there was a very interesting sound bite you just played and read it because it's shows that what don trump is doing and he's been doing for quite some time now he's mixing up the pipeline and then at the end but germany has pledged to do a lot better now did germany pledge to do a lot better with the pipeline no when he talks about those improvements he's talking about defense spending which has nothing to do with the pipeline so that's a strategy he also repeatedly during that press conference talked about trade nato is not a trade organization it's a defense organization he's doing this to ramp up the pressure on the allies but yes his tone was more conciliatory could no longer repeat the claim that he made on wednesday that the germans were captive to russia did not say that in fact had a couple of warm words for germany and it's just symbolic of the roller coaster ride that i get a makeover has been going through the last two days in the morning there she's being bashed or germany's being bashed in the afternoon there are very very good relationships with germany from the u.s. presiden

they know don trump jr. behind closed doors, to the public, doesn't matter to republicans on the hill. don jump jr. is who we know he is. jonathan rightly points out, the legality is what matters i don't know any republicans on the hill have a reason to get involvedfine with him re-appearing, he's again going to lie. this family looks us in the face and lies to us. a segment of the republican party buys that and another part of the part that rejects that. frankly, i agree, it's early. no problem with don trump jr. going to the hill and clarifying what he said before, but my sense is that he's going to go and he's going to lie again. the trump organization as a whole always wins out by saying, look at the democrats. look at the liberals. they just want to take us down. >> jonathan, you mentioned the tapes. 100 of them reportedly in existence. listen to lanny davis, michael cohen's lawyer. responding to questions about why these tapes were made in the first place, or how. here it is. >> michael cohen has an an

if occasion with russia not sation put it also said that he knew that president don trump had a different opinion on this issue but more interesting well not putin they were expected to predict it much more interesting was the reaction of donald trump who simply said nothing which could be understood if he signed lee knowledge to know what of the russian president claimed of course that was not a nice moment for ukraine let's pick up that point with you alexander norman how is that going to go down the president's silence on this big issue of ukraine it was made here in the u.s. also with a lot of criticism and we had chuck schumer. calling on his fellow lawmakers in the senate on both sides of the to try to join him in a bipartisan effort to wretched sanctions on russia and we can assume that also republicans will be thinking about ways to enhance their influence on the president trumps foreign policy just to make sure that he's not going to change and you asked policy on ukraine and russia teri schultz mr trump has been in europe for the last few days making himself unpopular with the y

president don trump has warned iran never to threaten the united states again warning it with provoking consequences which few throughout history have suffered his tweets came hours after iranian president hassan rouhani whine that trumps hostile policies could lead to the bother for wars on its face increasing economic pressure and possible sanctions following the u.s. withdrawal from the twenty fifteen nuclear deal kurdish security forces have killed three suspected iso fighters who attacked the governor's building and. the gunman fired at guards before entering the building and taking hostages later security forces around the building were targeted by a suicide bomber the government employee was killed during the clashes and two policemen were wounded irbil which is the seat of the kurdish government regional government has largely been spared i saw attacks in recent years. the syrian government has condemned israel's evacuation of white helmets rescue workers as criminal smuggling operation the evacuation which also had the backing of the united nations u.s. and britain so four hund

tensions took a turn higher last tuesday after president don trump threatened to impose tariffs on as much as four hundred fifty billion dollars in chinese goods further ratcheting up tensions between the two largest economies in the world well you know all the trade that's been going on for decades of kind of got into these channels of trade that nobody's questioned. questioning what's going on and really architecting global trade in a way that would probably be fair more fair fair trade you know i was speaking of mispronunciation this is kind of why i set this up is that there's this little stand country eastern european country called stand cruise cruises expand. and i know i'm probably mispronouncing it but nevertheless they are right there between china and russia and they are getting ready for this trade war between the united states and china and they've also had to deal with the sanctions against russia and the fact that it's cause their own currency to crumble so they've been starting to buy massive quantities of gold and gold buying is in the headlines as well this is the un

