cnn's lawyer tom barrack spoke to cnn in november. trump tapped him to chair his 2016 inaugural committee. barrack spoke to cnn back in october. watch. >> it's a president who has managed his whole life for the 40 years that i have known him, he's been successful at everything, but he manages by conflict. >> let's head straight to boris sanchez at the white house. boris, tom barrack has enjoyed rare access to trump for years. what do we know about his interview with mueller's team? >> reporter: hey, ana. yeah, according to a source who spoke with my colleague, gloria borger, the focus of the special counsel's questioning of tom barrack had to do with paul manafort and rick gates, that is, the former trump campaign chairman and his deputy. manafort, of course, is being charged with a litany of financial crimes and fraud, as is gates. gates has pled guilty, while manafort denies any of those charges. we understand that tom barrack was not asked about his personal relationship with the president, whom, as you noted, he's known for more t

cnn starts right now. >> this is "cnn tonight." i am don lemon and we've got multiple breaking news stories. again for you. president trump back in his happy place tonight in front of a crowd of adoring supporters at a campaign-style rally in indiana. >> we will never give in. we will never, ever give up. and we will never stop fighting for our country, our freedom, and our flag. >> that in the wake of the latest examples of a white house that seems to be not just in turmoil, but just plain mean. here's what our source is telling cnn. that president trump blew up at his own homeland security secretary during a cabinet meeting yesterday. the president reportedly absolutely furious with kiersten nielsen, telling her he didn't think she was doing enough to secure the border. "the new york times" is reporting nielsen told colleagues she was close to resigning after the blow-up. a spokesman for the secretary denied that in a tweet. and speaking of mean, this just might be a new low. a white house official is telling cnn that an aide res

he is now a cnn political commentator. state senator from ohio and cnn political commentator. good to see you both. >> good to be here. >> jack, you first. with this summit still up in the air, perhaps it's on again. do you think president trump and kim jong-un will be able to come to some kind of agreement at least to meet? >> i think they will. you know, the president has been focused on north korea not just in the last several months, but it was one of his first diplomatic foreign policy decisions to start putting pressure on them. they have had steady diplomatic pressure and economic pressure. so when we were in the position last summer of a lot of rhetoric going back and forth, everybody says this is horrible, this is disastrous, but i think it was paving the way for an ultimate summit. i hope that it will be june 12th, but i'm okay if it's later. i do think it's going to happen, though. >> so, nina, is this strategy, was there a misunderstanding, were there certain requirements that weren't met as to why it was off a

it is not the job of cnn to apologize because i am a cnn commentator. i took responsibility for my actions. that is what you do when you have integrity. that is what you do when you feel you have done something wrong. i don't believe it is the responsibility of the white house to go and apologize for every single thing or anything that any staffer says. >> who does she work for? >> the american people. >> and the white house who is the immediate boss. >> you go straight to the source. she felt she should apologize and she did that to several people and it was the right thing to do. >> if cnn does in fact, if a commentator or someone who works for cnn does something. they would fire them secondly, she has a boss at the white house. if you said that brought shame or disgrace to cnn. it is in all of our contracts, they can fire you. >> this is one of the rare times where cnn has no part in this. >> i know for the purpose of the document. >> donald trump or the white house. that is the point. >> hang on. hang on. let me read you a statement today who came f

cnn, st. petersburg, russia. >>> cnn analyst michael zell den and shan wo.ecial assistant at the doj. this is another meeting involving a russia connection. this time just days before inauguration. what's the matter with that? >> well, nothing necessarily. it is something that has to be inquired of. we have a time line of june 9th, donald trump meeting with russians. august 3rd, donald trump jr. meeting with the saudis. december 29th, michael flynn speaking to the russians. now we have this january meeting with cohen speaking to a russian, vekselberg -- >> about improving u.s.-russia relations. >> according to them. you see these things in n isolation and might say, they're all innocent. vekselberg we know gave mean to the clinton administration as well as to trump inauguration and rnc and trump victory fund. it may not be business as usual. but if you're robert mueller and trying to figure out whether there is a follow-the-money trend that leads to the finding of corrupt intent, these are the things you inquire of. >> who is this most interesting to? robert

