i'm don lemon. meanwhile, we're now just hours away from the senate's first public hearing on russia's meddling in the election. top leaders of the senate intelligence committee outlining their bipartisan plan for the investigation saying they'll interview 20 witnesses, including kushner. >> this was one of the biggest investigations that the hill has seen in my tenure here. >> and the house investigation completes stalemate tonight, one glimmer of hope, chairman devin nunes and adam schiff planning to talk tomorrow, finally. can they get their investigation up and running again? i'm joined by jeffrey toobin, sally quinn, founding editor of "on fact," kristin powers and political commentator an draw bauer. good evening to all of you. thank you for coming on. it seems like the grown-ups are officially in the room now. the nate is making it clear that they are going to get to the bottom of russia's meddling in the election. >> they are going to try. remember, it's not just a matter of interviewing wit

this is "cnn tonight," i'm don lemon. thanks for joining us. president trump with blunt message and warning to house republicans. he wants a vote tomorrow on the bill to repeal and replace obamacare, and if he doesn't get it, gop is stuck with obamacare. okay? that's what he says. is that what the president really wanted all along? and what are the odds that paul ryan can avoid a humiliating loss on the plan republicans have been promising for seven years? listen to what speaker ryan has been saying. >> prolsing american people we will repeal and replace this broken law because it's collapsing and hurting families. tomorrow we're proceeding. >> good evening to you both. today republicans had self-imposed deadline to pass the gop plan on the anniversary that president obama signed affordable care act, and they failed. take us behind the scenes here, what is happening? >> about as high stakes chicken as you with play. over the course of the day, no movement. short of the votes and didn't seem like any chance to get there. c

i'm don lemon.ouse said president earned more than $150 million in income and paid $38 million in taxes in 2005, in response to the leak on the president's 1040. but while distracted by this and wiretappi wiretapping

this is "cnn tonight," i'm don lemon. branch of government, so who's president trump blaming for the biggest loss of his administration? democrats of course. now the president warns bad things are going to happen to obamacare. but if the deal maker in chief couldn't get health care done, what will happen to the rest of his agenda? plus under a cloud from

cnn's don lemon asked the

this is "cnn tonight," i'm don lemon. this is not politics as usual. be clear about that. for the president of the united states to accuse predecessor of spying on him, exactly what president trump has done. not politics as usual for president to double down, joking that him and german chancellor angela merkel have something in common, wiretapping. not usual for white house to repeat allegations from fox news disavowed today by that very network, that a british intelligence agency spied for president obama. and not policy as usual that denied that the white house apologized to the british government. none is politics as usual. >>> breaking news, classified report from the justice department to house and senate investigators does not confirm president trump's allegations that former president barack obama wiretapped him. let's get right to it. cnn's fareed zakaria is here, host of "gps" on this network. start with angela merkel. two of the most powerful people in the world met at white house to talk about trade and terrori

i'm don lemon. team trump was expecting to take a victory lap after the president's first address to congress. that victory lap turning into another political firestorm for the administration with revelations that multiple trump advisers, including michael flynn, jeff sessions, even jared kushner met privately with russia's ambassador before president trump's inauguration. plus with a new travel ban waiting in the wings, reports that homeland security is considering a proposal tom adul when they try to enter the country illegally at the southern border. let's get right to jonathan sanders from stony brook university school of journalism. also cnn political analyst kirsten powers and david rode. i saw you shaking your head when i said that about separating children. >> it sounds like something stalin would do in getting people ready to go to the gulag. >> wow, that's a tough assessment. >> it's inhumane at a minimum, and i guess it's supposed to discourage people from coming here. but i don't think t

i'm don lemon. michael flynn, jeff sessions, even jared kushner, all meeting with the russian ambassador. what's that about? what is the connection between the kremlin and the white house? we'll investigate. and what does vladimir putin want from all of this. meanwhile president trump responds to all of this just as you'd expect with a twitter war against chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. joining me. learn about the meetings with the inner circle and russian officials, what is the latest? >> counterpunching. going on the attack on twitter. favorite social media platform. maybe favorite communications. this time tweeted a photo of chuck schumer with russian ambassador in 2003. drink hot beverage and eating crispy krooem doughnuts, said should start immediate investigation into schumer and his ties to russia and putin. total hypocrite. schumer responded, saying happily talk about contact with mr. putin and associates. took place in full view of press and public. under oath. would you and your team? late