tensions took a turn higher last tuesday after president don trump threatened to impose tariffs on as much as four hundred fifty billion dollars in chinese goods further ratcheting up tensions between the two largest economies in the world well you know all the trade that's been going on for decades a kind of got into these channels of trade that nobody's questioned. questioning what's going on and really architecting global trade in a way that would probably be fair more fair fair trade you know i was speaking of mispronunciation this is kind of why i set this up is that there's this little stand country eastern european country called stand cruise cruises expand. and i know i'm probably mispronouncing it but nevertheless they are right there between china and russia and they are getting ready for this trade war between the united states and china and they've also had to deal with the sanctions against russia and the fact that it's caused their own currency to crumble so they've been starting to buy massive quantities of gold and gold buying is in the headlines as well this is the un

trump has been fairly consistent in his behavior here, but it's very clear there are two things, don. first is president trump's inability to disassociate meddling in the election with his own worries of collusion. and what bothers me there is basically we're saying he can't put the core interests of the national security first. and the second is he thinks something's out there. i don't think putin was actually showing him the videotape or anything controversial at the time. i think he believes something's out there and until he does he's going to continue to kowtow to putin's desire there. >> republican congressman tray gowdy was not happy with trump vi inviting putin to the white house. >> he says the administration should consider quitting his advisers if they don't take

to his former lawyer's claim that he knew about the now infamous meeting that took place between don trumpunior and russians. michael cohen now says he even got the blessing of mr. trump himself. >> michael cohen -- president chomps longtime lawyer is claiming his boss approved the infamous trump tower meeting that has become a feature in the mueller probe. the meeting took place in new york city on june 9 2016 and included donald trump junior, pa natalia. the president took to twitter yesterday to reinforce a claim he has made several times saying he did not know of the meeting with his son. it sounds to him like someone is trying to makes -- make up stories. >> the presidents son has insisted his father had no knowledge of the meeting. >> it was such a nothing. there was nothing to tell. i wouldn't have even remembered it until you start scouring through the stuff. it was really a waste of 20 minutes. >> the claim from cohen comes days after someone leaked a recording of a conversation between him and president trump about has many played -- pay to a playboy mohler -- model. they are pai

so, we believe them and we believe mike pence and don trump and we believe their actions.he question is whether senators will also believe them and we believe that they must incorporate their personal liberty standard not only because of what is at stake but because that is what their constituents want them to do. brian spoke about the majority of the senators being on her side when it comes to state a commitment and let me look at the majority of americans. we know that seven out of ten americans support legal access to abortion and we know that since kennedy's announcement that 73% of voters in the swing state believe trumps nominee will overturn roe and especially democratic and independent that these senators need to win are ready to support them if they will protect our constitutional freedoms. right now, this is the fight but women have been appearing for since 5 million of us marched in the streets on january 201st 2017 and we knew that the state was coming and we are prepared. this past sunday [inaudible] held a town hall attended by over 12000 people and we were j

thing also think that he is he's dangerous for the world and they want to make themselves heard now don trump has a very busy weekend ahead of him including today of course what's on the agenda. he's going to meet the queen in windsor that's something that's controversial there are some labor m.p.'s who said well the queen should really consul this visit after what donald trump has subjected this country and this government to i don't think that is going to happen it's a working visit but it has all the hallmarks of a state visit with the big reception that the really the big effort that reason may has made in order to make everything nice for donald trump to impress him being in phuket in windsor in windsor casa with the queen that he's going to go on later to scotland she's really going out of her way to have a really pompous welcome because she thought he might like it but well we'll see what comes out of this at the end of the say. correspondent barrett moss reporting from london thank you very much. now some of the other stories making news around the world several dozen migrants have be

peace plan for the middle east what president don trump has called the deal of the century now a force that has more from ramallah. several hundred. on the street in the sense of the recession has been full of leadership but i did see the movie yellow taxi very much a fatah factional protest called by the leadership really to expound its position on the u.s. attempt to restart the middle east peace process between israelis and the palestinians they say that the deal of the century is donald trump is trying to sell it is dead that they will not accept it i think the leadership was very much stung by two interventions from the u.s. envoy jason green and on from son or jared kush to when they were in the region i just a few days ago each talking to the media here and be more critical of the p.a. leadership the president mahmoud abbas and the p.l.o. second general erekat they were complaining of an attempt to sort of bypass or even overthrow the p.a. leadership as the u.s. tries to drive this through appealing to the palestinians on grounds of economic opportunity that might be available t