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matthew chance, cnn, st.sburg, russia. >> thanks for the reporting. >>> let's talk about the situation from people who live near hawaii's erupting kilauea volcano. it feels like a never ending emergency with no real end in site. on friday, the u.s. geological survey says there were 90 earthquakes in the span of six hours. ash plumes were being thrown three kilometers, about 10,000 feet into the air. and more people are being told to leave as molten lava flows further into the streets towards their homes. while many have already packed up their belonging, one man stayed to battle this volcano's destructive fury. scott mclean has his story for us. >> reporter: kilauea continues to force evacuations here in hawaii. people are especially reluctant to stay behind because it is almost impossible to protect your home from lava. i say almost because we met a man who took on mother nature and won. all to protect a property that is not even his. >> it's a place that feels very alive. >> reporter: it was two decades ago

>>> you are live in the "cnn newsroom." our breaking news on cnn this hour, an american citizen and his wife on a plane right now headed for the united states. they've been in prison without a trial for nearly two years in venezuela. this photo taken just a short time ago shows joshua holt and his wife, tamara, along with tennessee senator bob corker who fought for their release. holt is a missionary from utah. he and his venezuelan wife were arrested in 2016, accused of hiding weapons. boris sanchez is at the white house where president trump could make a live address on holt's release. boris, what have you learned about how this man and his wife were finally freed from a jail in venezuela? >> reporter: hey, there, ryan. just a short while ago we got a statement from the venezuelan government from the minister of communications saying the venezuelan president nicolas maduro instructed his government to provide joshua holt and his wife with a measure of benefit. unclear still how the negotiation process or the communication

the smart choice. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> you're live in the cnn newsroom.w york. thank you for being here. we have breaking news out of paris where an attacker went on a stabbing spree, killing at least one person and injuring four. two of them seriously. it happened near the city's iconic opera house. now, if you're familiar with paris, this is in the city's short walk from the louvre museum. police say the attacker is also dead. cnn international correspondent jim bittermann is joining us over the phone. jim, what have you learned? >> well, ana, not a whole lot more than the last time. basically, the assailant went after five people, apparently. one of those people is now dead. two are gravely injured, and two are slightly injured. it is close to the paris opera house, about a ten-minute walk away, but not at the opera house itself. and the attacker was killed by

kelly later told cnn he meant to say mr. was, quote, distracted by the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. here's kelly's original comment made to national public radio, npr. >> there may not be a cloud but certainly the president is somewhat embarrassed, frankly, when world leaders come in. it's like, you walk in and the first couple minutes of every conversation might revolve around that kind of thing. >> in that same interview with npr, kelly, known as an immigration hard-liner, said most of the immigrants crossing into the u.s. are poorly educated. >> the vast majority of the people that move illegally into the united states are not bad people. but they are also not people that would easily assimilate into the united states. they are overwhelmingly rural people. in the countries they come from, fourth, fifth, sixth grade educations are kind of the norm. >> the united nations agency is reporting that north korea's government has promised not to carry out unannounced missile tests as well as other act

i'm rosemary church of cnn headquarters in atlanta. this is "cnn newsroom." with their leaders possibly weeks away from an historic summit, north korea is warning the united states to tone down the rhetoric or risk ruining their recent diplomatic breakthroughs. according to state-run media, north korea says the u.s. is deliberately provoking the country and misleading public opinion by claiming sanctions that force pyongyang to the negotiating table. a foreign ministry spokesman reportedly called it a dangerous attempt to ruin the hard-won atmosphere of dialogue and bring the situation back to square one. what the spokesman says the country is willing to denuclearize because of the summit between north and south korea, not because of u.s. pressure. and this all comes ahead of a planned summit between president donald trump and kim jong-un. alexandra field joins us now live from seoul with the very latest. good to see you, alexandra. what impact might this have on the face-to-face meeting between the two leaders? >> rosemary, i think we just need to regard thi