i'm don lemon. team trump was expecting to take a victory lap after the president's first address to congress. that victory lap turning into another political firestorm for the administration with revelations that multiple trump advisers, michael flynn, jeff sessions and jared kushner met privately with russian ambassador even before inauguration. and with a new travel ban in the wings, reports that homeland security is considering a procedure to separate children from adults when they try to enter the country illegally at southern border. get to author of "the russian emerge" kirsten powers and david roed. separating children, you shaking your head. >> sounds like something stalin would do getting people ready to go to the ghoul ago. >> it's inhumane. supposed to discourage people but not going to be discouraged trying to flee a situation. idea of taking child and putting in detention away from the mother is un-american. >> i want to get to this but still saw you -- >> russia is good place to look

this is "cnn tonight," i'm don lemon. press secretary sean spicer refusing to concede that the allegation against former president obama is flat-out wrong. testy words exchanged with reporters in the white house briefing room. we'll show you how it unlded. and meanwhile top reblicans, including paul ryan and chairman of the senate intelligence committee say they see no evident of wiretapping. none. begin with manu raju. quite a day. take us through the developments. unfounded claim he was wiretapped. >> hey don. president trump stands alone on his claim that he was wiretapped under the orders of president barack obama. that's because top members in both parties with access to classified intelligence say they have not seen any evidence to back up that claim. house speaker paul ryan, i asked him directly today, do you believe that donald trump was wiretapped by president obama and his administration? he said no. no such wiretap existed. top senators on the intelligence committee. richard burr, democrat ranking member mark w

i'm don lemon. sources say there is a federal investigation between the computer odd server between the bank and the trump administration. could it be the allegations against president obama. that as fbi director james comey meets today with members of congress and top security access. members tight-lipped about what was discussed but it comes as they discuss their own investigation of russia, the election and president trump's wiretapping claims. we have a whole lot to get to but i want to start with our breaking news right now. cnn correspondent pamela brown looking into all of it for us. pamela, what have you learned after looking into the investigation? >> well, don we learned that experts and computer scientists continue to examine whether there was a link between the computer organization and the russian bank familiar with this investigation. this is the same server mentioned in a breitbart article that a washington source said that president trump accused investigators of tapping his phone. c

this is cnn tonight, i'm don lemon. adam shift says he if the president wants an investigation, fine. let's have one. and promises it won't take long to get to the truth. meanwhile, president trump warns house republicans of mid-term blood bath if they can't pass health care, but the real cost of replacing obamacare could be much more serious. we'll talk to two people who stood up at town halls to say that they owe their lives to affordable care act. let's get right now to senior political analyst, mark preston and julia, the author of "security mom" and jill daugherty now at the evans school at the university of washington. so, mark preston, to you first, because the white house has really been doing summer salts, back flips, pretzels, all trying to figure out how to respond to these unfounded accusations made by the president that the former president wiretapped him. white house press briefing today, sean spicer. >> it's been a full three days since the president said that president obama had his wires tapped, his pho

time to hand things over to don lemon. i'll see you tomorrow night. "cnn tonight" starts right now. >>> president trump's advisers in spin mode over the wiretapping accusations and the president himself in sales mode on the replacement for obamacare. this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. president trump said he's proud to back the gop plan for replacing obamacare. conservative republicans, blasting their own party's plans. is it doa, dead on arrival? will dismantling obamacare hurt president trump's voters? the president not backing down from the stunning wiretapping accusations against former president obama but also not offering the slightest bit of evidence. that's as republican intelligence chairman in the house and senate admit they've seen nothing to back the president's claims. let's get right to cnn's political analysis, mark preston and mr. ryan lizza, senior white house correspondent jim acosta and legal analyst laura coats. jim, at the white house now, president trump still under fire for those accusations of wiretapping he made against the

this is cnn tonight, i'm don lemon.he president wants an investigation, fine. let's have one. and promises it won't take long to get to the truth. meanwhile, president trump warns house republicans of mid-term blood bath if they can't pass health care, but the real cost of replacing obamacare could be much more serious. we'll talk to two people who stood up at town halls to say that they