thing tensions took a turn higher last tuesday after president don trump threatened to impose tariffs on as much as four hundred fifty billion dollars in chinese goods further ratcheting up tensions between the two largest economies in the world well you know all the trade that's been going on for decades a comic got into these channels of trade that nobody's questioned. questioning what's going on and really architecting global trade in a way that would probably be fair more fair fair trade you know i was speaking of mispronunciation this is kind of why i set this up is that there's this little stand country eastern european country called stand cruise cruises expand. and i know i'm probably mispronouncing it but nevertheless they are right there between china and russia and they are getting ready for this trade war between the united states and china and they've also had to deal with the sanctions against russia and the fact that it's caused their own currency to crumble so they've been starting to buy massive quantities of gold and gold buying is in the headlines as well this is th

president this time on iran don trump now says he's willing to meet iran's president has and ronny at any time without preconditions the two men have been locked in an escalating war of words and strength withdrew the u.s. from the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal alan fisher has the story. the u.s. president's surprise offer came during a news conference at the white house with italy's prime minister no preconditions no they want to meet only any time they want. any time they want the u.s. piloted the deal is signed with iran and its international partners when president trump announced in may the u.s. was pulling out even though there was no indication iran was in breach this was a horrible one sided deal that should have never ever been made he don't get for months it was a terrible deal and vote to scrap it when he became president his offer to talk with iran's president well threw up many more questions and moakley conditions means that he's ready to sign on the dotted line so to speak with the iranians so will that be acceptable to the region to the powers in the region to

examining those with respect to what he actually knew. >> and then of course there's the issue of don trump jr., what he told, you know, lawmakers on the hill that, you know, his dad didn't know and -- whether he perjured himself on that potentially. cohen has represented trump for a long time. even, you know, it was cohen who said he'd take a bullet for trump. but now the president's own attorney, rudy giuliani, is calling cohen a liar after he had already called him a very honest lawyer. so let's talk about the discrediting of the white house's defense in all of this. >> well, fred, right now, cohen has a better record of telling the truth than the president or giuliani. i find it bizarre giuliani would say he's been lying for years. so why did the president keep him on retainer? that makes no sense at all to me. by the way, fred, we don't know really what happened in that meeting at trump tower because nobody's come clean clearly and the fbi i know, for one, is investigating the possibility that there was a russian intelligence officer at that meeting in addition to the lawyer. now, i do

don jr., jared, these are people that mueller can get. and i wouldn't be surprised if the way this really comes down is mueller, you know -- donald trump likes to take hostages, likes to take kids hostages. i wouldn't be surprised if mueller is planning on taking don jr. hostage and putting the screws to him. >> okay. that's not necessarily what i was going with. i was just kind of looking for thought bubbles. you know you don't find it that extraordinary. >> these towns are tiny towns, especially when you're in these -- >> you don't think don jr. in his mind was like, oh, my god, there is bob mueller. >> no, i don't. because i think, honestly, their orbits are much closer than we would like to believe. and robert mueller has a job to do. don jr. knows he's not qualified to do anything he is doing on behalf of his father. so, yes, he's on the phone pretending like he's going to get on his flight and maybe that's just what it is. but let's be clear. robert mueller is not fazed by any of the distractions that are coming -- >> it seems in this picture he's not fazed at all. >> he's not fazed by this conversation. >> look how chill he is in that

trump has been fairly consistent in his behavior here, but it's very clear there are two things, don.p's inability to disassociate meddling in the election with his own worries of collusion. and what bothers me there is basically we're saying he can't put the core interests of the national security first. and the second is he thinks something's out there. i don't think putin was actually showing him the videotape or anything controversial at the time. i think he believes something's out there and until he does he's going to continue to kowtow to putin's desire there. >> he says the administration should consider quitting his advisers if they don't take their advice. take a listen to this. >> it can be proven beyond any evidentiary burden that russia is not our friend and tried to attack us in 2016. so the president either needs to rely on the people he has chosen to advise him or those advisers need to reevaluate whether they can serve in this administration, but the disconnect cannot continue -- >> do you think the president's intelligence officials are feeling the same way as congre