time warner is a parent company of cnn. rudy giuliani originally saying trump personally denied the deal. the white house jumping in to damage control mode this morning saying not the case. one hour later rudy giuliani is scrambling to clarify his original comments. cnn politics reporter jeremy hur joining us now. so, jeremy, what is going on? >> yeah, rudy giuliani has the white house back on the defensive over his comments last night when he told them president trump denied the at&t time warner merger. i was trying to argue that michael cohen's work for at&t did not have any impact on the merger or on swaying trump, but he also contradicted with the white house had been saying for months and sarah huckabee sanders today had to clarify saying the doj was the ones who denied the deal, and then an hour later rudy giuliani called cnn abash to walk back the comment, basically said the president told rudy giuliani that he was in the directly involved in denying the deal. so the white house has said for months that the justice d

cnn's parent company. in a statement, at&t said, essential consulting was one of several firms we engaged in early 2017 to provide incites into understanding the new administration. they it no legal work or lobbying for us and the contract ended in december 2017. so just this morning we've received a new statement from know various dis about this arrangement with cohen. their new ceo had nothing to do with it and they stress that the arrangement was focused on u.s. health care policy matters. now it was also revealed that they were cooperating with the mueller investigation in november of 2017. they say they fully cooperated with that. they found the matter to be closed from their perspective. all of this is also happening on emmet flood's first day on the job. he's the president's newest lawyer joining the legal team to deal with this mueller investigation. >> better to be busy than bored. thank you, abby. >>> let's bring in cnn political analyst john avalon and jeffrey toobin. jeffrey, legally, what are

"cnn tonight" starts right now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. breaking news. cnn has learned that robert mueller's team is examining the finances of roger stone, one of the president's long-time confidantes and advisers, reportedly questioning his associates about his tax returns. we'll have more on that in just a moment. cnn also learning president trump came close to sitting down for an interview with robert mueller that was earlier this year on january 27th, potential oy live at camp david. now just take a moment to wrap your head around that. if the interview had taken place, the obstruction investigation of the president might have been over by now. over at the end of january. instead, here we are. for what seems like, i don't know, the gazillionth time the trump administration is stomping all over the norms that have kept our government running for centuries. well, today it was the president's lawyer, emmet flood, the man who represents him in the russia investigation, unexpectedly showing up for two classified briefings wit

jeremy herb is a cnn politics responder. and bryaian stelter is host of cnn's "reliable sources."white house trying to clean up a rudy giuliani statement and then giuliani himself tries to offer some real clarity. what's going on here? is there a real distinction between what rudy giuliani is saying, what the president might be thinking and the use of the media in which to send this message? or provoke a little confusion? >> right, rudy either accidentally told the truth, meaning he accidentally revealed that this was trump's doing all along, or he just totally mangled the facts and, once again, made a mess for his client. i mean, either way, it's a problem. and that's why giuliani is, this morning, telling dana bash, no, no, the president didn't interfere. the context for this is there's been a political cloud over this deal since the day it was announced. as abby just mentioned. the day the deal was announced, then candidate trump said he was opposed to it. ever since then there have been questions from at&t executives who are based in dallas about whether the president was some

"cnn tonight" starts now. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon.ajor breaking news on two fronts to tell you about. a cnn exclusive. sources saying special counsel robert mueller's investigators have questioned a russian oligarch about hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments a u.s. investment firm linked to him made to president trump's attorney, michael cohen after the 2016 election. this development is raising a number of questions. where did all that money go? what did that company get in return for the payments, if anything? and why were funds directed to shell company, a shell company set up to pay hush money to a porn star? at the same time, michael avenatti, the lawyer for stormy daniels alleges that cohen received $500,000 from a u.s. company linked to the oligarch after the election. i'm going to talk to michael avenatti tonight. >>> also breaking tonight, results are coming in the first multi-state primary election day of 2018. voters in west virginia, in indiana, north carolina, ohio, casting their ballots. it's just six months befo