time to hand things over to don lemon. "cnn tonight" starts right now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news, a late night on capitol hill with the gop's health care bill hanging in the balance. this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. thanks for joining us. do or die time, less than 48 hours to go before the house votes on the long-promised republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare. paul ryan's team working furiously behind the scenes. president trump on the hill today warning republicans they could lose their seats if the bill fails. will his own party give him the win he so december pret needs right now? >>> plus all the president's men, paul manafort, michael flynn, roger stone to name a few, do they have ties to russia? will they come back to haunt the trump white house? we'll discuss all of that. >>> i want to get to cnn senior political reporter and senior political analyst david gergen and david axelrod. good to have you on this evening. walk us through the changes that have been made to the health ca

i'm don lemon. michael flynn, jeff sessions, even jared kushner all meeting with the russian ambassador. what's that about? what's the connection between the kremlin and the white house? we'll investigate. and what does vladimir putin want from all of this? >>> meanwhile, president trump responds to all this just as you'd expect, with a twitter war against chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. i want to get treat now to athena jones. she's live at mar-a-lago for us this evening. good evening to you, athena. president trump back on the offense as we continue to learn about meetings between the president's inner circle and russian officials. what's the latest? >> reporter: that's right. he's counterpunching, going on the attack on twitter, his favorite social media platform, perhaps his favorite form of communication. midday he tweeted a photo of the minority leader in the senate, chuck schumer, with vladimir putin, the russian president back in 2003. they're drinking what looks like a hot beverage and eati

this is cnn tonight, i'm don lemon. stunning recommendations on capitol hill tonight. the bureau is investigating the trump campaign and whether it coordinated with the kremlin's efforts to change the outcome of the election. president trump's response? nothing. he completely ignores the fbi investigation threatening his administration. >> let's get to the biggest bombshell just today. listen. >> i have been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi as part of our counter intelligence mission is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government. and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia's efforts. as with any counter intelligence investigation, this will also include an assessment of whether any crimes were committed. >> this is not politics as ush. we've said that before, and we're going to keep saying it, it is not politics as usual for

this is "cnn tonight," i'm don lemon.g down today on his ludicrous claim that his predecessor spied on him. joking to german chancellor angela merkel they have something in common, and that's wiretapping. the president also refusing to shoot down unproven claims first from fox news that british intelligence did the alleged spying for president obama. fox news repudiating that today. in all the wake of this, who can take the president at his word? our allies? leaders? american people? let's get to

i'm don lemon. white house under siege with no answers after five days of questions, about president trump's false claims of wiretapping by the former president barack obama. tonight, well, there's news on both camps from both camps that they have spoken since mr. trump's weekend tweet storm. but the former president, president obama, is angry. plus another signature campaign promise, another botched roll out after years of promises. how has a launch of the bill to repeal and replace obamacare gone so wrong? signs tonight that president trump while still trying to sell the plan may already be questioning it. we have a whole lot to get to this hour, in the next couple of hours on cnn. i want to begin with cnn's chief political reporter, gloria borger. the weekly standard political commentator michael singleton, republican political consultant. gloria, i want to get this right. the president is fighting on two fronts here. still no one is answering questions about the supposed, you know, tweet. >> sea

i'm don lemon. intelligence chief devon nunes defending his visit to the white house grounds to review classified information that he claims suggested trump team communications may have been picked up during surveillance of foreign nationals. did the white house know that nunes was on the property? and who gave him the sensitive material to review in the first place? tonight the top democrat on the committee says he has yet to see those documents and calls on nunes to recuse himself from the russia probe. plus, new questions about a newly disclosed meeting between trump's top adviser, his son-in-law jared kushner, and the head of a russian bank that is subject to u.s. sanctions. we'll discuss all of that. but i want to begin with cnn's global affairs analyst david rhode, national investigative editor for reuters. also contributor emily jane fox, a staff writer at "vanity fair." senior political analyst mark preston, political analyst david drucker. senior congressional correspondent for the "washing

this is cnn tonight, i'm don lemon. president trump doubling down on his twitter charge that former president barack obama ordered a wiretap of his phones during the campaign. with absolutely no evidence. no evidence to back it up, a source saying james comey was incredulous over the president's allegations and had his staff reach out to the department of justice, asking them to knock down the whole thing. press secretary sean spicer tonight, ducking the question of whether the white house has confidence in comey. but is all this just a distraction from the real issues facing the administration, and the country? i want to do something i don't normally do, i want to say a few things before we get started tonight. what happened over the weekend from the president of the united states is not politics as usual. it is not normal. and none of us in the media or at home should pretend that it is. this is at best a clumsy attempt to dangle a shiny object, change the subject from russia and throw us off the track. it's at worse