who has made it clear that he is willing to allege anything, basically alleging perjury against don trumpey have to be going back and now wonder how many e-mails are there, how many pieces of paper does mr. cohen have, how many situations can he corroborate because it's not going to be just about the check or the cash, and that discussion on the tape. there are years of na fair yus acts that he performed for the president. they're saying he is hostile to the white house and pro-michael cohen, and looking to make a deal with prosecutors. >> let me ask you this. we had rudy guiliani on abc may 6th talking about mr. cohen saying the man is an honest, honorable lawyer. this past week on cnn he said i expected something like this from cohen, he has been lying all week or has been lying for years. who has more credence, guiliani or cohen? >> look, cohen, it may be very possible that cohen has been lying, yes. we know the president has been lying. what their fear has to be is not just credibility versus credibility but what does cohen have that is evidentiary, what e-mail does he have, what cont

trump know about the meeting. there was a blocked call from don jr. ber we don't know who he called, so if cohen's information is accurate, then it would be significant. >> and david, cohen has represented trump for years. they certainly came across publicly as being very tight, even cohen saying he would take a bullet for trump. now the president's attorney, rudy guiliani, is calling cohenna liar, a cohen a liar. what is going on. how much does this reveal about how nervous donald trump is or people around him might be. >> so that seems to be the strategy from mayor guiliani and others to discredit cohen. we don't know what he said or reportedly said is true. just like cohen's credibility will be investigated, so will the credibility ultimately of the president and some of his spokespeople be challenged or called into question. mayor guiliani, you played a clip of him saying months ago he thought cohen was an honest, trustworthy individual. now shifting to cohen has been lying for days, years, you played that clip with sean hannity and trump jr. where

>> right now there's only one reason, his name is donald don. trump.re is no other explanation and these schools are leading the house and the senate. they don't have to talk about the regulation, and just over a year and a half an office. it's remarkable. it's been one second they get crushed, let say they lose the house. >> and they likely will if they leave particularly ryan in place. the american people, they will know the reason. but there's a party not worthy of their support and not worthy of their trust. there is a precedent and that will be the great divide. we are watching oligarchs like the koch brothers carrying out class warfare. think of this, the koch brothers who have been synonymous with the republican party are conducting class warfare against the middle class, the foundation of the country, working men and women, and the same we can bring any illegal immigrants. we will arbitrage labor costs just as we have been doing around the world. >> tucker: lou dobbs, not a word. philadelphia's mayor is putting his citizens at risk for the sake

account of this so far has been consistent with everything we know about president trump and about don trumpo steve bannon, you may recall said it was inconceivable that donald trump wouldn't know about this meeting and now it looks as though he may have known all along. >> unfortunately i'm out of time but bill we love you and your book, everybody does. so good to see all three of you. thank you so much. >>> coming up ahead on ""a.m. joy"" why the government says hundreds of migrant children won't be reunited with their parents. i've been making blades here at gillette for 20 years. there's a lot of innovation that goes into making america's #1 shave. precision machinery and high-quality materials from around the world. nobody else even comes close. now starting at $7.99. gillette. the best a man can get. this is moving day with the best in-home wifi experience and millions of wifi hotspots to help you stay connected. and this is moving day with reliable service appointments in a two-hour window so you're up and running in no time. show me decorating shows. this is staying connected with xf

. >> where does this leave don trump jr. if what cohen says or alleges is true? facing perjury or obstruction of justice? >> yes, potentially that, but also this gets donald trump jr. closer to potential charges relating to violations of election law, violations of campaign finance law. >> yeah. >> while collusion itself is a word that doesn't appear in the criminal codes other than antitrust law, being involved with a foreign government to the detriment of the united states could implicate a number of different criminal laws. now that cohen is willing to connect up the trump sr. with the meeting, that potentially implicates the president. that's why mueller is looking at all of these different tweets, to get an idea into trump's state of mind. if he can authenticate these tweets, it is not going to be hard for any jury in america to conclude that these were trump's -- evidence of his state of mind, his intent and motives. >> it is more about setting up the timeline? >> exactly. it is helpful for a timeline. social media in its short history has been helpful to la

they said trump did not dictate the trump tower statement for don junior. trump dictated the trump tower statement for don junior. hope hicks admitted during congressional testimony that she tells white lies for the president. that is a communications director admitting to congress that she lies to the american public and to presumably congress on behalf of the president. >> and you wonder why sean spicer struggled so much and hasn't really landed a job as a spokesperson for a major fortune 500 company, because he left with no credibility. a lot of these individuals in the white house are choosing to squander their credibility and for what? for donald trump's lies? to be continually made a fool of when donald trump tells another lie that erases the first lie they have gone out of their way to defend? this has just become beyond what nicolle wallace once called it a goat rodeo. i think it's easier to conduct a goat rodeo any day than what's going on in this white house. >> it's not merely his own staff that he throws under the bus. the walk-back or the first