cnn's kaitlan collins at the white house. whatever he's saying, it is clear he's responding at least in some way, kaitlan. >> reporter: he's lashing out at these questions, john and poppy. not pleased they're published at all. saying it was disgraceful. the questions give us insight into what robert mueller wants to know. he wants to know the president's thinking on several issues, including the firie ining of mi flynn, james comey, his relationship with the attorney general jeff sessions. the president falsely said there were no questions about collusion, but spoiler alert, there were, actually several questions about that today in these questions released including when did the president become aware that trump tower meeting that involved the russian lawyer, donald trump jr., paul manafort and jared kushner. robert mueller wants to know what involvement did you have in the communication strategy, including the release of donald trump jr.'s e-mails. of course that was in regarding to that statement that falsely said the meet

cnn tonight" starts right now. >>> this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. we're live in washington for you. our breaking news tonight, sources telling cnn president trump's lawyers are trying to limit the questions robert mueller might ask the president in an interview. they want the special counsel to agree not to question trump about -- wait for this -- anything he's done in office. which doesn't sound like a deal mueller would take since it would mean not asking the president about the firing of james comey and possible obstruction of justice. and we've got more breaking news tonight. this on president trump's fixer michael cohen. one of cohen's business partners, a russian immigrant known as the taxi king has quietly agreed to assist federal or state investigators as part of a plea deal that is according to "the new york times." how much does cohen's business partner know, and who is he talking to? much, much more on that in a moment as well. and it comes as the president doubles down

you're watching "cnn newsroom."ou so much for being with us. i'm george howell with the headlines we're following for you. this hour, palestinian leaders are calling for a day of protest, this after the united states prepares to open its new embassy in jerusalem. the u.s. president, donald trump, announced the move last year, recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel. palestinians say that undermines their claim to the city. >>> an indonesian official says there has been another suicide attack. at least four police officers and six civilians have been wounded by bombers outside a police station in surabaya. that's the same city where suicide attacks hit three christian churches on sunday. at least seven people were killed in sunday's attacks. >>> the president of iran, hassan rouhani, says that europe has a limited amount of time to preserve the iran nuclear deal after the united states backed out of it. iran's foreign minister is now in moscow after his stop in beijing. he is on an international tour to try to

and around the world, this is cnn newsroom. i'm natalie allen.w york times" reports president trump knew about the hush money payment to porn star stormy daniels several months before telling reporters on air force one that he knew nothing about it. daniels was paid $130,000 to keep quiet about her alleged affair with mr. trump. >>> on hawaii's big island, lava continues to erupt from deep cracks in the streets of a neighborhood 30 kilometers from the kilauea volcano. there are also high levels of toxic gas. and this comes after one week of near constant earthquakes, including the strongest tremor to hit the state in decades. >>> the head of air france is resigning from his job after losing a crucial vote to end weeks of intermittent strikes. employees overwhelm league rejected the company's offer of a 2% pay raise, far short of the 5% the unions were asking for. >>> israel says more protests broke out friday along its border with gaza. it says palestinians set fire to part of a border crossing and that pipes carrying fuel to gaza were damaged. f

and cnn political analyst david sanger. gordon, you heard will just call this surreal, everything that's happened the past 24 hours. when he read that statement from the north foreign ministry saying the president made a brave decision, referring to how he was going to sit down with the north, and then do you hear this, i do, as so conciliatory, complimentary. so what's behind this? >> that statement capped a number of them yesterday from north korea, which were unusually conciliatory and friendly. i think the north korea apps think they overplayed their hand. there was a series of three or four days where they were very provocative. they stood up the u.s. low gist cal team in singapore. the north koreans need sanctions relief. they don't want the u.s. to strike their military familiaritie facilities. >> was this the right move to walk away with the president. >> certainly, dave, as you looked at the way the summit was taking shape, there wasn't a whole lot of reason for the administration to believe they were going to come

