where we end up but i can guarantee if there is some sort of deal, president trump is going to take credit for it. he's already saying i hope i can do this for the wor

time warner, of course, owns cnn. joining you now is cnn politics reporter adaus gold.this is the biggie. >> reporter: the star witness testified yesterday and was more than six hours of testimony and his main takeaway, he's done this big analysis, at the end of the day this entire trial is about how the government thinks this merger would effect the everyday consumer and how much they pay to watch their television and watch their shows, watch the news, watch sports and he said that by 2021, u.s. consumers would be paying something like $571 million more in just that year for cable because of this merger. he's done a lot of modeling and economic analysis and this guy's a very well respected professor from uc berkeley. he worked under the obama administration both in the white house and in the justice department as an economist. so he clearly knows his stuff and what at&t then tried to do on cross-examination was poke holes in some of his modeling and ask him things like, why aren't you using real world data, we have testimony from witnesses who said that certain things

bring in cnn's pamela brown. >> reporter: good morning. our team has learned the president's consideration of firing rod rosenstein has gained urgency following the raid of the office of the president's personal lawyer, michael cohen. sources familiar with the matter say this is one of several options including going so far as to fire attorney general jeff sessions, as well, that trump has been weighing. officials say if trump acts, rosenstein is his most likely target because installing a new deputy attorney general could provide the check on mueller that trump has been seeking. we should note not all of trump's legal advisers are on board, but others are telling him that they believe they have a stronger case against rosenstein. they believe he has crossed the line in what he can and cannot pursue, and they consider himself conflicted since he is a potential witness in the special counsel's investigation because he wrote the memo that justified firing former fbi director james comey. each though trump -- even though trump considered firi

okay, let's watch the montage that captures cnn. >> this is cnn. most trusted name in news.ood evening. where to begin? >> i am all floods are. you are in the situation room. >> golden showers thing. >> golden showers thing. >> pee tape of prostitutes that president trump had paid. >> urinate in a hotel. >> i thought we were going to talk about tpp, the transposition pacific partnership, instead we are talking about pee pee. golden showers. >> mr. trump and russian prostitutes. >> golden showers, there is no way i would let people pee on each other around each other. >> i don't know if the current present was around prostitutes peeing on each other in moscow. >> this is cnn, the most trusted name in news. >> sean: joining us now from "the hill" is joe concha. i don't know -- [laughs] hello? hello? well, i don't know what it is worth. i could run a longer montage of them using the word [bleep]-hole. i don't know which one i should run. or maybe we can put them altogether on one big long montage. >> a couple of months ago actually, the word that rhymes with spit hole was set o

i'm sure cnn will be talking about it for the next week. after all, this president needs his new secretary of state confirmed so the chief diplomat can go back over to north korea and elsewhere to sit down and try to denuclearize the korean peninsula which is in everybody's interest. we are going to make tax cuts permanent and get the obstruction in the senate. he has over 100 some nominees sitting waiting for a hearing. you have had more cloture votes on this president than all four predecessors combined. it's crazy. >> we do talk about it. these are i guess -- >> what would cnn talk about? >> we would talk a lot more about the issues. because he is tweeting a lot this weekend -- you mentioned comey. the president repeatedly has called him a liar just hours after comey's memos were released the president tweeted this. james comey's memos show there is no collusion and leaks classified information. here is my question. how can the president have it both ways? >> very easy. first of all, comey said conflicting things on his own book tour thi

cnn speaks with puerto ricans still haunted by hurricane maria. we're live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and all around the world. i'm natalie allen and this is "cnn newsroom." >>> and we begin with a stunning surprise announcement by north korea. it has captured the world's attention. its leader, kim jong-un, says he will close one of the country's nuclear testing sites and suspend further testing of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. here's how state tv in north korea reported his statement. >> translator: under the proven condition of complete nuclear weapons, we no longer need any nuclear tests, midrange and intercontinental ballistic rocket tests and the nuclear test site in the northern area has also completed its mission. >> the move comes just days ahead of an historic summit with the profit south korea. the statement does not mention short-range missile tests or any plans to scrap missiles and warheads. the country already has. but u.s. president donald trump praised the announcement in th