. >> let's go and see if don trump junior would do that. you've been covering donald trump for a long time. would donald trump jr. set up a meeting to get difrt on the opponent and not tell his father. >> it is inconceivable junior wouldn't tell his father. that's why we need to know what number those two blocked numbers were that he called and let's not lose site of something here. when a foreign government calls you and offerings to help in an election. you pick up the phone and call the fbi, i need to speak to someone in counter intelligence. period. full stop. >> yes. and that clearly was not done. let's take one step back. paul butler said cohen is shady. okay. that is a take that i think is legitimate for people to have based on whatever we know about him so far. what's interesting is that inside the trump camp, they're not clear of whether cohen is shady or not depending on whose side he seems to be on. the man is a honest honorable lawyer. i suspected something like this. he's been lying for years. there's nobody that i know that kno

tariffs on chinese products kicked in don trump told reporters he's prepared to escalate the tariffs on chinese imports to half a trillion dollars that's about the same amount as the u.s. imported from china last year kimberly how he joins us now live from washington d.c. so talk of half a trillion dollar that's big talk is there a sense there that donald trump may really follow through on this. yes absolutely is the short answer let's try and break this down sami so what we've essentially got here get your pen and paper ready because there's a little math involved we have the twenty five percent tariff on thirty four billion coming into the united states the retaliation from china but donald trump telling reporters on thursday it's not going to stop there as you point out there are another sixteen billion that will be subject to tariffs from china into the united states that is set to be put in place in two weeks and at the ready as you pointed out another two hundred billion and then another three hundred billion after that what this means is donald trump is getting serious certain

if it is ak wrurt tccurate the person was don trump jr., mr.ueller was not aware of him and had no interaction with him. the chances of these two individuals at the airport waiting at this gate, unbelievable. >> do you think he was gathering evidence? >> i don't know, looks like he was reading a newspaper, likely a story about himself. i would like to have thought bubbles. to be the woman on the phone in front of robert mueller. >> look at him, the guy doesn't look like he knows who is around him. >> president trump's lawyer rudy guilliani is dismissing the claim that donald trump knew in advance of the trump tower meeting with russians. here is what he had to say yesterday morning. >> now i listened unfortunately, fortunately to my client's point of view, to many hours of tapes and the man is a pathological manipulator, liar. i didn't know that. i didn't know him well. i didn't know anything bad about michael cohen until all of this started to happen in the last couple of weeks. if he taped everything else, why didn't he tape this? it is not o

is it just his wife saying you know his wife-- endorsed by don trump? >> it was a key state for him in 2016. and i think that he is calling out desantis on twitter saying he's tough on crime, he's follow the president's agenda. that's been a huge boost to the candidate in florida. >> there's a great write-up in "the new york times" about how important fox was also to the lead. quote, it was quote that begot mr. desant i s' candidacy. by going on the network as often as he could to rail against mueller's investigation. he has appeared on fox prime-time shows least 41 times since mr. trump was inaugurated. mr. desantis attracted the president's attention. is this a blueprint for what other republican candidates can do? go on fox as often as you can, catch the president's attention and he'll tweet about you? >> yes, i think it is, chris. as we all know, president trump watches those shows on fox, if not live, he watches it on his, you know, fancy dvr recorder. and so if he sees desantis on there defending the president, attacking the president's enemies, b

trump jr. is promise the incriminating information about hillary clinton. his response -- if it's what you say, i love it, especially later in the summer. six days later, don junior met with russian lawyer natalia veselnitskaya at trump tower. joining him, trump's campaign chairman at the time, paul manafort, and his son-in-law, jared kushner. when "the new york times" broke the story last year about the secret meeting, don junior didn't initially disclose the intended purpose of the meeting. instead, he said the purpose was to discuss the adoption of