time for don lemon and "cnn tonight." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. breaking news, we're learning tonight that president trump may be those ecloser to sitting down interview with robert mueller's team. rudy giuliani is telling pbs the president's lawyers and mueller's investigators have been working to narrow the scope of questions. but giuliani wouldn't go to far as to say it is a done deal. that's as politico reports that the team trump -- that team trump will hold a series of prep sessions this summer to get the president ready for a potential interview. more on that in just a moment. >>> we're also learning about a new plea deal tonight. paul manafort's form eer son-in-law reached a plea agreement with the u.s. attorney's office in los angeles over rae real estate deals. sources tell cnn he'll be required to cooperate with other investigators and it comes as we mark one year since special counsel robert mueller began interfe investigating russia's interference in the 2016 election. president trump today sarcastically tweeting "congr

i want to hand things over now to don lemon and "cnn tonight." >>> this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon, live in the uk. my colleague, chris cuomo, is live in santa fe, texas, the latest american town in mourning. as chris and anderson have been reporting here all day on cnn and all evening, nine stus and one teacher shot to death today in their high school. ten others wounded. >> he's actually shooting. he's in the art room. we've got shots fired right now, guys. we need all of you. >> the suspect, a 17-year-old student, in custody tonight. two weapons were used in this deadly shooting. a shotgun and a .38 caliber revolver. pipe bombs and pressure cookers were reportedly found at the scene and nearby, that's according to a law enforcement official. the texas governor, greg abbott, says the guns were legally owned by the suspect's father. lieutenant governor dan patrick said the shooter walked into the school this morning in a long coat with a shotgun underneath on a 90-degree day and started shooting. no other way to put it. this is horrible. it is disgusting. it's terrif

"cnn tonight" starts now. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon.special counsel robert mueller's investigators have questioned a russian oligarch about hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments a u.s. investment firm linked to him made to president trump's attorney, michael cohen after

here to discuss, cnn political commentator margaret hoover and cnn political analyst mr. avlon. good evening. >> good evening. >> so rudy giuliani told cnn's dana bash that he wanted emmet flood at these briefings today. is there a reason that he should have been there? >> should have been there? i mean beyond the president wanting him to be there. this is cleary outside the normal. >> i love both of you -- >> he wants him there because he wants to know what he can learn about the investigation on behalf of his client. the thing is it's totally inappropriate for him to be there on behalf of his client. these are top secret information very classified, very sensitive details being shared with top legislators. it is inappropriate for the president's lawyer to have any of that information. of course, he didn't get it. he just went, and being there was a bit of the -- >> framed the meeting. >> it framed the meeting. what it was all the kabuki theater you need. it was an attempt to throw your weight around, but this is an independent investigation. >> the republican congressma

gary tuchman, cnn, decatur, georgia. >> reporter: here in the cnn newsroom. i'm aina cabrera in new york. president trump unleashing today on twitter slamming the investigation. he calls a $20 million witch-hunt. raging on the media. what he calls the fake news. calling a "new york times" story long and boring and then this from the president. i hereby demand and will do so officially tomorrow that the department of justice look into whether or not the fbi, doj infiltrated or surveilled the trump campaign for political purposes and if any such demands or requests were made by people in the obama administration. he's referring to recent reports that the bureau sent someone into the campaign in 2016 looking for potential ties to russia. president trump equates that to the fbi spying on his campaign. cnn correspondent ryan nobles is at the white house right now. the justice department is already responding to the president's demand. >> yeah. that's right, anna. the president's tweet yielding results already. the department of juts tis saying today they are going

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cnn, washington. >> thank you. full disclosure time-warner is the parent company of cnn. we have more now. daniel, on the day of the announcement that rudy giuliani was joining the president's legal team, it's almost laughable now to say it, but he told cnn's dana bash that his role would be, quote, limited. his focus would be interfacing with robert mueller. it has not been limited. what is rudy giuliani doing, and what is he supposed to be doing? >> he's supposed to be the lawyer for president trump and trying to deal with robert mueller. a man who he knows well over their dealings over the years in the justice department. instead, he's been making pronouncements on iran, on north korea, on other issues, and it's almost like he's trying to pretend he's like a secretary of state, a role that he wanted in the trump administration but was denied. so this has cause the confusion among our allies and americans paying attention to this because rudy giuliani is not talking to the president about these matters, yet he's still pontificating. >> joey, i need you to walk a line fo