i'm don lemon.locks new travel ban just hours before supposed to go in effect. president threatening to take the fight all the

i'm don lemon. listen to what jeff sessions tells fox news. >> never had conversations with russian about the campaign, them assisting in the campaign, anything like that. >> that's in the wake of the attorney general's announcement he will recuse himself from any investigation related to the trump campaign. president trump defending attorney general and charging democrats are quote overplaying their hand. and learning that vice president mike pence routinely used private e-mail account as governor of indiana. talk to the reporter who broke to story. get to jeff zeleny and mish ale kosinski. earlier today attorney general recused himself from investigations related to the trump campaign, possible contacts with russia. what is the latest? >> stunning turn of events in the last 24 hours. late last evening breaking in "the washington post" when senior official said it's all partisan, nothing to see here. but end of today attorney general holding news conference at justice department recusing himself fr

this is cnn tonight, i'm don lemon. stunning recommendations on capitol hill tonight.ther it coordinated with the kremlin's efforts to change the outcome of the election. president trump's response

>>> thanks for watching "360," time to hand over to don lemon. "cnn tonight" starts right now. >>> we've breaking news on the fbi's russia investigation to tell you about. this is "cnn tonight," i'm don lemon. revelations coming fast and furious. cnn has learned the fbi has information to indicate trump associates communicated with suspected russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to hillary clinton's campaign. according to u.s. officials. get to breaking news. joining me, they broke the story with evan perez. pamela, what are you learning? >> we learned that fbi has information that indicates associates of president donald trump communicated with suspected russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging hillary clinton's campaign, according to u.s. officials. fbi director james comey made his bombshell announcement as you recall on monday before congress that the fbi is investigating the trump campaign's ties to russia. fbi is now reviewing this information that includes human i

>>> thanks for watching "360," time to hand over to don lemon.starts right now. >>> we've breaking news on the fbi's russia investigation to tell you about. this is "cnn tonight," i'm don lemon. revelations coming fast and furious. cnn has learned the fbi has information to indicate trump associates communicated with suspected russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to hillary clinton's campaign. according to u.s. officials. get to breaking news. joining me, they broke the story with evan perez.

this is cnn tonight, i'm don lemon. house says the president earned more than $150 million in income and paid $38 million in taxes in 2005, that's in response to the leak tonight on the president's 1040. but, while we've all been distracted by this and president trump's wiretapping accusations, what about, what has russia been doing? does vladimir putin have his eye on libya? we'll discuss that. let's get to david k. johnson who broke the trump tax story,

time to hand things over to don lemon. i'll see you tomorrow night.ght now. >>> president trump's advisers in spin mode over the wiretapping accusations and the president himself in sales mode on the replacement for obamacare. this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. president trump said he's proud to back the gop plan for replacing obamacare. conservative republicans, blasting their own party's plans. is it doa, dead on arrival? will dismantling obamacare hurt president trump's voters? the president not backing down from the stunning wiretapping accusations against former president obama but also not offering the slightest bit of evidence. that's as republican intelligence chairman in the house and senate admit they've

i'm don lemon.gence chief devon nunes defending his visit to the white house grounds to review classified information that he claims suggested trump team communications may have been picked up during surveillance of foreign nationals. did the white house know that nunes was on the property? and who gave him the sensitive material to review in the first place? tonight the top democrat on the committee says he has yet to see those documents and calls on nunes to recuse himself from the russia probe.

cnn's don lemon asked the journalist who obtained tax return. >> do you think it's possible he could have sent them to you? >> oh, absolutely. donald has a long history of leaking information about himself. he doesn't think quite like most of us do. he doesn't have the sort of framework of what makes him look good or look bad that the relevant of us have. >> white house took aim at the messenger saying this. you know you're desperate for ratings when you're willing to violate the law to push a story about two pages of tax returns from over a decade ago. that's the white house statement. for the record, it's not illegal to report the contents of a legally obtained tax return. the president promised to release the tax return himself. after an audit. more recently aides have suggested since he won the electionly will not release the tax returns. that will be where it stands. >> we talk about is this a welcome distraction for the president. i'll go one step farther, does this help him? it projects the media story that he likes and there's nothing in there to hurt him. >> let's look what