and cnn has obtained a copy. those memos are, of course, a key part of robert mueller's investigation. a potential obstruction of justice. and they are full of fascinating details. we're going to go through them page by page for you, and we will bring you all of it tonight. >>> then, there's the president adding a big name to his legal team, i'm talking about rudy giuliani, after one legal "a" list lister after another turned him down. now giuliani tells cnn he's c e coming on to help push the mueller investigation to an end, according to him, that end could come in a matter of weeks which seems a wee bit optimistic but it's exactly what president trump wants to heer. >> hear. >>> also today, james comey telling cnn's jake tapper why he thinks it's possible the russians could have compromising information about president trump. >> there's a reason i say it's possible. two things struck me. one, the president's constantly bringing it up with me to deny it. and in my experience as an investigator, it's not an ironc

"cnn newsroom" and ana cabrera. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> it is 9:00 eastern here in new york, 4:00 in the morning damascus syria welcome. this is a special cnn live coverage. global fallout. it was on this show one week ago that we saw the first images of an attack in the suburbs of damascus. we are going to take you live in the wake of coalition air strikes inside syria. political fallout as news continues to drop tell-all book, the white house in full attack mode. trying to discredit the man trump fired nearly one year ago. newly released clips from the interview. legal fallout, president's fixer in hot water. after stunning revelations come out of a new york courtroom. hush money, airs one hour. 24 hours since the united states, britain and france acted together and sent a message to syria in the form of 100 missiles launched in the air and submarines. the factories that make deadly chemical weapons and the places they are stored. the research center in damascus destroyed. extensive damage in the city and this is the reason for the air strike. a senseless attack on civilia

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cnn's sara sidner has more.ra. >> ana, this is certainly a win for donald trump and his attorneys in the case involving stormy daniels. though it is an incremental win. porn actress stormy daniels is performing in the midwest this weekend. and a cartoon of president trump right next to her picture. with the words, alleged affair. this as her attorney michael avenatti is vowing to refile his request monday to depose president trump. following the president's first ever comments about the hush deal. >> did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? >> no. >> then why did michael cohen make it if there was no truth to the allegations? >> you would have to ask michael cohen. >> do you know where he got the money to make the payment? >> i don't know. >> daniels is suing to get out of the confidentiality agreement she claims is void because donald trump never signed the deal himself. avenatti says trump's claim he knew nothing about the payoff, tearing reporters to his attorney instead, bolstered stormy da

cnn's ivan watt is live from beijing. ivan. >> reporter: hi, rene. it is a holiday we'here. we did hear from the chinese ambassador to washington. he said quote negotiations would be the preference, but it takes two to tango. china says it has erected proposed tariffs of $50 billion of u.s. goods. it is in retaliation for the trump administration proposed tariffs. now it is calling for both sides to sit down and talk and try to hash this out and negotiate this out instead of causing harm to each economies. surprisin surprisingly, perhaps, you have chinese officials defenders of agriculture interests in the united states. that is echoed in the state newspapers with the editorial in the china daily. ranchers and farmers will add their voices to the chorus of blame directed at president trump. that is part of why the chinese have singled out soybeans. $14 billion export industry from the u.s. to china in 2016 as a potential tariff target. 8 of 10 soybean producing states in 2016 voted for trump. china indicating it is ready

we're talking more about cnn's exclusive new reporting. special counsel, robert mueller, has intensified his focus on the potential flow of illegal cash from russia into the trump campaign. wealthy russian oligarchs are now being stopped and questioned as they arrive here in the united states. let's get to our panel and samantha, you're a national security expert. you work in this area. "the washington post" has just posted another breaking news story saying the u.s. is expected to impose additional sanctions on russia by friday. the sanctions are, in their words, economic and designed to target oligarchs with ties to putin. the official said the final number of officials facing punitive action remains fluid but is expected to include at least half a dozen people under sanctions powers given to the president by congress. this is a significant development, going after these millionaires and billionaires so close to putin. >> most definitely. and i hope that the story is true because these are finally sanctions that vladimir putin would care