officials have told cnn there was no spy planted. the president digging in here, railing against his own justice department with the president of south korea right beside him. >> if they had spies in my campaign, that would be a disgrace to this country. that would be one of the biggest insults anyone's seen, and it would be illegal aside from everything else. it would make probably every political event ever look like small potatoes. so we want to make sure that there weren't. >> after freely discussing the topic of alleged campaign spying, the president suddenly turned on reporters claiming their line of questioning was inappropriate. >> do you have confidence in rod rosenstein? >> what's your next question, please -- >> i'm a reporter -- >> excuse me, i have the president of south korea here. >> yes, i have a question -- >> he doesn't want to hear these questions if you don't mind. >> if you couldn't make that out, that was no comment on confidence in rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general. the president has been demanding th

i want to go to cnn correspondent will ripply. you were there on the scene when members of the kim regime were told by you that the president of the united states was canceling this june 12th summit with kim jong-un in singapore. you broke the news to north korean officials. tell us the very latest you're hearing on the reaction. >> we've just gotten off the train here. we're on an overnight train, and it was very late last night when i got the phone call from our international desk. and you don't internet on the train. basically they were just reading the letter about his remarks in a strongly worded response. nonetheless, it was an extremely awkward and uncomfortable moment. and i'm afraid as the news spread amongst all the officials onboard that the united states had canceled the summit on the same day what they concerned to be a meaningful gesture by blowing up three of their nuclear tests along with all of the buildings on the site. it's probably going to be a lot of debate how significant those sites were. but we know from t

cnn visited three sites to show how widespread the use of child labor is.t this mine in spite of our permission, we eventually had to resort to filming undercover to capture the children. >> nine years. >> reporter: we couldn't prove where exactly the dirty cobalt enters the international supply chain, but we witnessed that it does. mercedes-benz, tesla, fiat chrysler among others say they have a zero tolerance policy for the use of child labor, but they acknowledge they are unable to fully map their supply chain due to its complex nature. carmakers simply cannot promise consumers their products are 100% child labor-free. this is the artisanal mining cooperative. it's run by the main international supplier, cdm. rows and rows of red trucks like the one we followed await pickup. access and entry are controlled to block the presence of children and certificates of origin cdm says are dispensed in controlled circumstances. this is what the big brand names who source their cobalt from congo believes governs their supply. but this is the exception not the norm.

"cnn tonight" starts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. we have break bing news to tell you about. four women accusing new york's attorney general of physical violence, according to the "new yorker" magazine. moments ago eric schneiderman e resigned under pressure from the governor and other prominent democrats. he has cast himself as a prominent opponent to president trump and a defender of the me too movement. this has been a fast-moving story. we will bring you all the latest on the stunning developments. the stunning developments in just moments. >>> and also tonight, the white house insisting that president trump's new attorney -- new attorney rudy giuliani is adding value to the president's legal team, but his numerous tv appearances may be causing anxiety for the administration. reports tonight that the white house is not happy with giuliani. tonight, a cnn source saying that he is embarrassing the president. and giuliani no doubt raised eyebrows in the west wing when he was asked if -- asked this weekend if trump's longtime fixer m

for you cnn talk is next. for our u.s. viewers, "new day" continues right now. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> and we do begin with breaking news. good morning, everyone. welcome to your "new day". president trump has welcomed home three americans freed by north korea after spending more than a year in captivity. the president and the first lady met with these former prisoners first inside their plane. then they emerged as you can see. this video all happened before dawn. their release marks a high point in the turbulent presidency. >> the president tweeted out some video of their moment inside the plane with the first lady. a real hero's welcome. and then the president came out, addressed the media and offered praise for kim jong-un as he stood by the men in prison by that regime, we believe, wrongfully. it all comes ahead of the upcoming summit with the dictator. cnn is learning new details about where that historic meeting could happen and when. jeff zeleny live at joint base andrews in maryland with breaking details.