this is cnn tonight, i'm don lemon. on his twitter charge that former president barack obama ordered a wiretap of his phones during the campaign. with absolutely no evidence. no evidence to back it up, a source saying james comey was incredulous over the president's allegations and had his staff reach out to the department of justice, asking them to knock down the whole thing. press secretary

time to hand over to don lemon. "cnn tonight" right now. breaking news indeed. trump administration reeling from a massive defeat at hands of members of its own party. this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. we often say this is not politics as usual. certainly not for the president to be forced to pull his own health care bill at last minute when he can't get the votes from his own party. a staggering fail your for the man who prides himself on his ability too make deals, during the campaign promised so much winning you might get tired of it. gets a taste of defeat tonight. >> we were very close. very

i'm don lemon. president trump's former national security adviser, the man who lied about his contacts with the russian ambassador, now willing to be interviewed by the fbi. and congressional officials investigating the trump campaign's potential ties to russia in exchange for immunity from prosecution. flynn's attorney saying, quote, no reasonable person who has a benefit of advice from counsel would submit to questioning in such a highly politicized witch hunt environment without assurances against unfair prosecution. let's get right to it now. our cnn senior white house correspondent joins us now from the white house with more on this. jeff, good evening to you. there are serious questions facing the white house tonight and people are asking if there is a cover-up. we're learning serious information about the president's former national security adviser, lieutenant general michael flynn. fill us in. >> reporter: well, don, as you said, michael flynn through his lawyer has offered to testify in th

i'm don lemon., jeff sessions, even jared kushner, all meeting with the russian ambassador. what's that about? what is the connection between the kremlin and the white house? we'll investigate. and what does vladimir putin want from all of this. meanwhile president trump responds to all of this just as you'd expect with a twitter war against chuck schumer and nancy

i'm don lemon.nwhile, we're now just hours away from the senate's first public hearing on russia's meddling in the election. top leaders of the senate intelligence committee outlining their bipartisan plan for the investigation saying they'll interview 20 witnesses, including kushner. >> this was one of the biggest investigations that the

time to hand over to don lemon, "cnn tonight" starts right now. when you thought it couldn't get worse. president turns his wiretapping allegation into international incident. this is "cnn tonight," i'm don lemon. this is not politics as usual. be clear about that. for the president of the united states to accuse predecessor of spying on him, exactly what president trump has done. not politics as usual for president to double down, joking that him and german chancellor angela merkel have something in common, wiretapping. not u

i'm don lemon.ell cnn there is an investigation into a, quote, odd computer server relationship between the trump organization and a russian bank. could it be the root of president trump's wiretapping accusations against president obama? that's as fbi director james

this is "cnn tonight," i'm don lemon.mp doubling down on his twitter charge that former president barack obama ordered a wiretap of his phones during the campaign. with absolutely no evidence. no evidence to back it up, a source saying james comey was incredulous over the president's allegations and had his staff reach out to the department of justice, asking them to knock down the whole thing. press secretary sean spicer tonight, ducking the question of whether the white house has confidence in comey. but is all this just a distraction from the real issues facing the a

i'm don lemon. thanks for joining us. 48 hours to go before the house votes on the long-promised republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare. paul ryan's team working furiously behind the scenes. president trump on the hill today warning republicans they could lose their seats if the bill fails. will his own party give him the win he so december pret needs right now? >>> plus all the president's men, paul manafort, michael flynn, roger stone to name a few, do they have ties to russia? will they come back to haunt the trump white house? we'll discuss all of that. >>> i

time to hand things over to don lemon. "cnn tonight" starts right now.eat weekend. >>> just when you thought it couldn't get worse. the president turns his wiretapping accusations into an international incident. this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. thank you for joining us. this is not politics as usual. let's be clear about that. it is not politics as usual for the president of the united states to accuse his predecessor of spying on him, which is exactly what president trump has done. it is not politics as usual for the president to double down, joking that he and german chancellor angela merkel have something in common, wiretapping. it is not politics as usual for the white house, the press secretary, to repeat allegations from fox news disavowed today by the very network, that very network, that

thank you for joining us, time to turn it over to don lemon.w. >>> breaking news, unanswered questions about the largest private bank in russia and the trump organization, and why president trump made the wiretapping accusations, this is cnn, i'm don lemon. sources say there is a federal investigation between the computer odd server between the bank and the trump administration. could it be the allegations against president obama. that as fbi director james comey meets today with members of congress and top security