abby philip, cnn, white house. shy. meantime, moscow is calling the reports of a chemical attack a hoax. a statement from the foreign ministry said syrian government troops are liberating civilians from the control of terrorists and militants. >> the statement goes on to warn this. using far-fetched and fabricated pretexts for military intervention in syria where russian servicemen are deployed at the request of the legitimate government is absolutely unacceptable and can lead to the most serious consequences. >> and for more on this we are joined by amy green in paris. she is an american political science researcher. thank you so much for being with us. >> hi, rosemary. thank you. >> now, in a tweet, president trump warned russia and syria and iran there is a big price to pay for the alleged chemical weapons attack in douma. but how politically sensitive could this prove to be, coming just days after mr. trump said he wants u.s. troops out of syria? >> it's a tricky approximately. the u.s., whether it's donald trump or

cnn said that's false. and they took a shot at the president for misspelling the name of jeff zucker, the president of cnn. the securing of those sinclair promos cause its possibles to say it's the media. a new evident to check up on facebook's fact checkers. howie: sinclair broadcast group required its anchors to read a script bashing fake news. butment journalists -- but many journalists bashed the company. >> unfortunately their own personal bias was out of control. and it's dangerous to our democracy. >> this is extremely dangerous to our democracy. >> this is extremely dangerous to our democracy. >> this is extremely dangerous to our democracy. >> yeah, nothing says we value independent media with reporters repeating the same message over and over again like a brainwashed cult. howie: joining us now, emily jashinsky, and bill press, former co-host of cnn's cross-fire and the book "from the left." has it given you any pause? and there is a media overreaction? emily: i think this ad says truth is not pol

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cnn, los angeles. >> thank you so much.ant to bring in now defense attorney joe tack peena and arriva martin, the author of the best seller make it rain. good evening to both of you. arriva we heard from sara there there are many twists and turns to the scandal. did stormy win this week? who won. >> it was a good week for stormy, although the -- we heard about the judge's ruling today where he granted the extension that michael cohen's team wanted with respect to responding to this complaint. now, we know that stormy daniels' team wants to go and a quick trial. they want a deposition and move forward with the litigation and the federal judge is saying wait a minute something has to be decided. i have to make a decision about whether this matter will be referred to private arbitration. i'll i'm not allowing to you start skoefrg. i'm not going to set a tril date because a fundamental question has to be answered as to the validity of this arbitration agreement. rook, when they remove this matter, cohen's team from the state to

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cnn and the president's cross hairs today again. the president weeding out check out the fact that you can't get a job at reading this challenge cnn and less you say you are totally anti-trump. >> scott: i think you should go. whose job is in jeopardy it is having much fun lately. they should clean up and strengthen cnn and get back to

also cnn chief national security correspondent jim sciutto and cnn legal analyst carrie cordero.hen you read all the things roger stone has said over the last two plus years, as i have done all day long, he has been remarkably consistent. >> that's absolutely true. he's been saying the same thing all along and as you pointed out, it's very possible that he got the information for those tweets from the public record and there is also, it's also true that his tweets were erroneous to a degree. our camera crew was with him on the day of his tweet where he said wednesday, hillary will be done. nothing came to pass that day. we were waiting for something dramatic to happen. nothing happened. he has been remarkably consistent and he's also been wrong at times. >> jim sciutto, the democrats often point to his saying he predicted john podesta's e-mails were going to get hacked. when as we talked about, when you actually read the e-mail, that's not what it says at all. it's the podestas' time in the barrel, around the same time manafort was kicked out of the campaign, so it doesn't come o

