>>> good friday morning to you, i'm erica hill in this morning for poppy harlow. two big breaking stories this morning -- the july jobs report, missing expectations painting a strong overall picture. the market adding $157,000 new jobs. unemployment falling to 3.9%. plus china retaliates, announcing it will slap tariffs of some $60 billion worth on american goods. wide-ranging tariffs, cnn's christina alesci joins me now. i want to start with this jobs report. lower than expectations but overall strong. >> very strong. one number i want to highlight is wage growth. 2.7%. i mean, it's not terrible but you have to look at the environment. you have to look at the context here. in this stage in the cycle where we're at near or full employment, meaning that every american who is either willing or able to get a job has one, we've seen wage growth between 3.5%. this is a persistent problem to the administration. this speaks to how people feel. they want a raise. overall, a very strong -- relatively strong report. missing expectations, $157,000. the market isn't loving it

. >>> good morning, i'm erica hill in for poppy harlow. there is no denying the "game of thrones" references here. a warning from an ally of president trump this morning, winter is coming and the white house is not ready. all of this coming from a "washington post" report. in that same reported a visors and allies saying they are worried the trump team has neither the strategy nor the staff to deal with a possible democratic take over in novembe all of this as the president is tweeting that white house us counsel don mcgahn is leaving this fall, a tweet that apparently surprised even mcgahn himself and despite news of another exit, president trump's executive time is in full swing, the president insisting the white house is a smooth-running machine, no kay yot to see here. he's excited about the person taking mcgahn's place and, oh, in case you were wondering, daughter ivanka, son-in-law jared kushner, the president tweets they had nothing to do with the counsel's departure. there's a lot to discuss thursday morning achlt thee that jones i

erica hill with me. this may be the last case for them to get face to face, they have submitted a new offer of terms. for a man that is no stranger to high profile interviews, this could be the most high takes yet for the president if it ever happens. what the team is mostly concerned about is the president could get caught lying. they want to limit the scope of questions as much as humanly possible to avoid a perjury trap. jaul january any says he wants it to end in three weeks, they say the republicans will be the ones to benefit politically. >> and chris collin is now facing up to 150 years in friday, the son also named in that time, collins says he will clear his name. we want to bring in the chief legal analyst. thank you for being here with us. let's put on the screen here what the president's legal team is here. limiting the questions that the president could ask about collusion only. he could consider it, but he wants written answers and no perjury traps here, is this a reasonable one? one that i

. >> welcome to your new day, alisyn is off, erica hill with me. happy friday, we covered a lot of ground and a lot more to cover. controversy to kick off the nfl preseason. several players on several teams took a knee or raised a fist last night. the president has railed against them in the past. >> and a federal judge threatening to hold sessions in contem contempt. two people were being sent back to el salvador while he was hearing their case. what's the next move here for the trump administration? van jones and michael smercon h smerconish, it is good to have both of you. 11 players that decided to take a knee or sit on a bench or raise a fist. and there was a lot of attention about what would happen because we know there was a move from the nfl to come to a change. here we are. the president remarkably sigh l -- silent so far, but i don't think it will be that long. the players are insisting they have a right to protest. that should be the end of the conversation. so on the symbols, but on the substance, believe it or not, president prump is d

. >>> good morning, i'm erica hill in for poppy harlow. >>> you have to give it for florida bringing in the draw drama on election night. democrat voters made outspend overlooked former mayor of tallahasse, eric gillum, for governor. he happens to be the most pregnantive and least wealthy of the five dems seeking the nomination, the only one to be endorsed by bernie sanders. he will face his polar opposite in ron desantis, a nominee backed by president trump who is already looking ahead to november, the president writing that gillum is desantis' biggest dream. in the president's word a failed socialist mayor. this morning on noourd, gillum said he's not afraid of the campaigner in chief. >> donald trump and ron desantis are scraping from the bottom of the barrel. i believe florida and its rich divesty are going to be looking for a governor who will bring us together, not divide us. not misogynist, not racist, not bigots. they'll look for a governor who will appeal to our higher aspirations as a state. >> let's bring in harry enten and from the times tv busque. good to have you with u

cnn newsroom with erica hill picks up right after the break. >>> good friday morning to you, i'm erica hill in this morning for poppy harlow. two big breaking stories this morning -- the july jobs report, missing expectations painting a strong overall picture. the market adding $157,000 new jobs. unemployment falling to 3.9%. plus china retaliates, announcing it will slap tariffs of some $60 billion worth on american goods. wide-ranging tariffs, cnn's christina alesci joins me now. i want to start with this jobs report. lower than expectations but overall strong. >> very strong. one number i want to highlight is wage growth.