and only one voted to wall. >> come on up, diane black. >> i am don trump jr. and i support mark k oobach for governor. >> and so what is happening with ron desantis in your state? >> well, he is winning republicans and a lot. for all of the bad press that the president has gotten, understand that his base does not really believe the press. and based on the tweets and the endorsement that you just played there supporti ining desantis' support is through the roof. and most of the likely voters support president trump and once he blesss a candidate, that saul they need. >> is that a good thing for the general election in florida? might win a republican primary, but what about running gaiagaina democrat? >> that is great. and remember when we were talking in 2016 thinking, oh, boy, donald trump is going to have trouble in the general election and in florida he won. i talked to a democratic po pollster about the trump's arrival and the total dominance of the republican politics in florida and he said when my side says that ron desantis is too right wing and better

donald trump just seems to thrive off it. >> don, one of the things that jumps out at me is the extent to which donald trump was actually involved in the nitty-gritty and the details. he was not taking a hands-off attitude about this sort of back row dealing. he wanted to know exactly what was going on and i suspect that was part of a larger pattern which may have extended to the possible help that the russian government gave the trump campaign in 2016 and winning the election. you know, we know a lot of contacts between the trump campaign and the russians, 82 documented contacts at this point. the question is how much did donald trump know and when did he know it. what this suggests to me is he may actually know more than a lot of people think, that he may not have been so hands off, he may have been involved in a lot of sordid dealings more than the alleged payoffs to the mistresses. >> he may be trying to come clean, michael cohen, but he's known as the fixer. as he said, i would take a bullet for donald trump at one point. is that believable now, mark, that he's repairing his reput

trump? >> well, that's a great question, don. not to blow smoke on myself, michael hayden and john brennan said the same thing. this is another instance of trump's shooting the messengers, particularly those that don't genuflect at the altar of donald trump. >> "the new york times" has a lengthy article on what happened at the briefing when you, mike rogers, james comey, gave the president that briefing that you gave in january of 2016, presenting evidence of putin's involvement in hacking. "the times" says it included information including from a source so sensitive it couldn't even be put in the presidential daily briefing for obama, that it had to be given to him in a white sealed envelope. so president trump has known about this long before this recent incident. >> the refusal to accept information that he doesn't want to hear. and from the outset, when we presented our briefing on the intelligence community assessment, and we did go into some detail about the sensitivity of the sources which gave us such high confidence, and

government agencies don trump was heavily criticized on monday for refusing to confront a flooding near putin over russia's interference in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. election he now says russia no longer poses a cyber security threat the spite his intelligence chiefs saying the opposite it's not hard. to make way i believe. very very well and we're doing very well probably as well as anybody has ever done with russia and there's been no president ever as tough as i have been or russia or you have to do is look at the numbers look at what we've done to look at sanctions look at ambassador is not there and look unfortunately at what happened in syria really isn't really. and i think president bush knows that better than anybody certainly a lot better than the media the understands that he's not happy about it and he should be happy about it because there's never been a president as tough on russia as i have. let's get more on this now from heidi as you castro who is in washington d.c. it's almost remarkable isn't it president trump gets into all sorts of trouble even among his sup

jon: all dressed up, and don d trump does have somewhere to go. not a state visit, this is meant to be a routine work trip for the president, accompanied by first lady melania. well, you could have fooled me. the british are pulling out all the stops. this may be a country in turmoil, as the president remarked, but it knows how to put on a show. the dance of the -- bands of the welsh, irish, and scots guards, and thsetting was winston churchill's birthplace, a hero of donald trp's. theresa may and husband, philip, waited patiently to greet them. when the turmoil of brexit is finally over, this is the man she might be concluding a trade deal with. and the prime minister wants to make him feel welcome. a feeling not universally shared. >> racist trump has got to go. jon: at the gates, protesters t gathered make clear their displeasure at donald trump's visit. although this his middle england, and it was all a bit sedate. tomorrow will be bigger, when the trump baby blimp will fly over the thames, and protesters promised to make their voices heard. n