whether it is somebody at cnn. the fact is this as a whole dark period in american intelligence unit what happened between december 6th and january 20th, it's really shameful. half the intelligence community, and i put brennan and clapper in the center of that. comey, i don't know what his whole role is in all of this. but i view very spectacle of brennan and clapper. >> martha: do you think the ig will take a look at this? >> all i know, the ig, does a great job. certainly did an excellent job with andrew mccade. he's going to continue to do it. i think the justice department, the justice department should look at it to me when it comes to that clear contradiction in testimony. >> martha: peter king, congressman, thank you very much. always good to see you. joining me now is judge event of -- former independent console. and a former senior advisor to hillary clinton. welcome, gentlemen. i just want to play the sound bite from president trump when he spoke to "fox & friends" last week in regards to the justice depa

it's a story that cnn has been following closely. gary tuchman has gone to the wall, to the border wall for himself. he found that at least one person is armed down there, even if the national guard are not. here is just part of his reporting from back in 2016. >> george brenzovich is a ranch owner, a short walk from the mexican border in one of the most violent border areas there is. >> are you carrying a gun right now? >> yes, sir. it's a normal thing out here. >> reporter: would you ever walk down here without carrying a gun? >> no. >> reporter: because? >> i'm no fool. >> we need to secure the border and prosecute those who came in illegally, deport. you have to secure this border first. >> reporter: ri o grande separates the united states from mexico. there are fences and walls in this state but not right here. you can see the rio grande right over here, which separates the two countries. mexico is over here, has no water in it. it's just mud. very easy to cross. the only water we see is right here in this swampy area. about hal

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"cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> and 4:00 a.m., we start with the breaking news in canada, where 14 people are dead this after a bus carrying a hockey team and a semi truck collided. 14 others were hurt in the accident. the broncos team was on their way to a playoff game. witnesses say it took several hours for victims to be pulled from the wreckage. hockey is a way of life here and local teams are idolized. the broncos posted a recent photo. all in their late teens, but it is not clear who was on this bus. a team statement said, quote, the organization experienced an incredible tragedy. the broncos bus was involved in a terrible accident which has resulted in multiple fatalities and serious injuries. the canadian prime minister justin trudeau tweeted condolences saying i cannot imagine what these parents are going through and my heart goes out to even affected by this terrible tragedy. of course we'll continue to follow this breaking story here on cnn. >>> a new round of u.s. sanctions to tell you abo

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up next, cnn collapsing. and we'll tell you why. jesse: the struggles of cnn.hat's the subject of tonight's watters words. the fox news channel used to compete against cnn. but not anymore. fox news number one, msnbc number two, and cnn7. it's being beaten by hgtv and nickelodeon. here are the stories cnn has decide own. a missing plane. >> whether it's mechanical or terrorism or pilot error. a lot of people have been asking about black holes. jesse: a fired possibly trump hanger-honor. >> i smell alcohol on your breath. >> i have nod not had a drink. >> i now it's awkward. let me give you the questions. >> my answer noise, i have not. >> anything else? >> no. no. beside my meds. antidepressants. is that okay? >> i am just trying to understand what happened. jesse: and a porn star. >> the stormy done yals have the president's number? it sure seems that way. >> stormy daniels. >> stormy daniels. >> the recent he can't engage with stormy daniels is because she has got his number. jesse: how does that square with cnn's new promo that casts the network as a paragon

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cnn is now following this story.is so-called cult and mack's alleged involvement in it. >> reporter: obviously the most recent development here, her addition to this indictment that was just released yesterday here. at this point, what we know is that this group claimed to be a, quote, female mentorship group, but ana, when you look through this indictment, you see that it also likely had a dark side, according to federal investigators and before we break this down, a warning. some of the details that we found here certainly may not be suitable for young viewers. federal prosecutors indicting actress allison mack on sex trafficking charges friday. the actress best known for her role on "smallville" is accused of recruiting women under false pretenses to perform sexual acts for keith reniere. the sole male member of a group. >> she's done harm to many people. imagine having your initials burned into a woman's body. that's happened. >> reporter: reniere has also been indicted on sex trafficking charges. they claim many