. >>> good morning, i'm erica hill in today for poppy harlow. the shock has barely run off from the bombshell in florida. already the drama has begun, president trump starting off with and at-a-boy. andrew gillum in the mayor of tallahassee, the first african-american nominee for governor. this morning he said he is not afraid of his president or his opponent. >> donald trump is scraping from the bottom of the barrel. i think florida and its rich diversity will be looking for a governor who will bring us towing, not divide us, not misogynist. not racists, not big oughbigots. >> you know, florida just keeps on giving. a little bit of drama coming out overnight. but as we're looking at what is shaping up in this gubernatorialer thattorial race, we are also looking at two extremes, larry, where does that leave folks in the middle? >> it leaves them trying to find a candidate, erica. look, florida is the largest, most important swing state by a mile. yes, california is bigger, no, is bicker, but they're one party, essentially. texas is the same way,

alisyn is off and erica hill joins me. what's your favorite show?xer upper". >> they're both different than what's going on. there's an escalating battle overnight between two former reality stars. really it must be sweeps.

i'm erica hill in today for poppy harlow. formal tributes await the late senator john mccain in three states as the nation salutes the vietnam war hero who went on to command the political stage for decades. president trump, whose open hostility toward mccain has allowed him so far just a couple of social media posted directed at mccain's family. there's not been a mention of mccain's lifetime of service to his country. the senator will be laid to rest on sunday at the u.s. naval academy. the farewells will begin in phoenix. that's where we find stephanie elam this morning. >> reporter: we are looking at several days where the country will remember the senator. we learned he is very instrumental in planning how he wanted these days to progress and proceed. he had a year -- just over a year where he found out he had brain cancer to when he passed away on saturday afternoon here in arizona to plan it. just to give you an idea what's going to happen, it's going to start here in arizona's capital here in phoenix where he will lay

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>>> good morning, i'm erica hill in today for poppy harlow. the white house flags today flying at half-staff where they will remain for the next five days of national mourning for john mccain whose lifetime of service to the country president trump has said now that he does appreciate. >> our hearts and prayers are going to the family of senator john mccain. we very much appreciate everything that senator mccain has done for our country. >> on capitol hill meantime, powerful house republicans are grilling one of the justice department officials who president trump accuses of rigging the special counsel probe. also this morning, the on again supposedly off again nuclear standoff with north korea may be on gwen? poonk warning the white house that denuclearization -- and i quote here -- may fall apart. a lot to get to on this tuesday morning. let's begin at the white house. athena jones with the tributes to the fallen senator. i know you have reporting on what took the president so long to issue that statement and to ask again that the flags be f

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alisyn is off, erica hill is here. >>> access denied. will president trump revoke the security clearances of more intelligence chiefs today? cnn has learned the president plans to strip still more former national security leaders of their clearances. the president told us directly why he revoked former cia director john brennan's clearance. the president says it's because of brennan's role in launching the investigation into the russian attack on the 2016 election. now some of the folks who could be targeted are among 12 former intelligence officials who signed a letter of support for brennan and called the president's move "an attempt to stifle free speech" and in another really stunning rebuke of the president, the man who oversaw the osama bin laden raid, retired navy admiral william mccraven says if you're going to take brennan's clearance, take mine, too. mccraven says it would be an honor to lose his clearance for that reason. >>> former white house aide omarosa manigault-newman releasing a new recording, this time featuring presid