but if we're getting to the specifics here about whether donald trump and don jr. are telling the truth against now michael cohen, i believe donald trump and don jr. and let me also say for one quick reason, and you'll understand this once we get into the weeds. remember, goldstone, who works for the agalarov family, he sent that e-mail directly to don jr. if you look at the e-mails, it was never forwarded to rhona graff, then donald trump's executive assistant, but essentially like his chief of staff. >> right. there was, however, a blocked number call made by donald trump jr., both, i think, before and after the meeting, the candidate, mr. trump at the tell graphed that there's going to be some big revelation coming out about hillary clinton regarding russia that he never followed through on after the meeting took place. it just seems to me that if you're donald trump jr. and you get this e-mail informing you that the russian government is supporting your dad's campaign, that would seem to me to be a pretty big deal to not inform your dad about. that's what the e-

don lemon. it is 11:00 p.m. eastern here. trumph our european allies after making it clear he is looking for a fight. he's apparently not looking for a fight with vladimir putin, in fact he seems to think his meeting with putin will be easy. he said the

don. the trump administration is entertaining turning over a former diplomat. >> the idea that -- to vladimir putin is yet another shock, what's your reaction? >> my reaction is that we've been hearing a lot of jabber walky, a lot of nonsense speak from the president over the last week. hearing the press secretary say that he'd meet with his team and consider it, simply goes against every fiber of any professional diplomats' core. the fact that the state department says it's effectively a non-starter is the right answer. that in no way should be any equivocalsy between what is a judicial indictment against 12 gru operatives and an ambassador under the convention. >> ambassador mccaul tweeted and said i hope the white house corrects a record and announce in terms this ridiculous request from putin. not doing so creates more equivocalsy between legitimate u.s. indictment of russian intelligence officer and a crazy fabricated story invented by putin. what kind of situation does this put diplomats in around the world, ambassador? >> enormously worrisome position. >> the united states never signed

that's not collusion if that's not working with russians what is well that's not collusion basically don trump jr took a meeting he should not have taken he was a political novice just like george papadopoulos page two guys who are on the national security advisory committee which i was the director so you have people. doing. things they should not have doing taking meetings they should have taken traveling to places they shouldn't have travelled to but that's not collusion it's poor judgment but it's not collusion when you say it is poor judgment but that goes to the heart of it people on your campaign said they were asked nope no contact whatsoever never happened never have none zero and then suddenly one after another after another think by one count more than twenty four twenty four something meetings have been between trump officials and russians more than eighty odd contacts texts e-mails d.m.'s if there's nothing to hide why are these senior people of a senator a general why are they lying time and again why are they getting caught lying if there's nothing to hide i just don't get it we

trump jr. on the left, robert mueller, the man investigating events involving don jr. and his dad. the only thing more awkward, if they sat next to one another on the plane. it just so happens, junior's infamous meeting in the trump tower is one of the biggest news stories of the day. the first accusation that trump knew about a direct link between his campaign and the russians. this is coming from the man who was trump's closest ally. trump's exlawyer, michael cohen, says he is ready to talk to ron mueller. again, the man in that photo, that trump was aware of that trump tower meeting in june 2016 ahead of time. that is the meeting where russians sat in trump tower with a number of folks in the campaign, the top campaign officials, including don jr. there in the photo, hoping the get some sort of dirt on hillary clinton. the major player not seen here is president trump and he had this to say about cohen's claims. this is what the president tweeted. i did not, in all caps, know of the meeting with my son and don jr. it sounds like someone is trying to make up stories on get himself

trump, grant it it was a hearing, they released the transcript. no, i did not take this to my dad and thought it would be a waste of his time. in michael cohen says donr. told his dad beforehand, someone is telling the truth. michael cohen is not reliable. this is the guy that one of the ways he gotten in trump's world is he did whatever it took to get problems to go away. donald trump is not terribly reliable. the washington post said that he lied more than 3,000 times of his first 266 days in office. simone? >> well, don, this makes a bigger point. if we can't believe the president and his allies and his family about something as small or as big depending on how you look at it as a meeting, what can we believe them about? >> what the president said matters and who the president matters. we have found that none of these folks are credible. we can't believe anything that's being said. for instance, when the president said he's giving $12 billion bail out quote on quote to farmers and he's going to do something about this, can we believe him? the president says i did not discuss x, y, and z, can we believe him? we can't believe the president of the un