we go to cnn's ivan watson in beijing this morning.s like they are planning on putting up a fight. >> reporter: they have not given any counter measures yet. they have denounced the threat of $100 billion tariffs on chinese goods calling it a provocation. saying we do not want to fight a trade war. we are not afraid of it. if the united states disregards china and the international community, the chinese side will follow through and will not hesitate to fight back at any cost. now if president trump follows through on the threat and applies tariffs on $150 billion of chinese goods, that is 40% of the chinese exports to u.s. in previous rounds for the tit-for-tat conflict, china sectioned off tariffs for a sector of the u.s. economy. that has some in the u.s. calling issues with the agriculture markets. senator ben sasse was critical of trump. if he is even half serious, this is nuts. he is threatening to light american agriculture on fire. a lot of this may be posturing. as the rhetoric escalates, it makes it hard for beijing and washi

now cnn that is learned multiple officials tell myself and cnn that the u.s. and north korea have been meeting. this is being run by the cia, director mike pompeii i don't, the lower-levels if ishil have been speaking on the moment, even met in a third country, initially starting to prepare with these talks, starting with nailing down a location. thenoicance have ask for pong yang, but the capital of mongolia has been raised, and i think this shows the involvement of mike pompemomenpompeimoment . i think as he comes on as secretary the state, we'll hear more about his roles. >> this is whether many, when the talks were initially agreed to by the president, expected would have happened and should have happened before there was a summit between president trump and kim jong-un. >> that's right. look, you don't just have a summit between two leaders with so many tough issues, particularly denuclearization before preparatory talks, a lot of this will be going on in secret, victor, but this north korea/cia intelligence channel has been in existence. the white house

this is "cnn newsroom." and estart with the potential breakthrough between the united states and north korea. the white house is taking stock of the latest overture from pyongyang. this after reports north korean leader kim jong-un will shut down a nuclear test site next month. south korea says he made the promise at a landmark inter-korean summit on friday. >> the u.s. now faces its own possible summit with north korea. president donald trump signaled on saturday it could take place within four weeks. top u.s. officials say they welcome offers by north korea to get rid of nukes. but lauren, this could be a ruse. in sunday interviews, a u.s. national security adviser john bolton said the u.s. wasn't naive. he added north korea had broken its commitments before. let's now bring in cnn's paula hancocks following the story live in seoul, south korea. paula, we've started to get past the broad gestures of openness, get booing the details of what north korea would want in order to give up its nuclear program. >>

and cnn's ivan watson joins us now with more from beijing.ted out the size of a school bus, hurtling toward earth, but ended up being no threat at all. how did this all play out? and what triggered this in the initial stages? >> well, the heavenly palace, or the tiangong-1 was first launched into space in 2011. it was china's first space lab, rosemary. and it successfully completed several missions. chinese astronauts made a number of visits to it over the years. in 2017, china informed the united nations that the tiangong-1, in its words, fully fulfilled its historic mission. and basically, it had lost contact with the space lab. in fact, it revealed at this point that it had lost contact some 14 months earlier, and didn't explain how this had in fact unfolded, what potentially could have gone wrong. at the time, the chinese-manned space agency said it was going closely monitor this and said it was going to be a safe descent, though it clearly was going to be out of the control of the chinese manned space agency. so you had a number of space

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. >>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. it's the top of the hour and you're live in the cnn "newsroom." i'm dana bash in washington in today for ana cabrera. in breaking news right now, hundreds of people mostly migrants from central america are on the southern border knocking on the door to america. they're the people who have spent several weeks on foot or hitchhiking in buses, in trains, crossing all of mexico with the goal of reaching the u.s. border and today the main part of that so-called caravan reached that goal. some of them you see there climbing the border wall near san diego but stopping short of entering the united states. they say they want to enter u.s. by the proper channels by requesting asylum. i want to get straight to leyla santiago in tijuana, mexico, where we are -- we're told that leila is not yet ready. she's on the border. we're going to get to her when she -- when she is available. right now instead we are going to turn to the plight of these migrants and the stated goal which is to reach the u.s.