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alisyn is off and erica hill joins me. what's your favorite show?> i'm a big fan of "fixer upper". >> they're both different than what's going on. there's an escalating battle overnight between two former reality stars. really it must be sweeps. in the past trump heaped praise on omarosa. overnight, he called her whacky and deranged and made the eye-opening statement that there are no tapes of him using the "n" word while filming the president. white house employees have been asked to sign confidentiality agreements. on the other side in the past omarosa has heaped praise on the president but overnight in addition to calling him a racist who should be impeached, she said she has more tapes from her time inside the white house and for good measure she said she would be happy to share them with the special counsel robert mueller whom she seemed to suggest has reached out to her before. >> so as all that drama is playing out, a new cnn poll finds two thirds of americans want robert mueller to wrap up the russia investigation before the november midterm

erica hill in the big chair for jake tapper. the lead starts right now. >>>. >>> thank you, the scandal that brought down the governor. what could she have on people close to the president? the lead starts right now. breaking news. the manhattan mad dam sits down with robert mueller's team. the neu ews shining a spotlight. the kris kis crisis at the bord. hundreds of children who may never see their parents again. the white house response? let someone else fix it. plus, leaving the the skies exposed. the tsa's plans to cut costs and security. good some federal air marshalls been grounded next? >>> welcome to the lead. i'm erica hill in n for jake tapper. we begin with politics. mueller and theam. robert mueller has interviewed kirsten davis, davis hases to rog e stone and she's linkeded to the prostitution scandal that brought down eliot spitzer. the voluntary meeting happened this week. we want to get to sarah murray who has more details including remind us how stone is connect ed to davis. >> well, they have been friends for n

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erica hill, that was terrific. thanks so much. >> thanks, guys. >>> hundreds gathering last night at a vigil remembering mollie tibbetts after authorities found a body believed to be that of the missing iowa college student. an undocumented immigrant has been charged with her murder. cnn's diane gallagher live in iowa city with the very latest. diane? >> reporter: you know, john, mollie tibbetts should have been starting her second year here at the university of iowa. we're told that she had so many credits, she worked so hard, that she actually would have been going in as a junior. and the people who spoke last night at this memorial had nothing but those kind of things to say about mollie. she was dedicated, she was passion that the. now, in their future, they're going to be thinking about court dates and planning her funeral. now, the man accused of killing the 20-year-old student, cristhian rivera appeared in court yesterday for the first time. he is chandlrged in her murder, million bond. and a lot of attentio

erica hill joins me now.nt of the united states called a woman a dog take a moment to let that sing in. this morning, president trump called omarosa manigault-newman a dog and backy and deranged. he's fighting back hard against her claims there are tapes of the president using the "n" word while filming "the apprentice." >> incidentally. the president for the first time seeming to admit white house employees have been asked to sign confidentiality agreemens s president trump has been aggressive in his use of the non-disclosure agreements. >> joining us now, a cnn political analyst josh. let's start with the non-disclosure agreements and get to the news about the new statements from the president. your article this morning about these ndas gets into the fact that the president admitted out loud that white house staffers were asked to sign this agreement, is that right? >> the president wanted all senior employees to sign them. what they didn't know is that behind the scenes mcgann and the president has been fi

erica hill is joining me, i'm john berman. >> i lost my voice a little. >> this morning rudy giuliani versus rudy juliaewe giuliani. he says president trump never discussed james joemy. on another note, or not, remember when presidnt trump said he would only surround himself with the best people? amarosa is promoting her new tell all memoir with explosive claims and ep she says she hand recording of the moment she was fired. >> the president was tweeting all kinds of racism and acts of violence. the controversy was quickly ignited last year after the deadly charlottesville. >>> and the stole nl plane in seattle. we begin our coverage this morning with flores sanchez this morning. >> the president's security says he was is sorry for creating confusion in his previous comments. meanwhile they're speaking about a secret recording. >> rudy julian -- giuliani saying trump never told comey to go easy on flynn. >> if he goes in and testifies that they could say it is perjury. >> a month ago giuliani said the exact opposite. >> comey always insisted that trump asked him to take it easy on fly