trump? >> well, that's a great question, don. i know john brennan would say the same thing. this is about the country. it is another illustration of the president's insistence that shooting the messengers, particularly those a don't genuflect at the altar of donald trump. >> i want to talk to you about "the new york times." it has a lengthy article out about what happened at the briefing that you, when you were then cia director, and mike rodgers, james comey, gave the president the briefing you gave on january 6 of 2017, presenting the evidence of putin's involvement in the hacking. the "times" said it includes from a source so sensitive it wouldn't be put in the daily briefing. that it had to be given to him in a white sealed envelope. so president trump has known about this long before the recent incident. how did he react? >> this is his refusal to hear what he didn't want to hear. when we presented it, we didn't go into some detail about the sensitivity of the sources which gave us such high confidence. we've had an insight into that by virtue of the special counsel's r

don lemon. breaking news. president trump hours away from the start of meetings with some of the country's closest al lies. while until now. any way. the president spoiling for a fight with members of nato. do we know who our allies are at this point? president trump seems determined to create a new world order here where friend are foes. and foes, as president puts it, are, competitors. >> i really can't say right now. as far as i know a competitor. getting along is a good thing. not a bad thing. >> the president doesn't seem concerned about his upcoming one-on-one, remember that, one-on-one summit with vladamir putin. >> though i have -- nato. i have the uk is in somewhat turmoil. i have putin. frankly, putin may be the easiest of them all. >> the easiest of them all. in a sign of just how upside down the world is right now. the u.s. embassy is warning americans to keep a low profile in london. london. the embassy warning demonstrators during president trump's visit called tract large crowds, unfriendly to u.s. citizens. lo

and is correct, then that would contradict the very many denials that we have heard from donald trump, donunior and others close to the president for so many months now. here is a little reminder of the many denials. >> did you know at the time? >> i didn't know anything about it. it must have been a very unimportant meeting. i never even heard about it. >> did you tell your father anything about this? >> no. it was such a nothing. there was nothing to tell. >> let's focus on what the president was aware of. nothing. he was not aware of the meeting. did not attend the meeting. was only informed about the e-mails very recently by his counsel. >> donald trump's lawyer, rudy giuliani, said last night that michael cohen is lying. that is not what he was saying about michael cohen earlier this year. >> i do not expect that michael cohen is going to lie. i think he is going to tell the truth as best he can, given his recollection. if he does that, we're home free. >> earlier this year, michael cohen was honest. now that he seems to have incriminating information about donald trump, he is willing

gig-speed network. >> top democrat warning that -- according to sources, proves true that trump knew in advance that don at trump power. here's congressman adam schif where. >> it effe think part of the -- certainly the conspiracy case for bob mueller is investigating. it might also be part of the obstruction case. >> up front now is jay goldberg, former long-time attorney for donald trump. now, back in april, jay, you told me that cohen would turn on trump. you used that word very explicitly. you said he would lie to the feds. so let's get straight to this. sources telling cnn coknow witnessed don jr. tell his father about this meeting with the russians, including this russian lawyer who says she was an informant for dirt on hillary clinton tell him before the meeting. trump, of course, has insisted, as you know, time and time again that he defendant's exhibit now. it's a very important point in the case or in the preegts between don jr., the russians, and knowledge on the part of the senior. so it would have been tape-recorded. >> coknow, though, you know, obviously, he has said he would take a bullet

trump did during the campaign. >> see you in two hours, my friend. i'm don lemon. president trump announces his pick to replace anthony kennedy on the supreme court. >> it is my honor and privilege to announce that i will nominate judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. >> but fasten your seat belts because this is just the beginning. it's only the beginning. those who are familiar with kavanaugh are calling him, quote, an unrelenting, unapologetic defender of presidential power, some of what we just discussed there. so what will his nomination mean for the russia investigation? get ready for a battle. that's going to last all summer. tens of millions of dollars spent. rallies, marches, protesters and counterprotesters outside right now. one gop operative telling cnn, quote, we're prepared for an all-out war. there is a lot to discuss right now. gloria borger and dana bash are in washington. michael zeldin is here with me in new york. we've assembled a great group of people. ariana, i need to start with you. protests tonight outside the supreme cou