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more throughout the day on cnn. >>> cnn has learned that when donald trump won the race for president, his personal attorney michael cohen made an aggressive pitch to turn it to big business. cohen's actions, while legal, raise questions over influence pedaling. he reminded -- peddling. >> he said i'm the guy you should hire. i'm closest to the president. as it happened, cohen's efforts paid off. landing him consulting deals. more from sara murray in washington. >> reporter: good morning, gada and christine. michael cohen under scrutiny again. this time questions of influence peddling. they were looking to hire anyone to offer insight into the new administration. cohen who is the attorney for the president jumped at the opportunity and money started flowing in. k kia aerospace paid $150,000 for legal advice. at&t was hired to provide insight to the new administration. paying for access is nothing new in washington. cohen is under criminal investigation and special counsel robert mueller has been reviewing the transactions. novartis said it was contacted by the special counsel over pay

we have cnn's matt rivers in beijing. matt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave and christine. chinese are happy about the unexpected tweet from the president. perhaps it wasn't unexpected from the high levels of the chinese government. it took us by surprise given how the u.s. took action on zte. this reversal is saving, assuming a deal is struck, about 75,000 chinese jobs. that is how many employees work for zte worldwide. the chinese saying they are happy with the united states' decision here. this is worth noting this is happening in the framework of a broader deal that is currently worked out with the united states and china. you have tens of billions of dollars of looming tariffs that could come from either side. u.s. negotiators led by mirchandasteve mnuchin was here in beijing last week. now the question is what will the chinese give up in return. that is the big question for round two of the trade negotiations this week. >> matt rivers live for us. 4:09 p.m. there. this is a stunning about face. we are

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>>> and a cnn exclusive. the special counsel is talking to a russian oligarch about hundreds of thousands of dollars pesticide paid to the president's personal attorney. what is that about? good morning, and welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> that needs explaining. we'll get to it in a moment. i'm dave briggs. it's may 9th, we have live reports from tehran. breaking news, mike pompeo in north korea this hour. according to the south korean government officials, the newly minted secretary of state is expected to return home with three american detainees. let's bring in cnn's paula hancocks live with us from seoul, south korea. good morning. >> reporter: hello, dave. we know from one south korean official that they expect mike pmpeo to leave pyongyang with three detainees. it is just an expectation, at this point. we have no clarification or confirmation that that could happen. the u.s. secretary of state on his way to pyongyang said that they've been asking about this for 17 months, and they wil

samuel burke, cnn, london. >> okay. so amazon's voice assistant alexa can do many things. >> and apparently it can even snoop on your private conversations. our anna stewart explains this one. >> reporter: it's a cautionary tale of technology telling too much. a woman in oregon says amazon's alexa recorded and then e-mailed a random person with a private conversation that took place in her house. >> i felt invaded, like total privacy invasion. like immediately i'm like i'm never plugging that device in again. i can't trust it. >> reporter: amazon echo owner danielle said she was chatting with her husband about hardwood floors when the device sent an audiophile to a man who works for her husband. she only found out about the recording when she received an alarming phone call. >> the person on the other line said unplug your alexa devices right now. we go around and unplug them all. he proceeded to tell us he had received audio files, recordings from what was going on in our house. >> reporter: amazon told cnn kiro 7 the

. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> you are live in the "cnn newsroom," i'm ryan nobles in tonight for ana cabrera. freedom and a return to u.s. soil for an american man locked up in venezuela without a trial for nearly two years. this is joshua holt. 26 years old, from riverton, utah. the woman in the middle is his venezuelan wife. on the right, u.s. senator bob corker of tennessee who traveled to venezuela, met with the country's president, and today brought joshua holt and his wife home. let's get straight to the white house and cnn's boris sanchez. boris, president trump was the first to announce earlier today that joshua holt was a free man. and now that he's landed in washington, is he expected to meet the president? >> reporter: hey, ryan. that is the plan that we've heard from the white house so far. the president tweeted he was looking forward to meeting mr. holt. we're watching video that was tweeted out a short time ago by senator orrin hatch of utah. we see joshua holt reuniting with some family members there. we understand the president asked aides to prepare t

eastern only here on cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn.r being with me. we begin this hour with whiplash, president trump saying the cancelled summit with kim jong un may still happen. >> we're going to see what happens. we're talking to them now. it was a very nice statement they put out. we'll see what happens. it could even be the 12th. we're talking to them now. they very much want to do it. we'd like to do it. we're going to see what happens. >> a jarring reversal just 24 hours after abruptly cancelling his talks with the north korean dictator, president trump say they go could still meet on that same date, june 12th, that date he had cancelled. when asked by a reporter if north korea is playing games, here's what trump said. >> everybody plays games. you know that. up know that better than anybody. >> to the white house we go and our senior correspondent there pamela brown. pamela, you know, the response from north korea, that is what has surprised so many experts. can you just walk us through what has transpired over the last 24 hou

cnn's lawyer tom barrack spoke to cnn in november.al committee. barrack spoke to cnn back in october. watch. >> it's a president who has managed his whole life for the 40 years that i have known him, he's been successful at everything, but he manages by conflict. >> let's head straight to boris sanchez at the white house. boris, tom barrack has enjoyed rare access to trump for years. what do we know about his interview with mueller's team? >> reporter: hey, ana. yeah, according to a source who spoke with my colleague, gloria borger, the focus of the

cnn tonight starts right now. >>> this is "cnn tonight" i'm don lemon. we're live in washington. sources tell cnn, president trump's lawyer is trying to limit the question robert mueller might ask the president in an interview. they want the special counsel to agree not to question trump about -- wait for this -- anything he's done in office. which doesn't sound like a deal mueller would take, sin it would mean not asking the president about the firing of james combmy and possible obstruction of justice. more breaking news, on president trump's if i canner, michael cohen. someone nub as the taxi queen has -- that is according to the "new york times." how much does cohen's business partner know and who is he talking to? much much more on that in a moment. >>> it comes as the president doubles down that he is a victim, a victim of the so-called deep state conspiracy. repeating the suggestion of spies in his campaign, even though there is no evidence of that. officials have told cnn, there was no such source planted inside the trump campaign. >> a lot of people are saying they had s

cnn's matt rivers is live for us out of seoul now. so, matt, new overnight meeting, and those pictures showing a very chummy meeting between the south and north korean leaders. >> reporter: yeah, very chummy meeting, fred, and a very unexpected one. this news came as quite a shock to most people here in south korea who had spent the last couple of days being extremely disappointed after what they viewed as a major setback with the united states canceling that planned summit between president trump and kim jong-un. but here's what we know happened. it was around 3:00 p.m. local seoul time, that would have been 2:00 a.m. eastern, that south korean president moon jae-in went to the demilitarized zone, crossed onto the north korean side and he met with kim jong-un for about two hours or so. the substantive details, we're not really sure what was discussed there. the south korean side just releasing a couple of details, saying they talked about implementing the details of the agreement, the joint agreement that both north and south korea s

let's bring in cnn legal analyst and former watergate special prosecutor, richard ben venista, cnn political analyst and editor in chief of "the daily beast," john avlon. they have you listed twice, john and white house correspondent for "the new york times" maggie haberman. all right, so we have this dovetailing of law and politics and objectively i couldn't ask for better guests for this. maggie, i start with you. rudy came here ready to go and to lay things out differently, more deeply, and more aggressively than i've heard. your take. >> i have the exact same take. i was struck, it was a very long interview. i know that he was giving you some grief at some point saying th was very unfair. i don't think it wasfair, number one. number two, i actually thought that it was one of the more comprehensible interviews that he has done. he kept returning over and over again when you were talking to comey. >> comey is a liar, he found nothing, he was corrupt. >> well, he said something that was very interesting, which was it's going come down to whether they believe mueller, meaning whether they be