alisyn is off, erica hill joins me, just dropped your cell phone. >> i think i will make it. have two cell phones, so the other is my back up. >> the white house says they can't say whether or not he used the n word on tape the trump is filing new legal action ginsaga omarosa. also a huge day in the paul manafort trial. the big question, why did the defense rest without calling a single witness. was that a smart move? >> democrats embracing diversity as they side with president trump's pick. they have nominated the first transgender candidate for governor. >>> minnesota's former governor, tim paulentti losing his bid and the details are horrifying to put it mildly. decades of abuse by priests in pennsylvania. more than 1,000 children abused by clergy and they found catholic church leaders protected and covered up for more than 300 predator priests. abby, good morning. >> reporter: it is the second day that the president is out of the spotlight, but the controversy around him about whether or not he is on tape saying the n word will continue to grow. >> the white house taking

alisyn is off, erica hill joins me, who will be next.re former national security officials. john brennan was the first target because the president said of his involvement in launching the russian investigation that he could expand that list. and blasting the president's decision as an attempt to stifle free speech. in another blistering admonishment, the man that oversaw the osama bin laden raid, he says if you're taking brennan's security clearance, take mine too. >> and former aide omarosa releasing another tape of her and lara trump. >> we're also going to focus on the passing of aretha franklin. what an incredible life. so many great tributes today. and at the end of the show today, smoke but robinson. the former er director of the c. and the nsa. you're not concerned that your security clearance could be going away. you signed on to the letter with your colleagues, we believe that john brennan's actions do not undermine his right to have security clearance. why did you sign on to this letter? >> first of all, john, i wasn't alone.

alisyn is off, erica hill joins me, you still have your security clearance this morning? >> yes, but it is early. >> this morning, the president of the united states is using his office for retribution against the people that launched the russia investigation. again, this is official government action against public servants because they lead the probe into vladimir putin's influence campaign. so how did we find this out? it was a high placed leak from a secret source. no. we know this because the president told us. he said it out loud. i call it the rigged witch hunt if is a sham, and these people lead it. i think it is something that had to be done. something had to be done to strike back against those folks that were concerned that russia was waging cyberwarfare against the united states of united states. it is the same kind of outloud when he told james comey -- >> and a frequent critic for the last few days for attacks on african-americans. as for how the white house is explaining all of this until the president told us how he actually felt, here is how sarah sanders

. >> in is "new day." 6:00 here in new york, erica hill with us, a lot of breaking news overnight that gets to who we are as a country. the nfl preseason kick off. several players on several teams took a knee or raised a fist to protest racial injustice in law enforcement. the president railed against the protests in the past, how will he respond? this is the one year anniversary of the deadly rally in charlottesville. some of the president's supporters on cable tv lemented the -- and two asylum seekers were on a plane being sent back to el salvador. what is the next move from the trump administration. >> house intell chairman devin n nunez adding to the fire. he suggested that republicans must retain control of the house to protect president trump from robert mueller. they say the leaked audio is approve that they were compromised. meanwhile for team mueller, they are expect ed to continue on today. they're set to take the stand. plus questions about why the prosecution didn't want the defense asking his star witness about the trump campaign. there is a lot happening so let's start wi

erica hill joins me and the word of the day -- let's say it together -- hogwash.rector john brennan out just a short time ago with a new op-ed after the president revoked his security clearance because he was among those who launched the investigation into the russian attack on the 2016 election. this morning, brennan writes president trump's claims of no collusion are hogwash. he goes on to write mr. trump has clearly become more desperate to protect himself and those close to him which is why he made the politically motivated decision to revoke my security clearance in an attempt to silence others who might dare to challenge him. now more than ever, it's critically important that the special counsel robert mueller and his team of investigators be allowed to complete their work without interference from mr. trump or anyone else so that all americans can get the answers he says they so rightly deserve. >> president trump making his motivation for revoking brennan's security clearance very clear. in a new interview with the "wall street journal," he says "i call it

erica hill with me. the last case for them to get face to face, they have submitted a new offer of terms. for a man that is no stranger to high profile interviews, this could be the most high takes yet for the president if it ever happens. what the team is mostly concerned about is the president could get caught lying. they want to limit the scope of questions as much as humanly possible to avoid a perjury trap. jaul january any says he wants it to end in three weeks,

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erica hill joins me. let's get right to breaking news. moment, the president of the united states reported by one of his own aides, the day after that aide was fired. omarosa released new audio of a phone call that she says she had with president trump the day after she was fired by chief of staff john kelly. listen to this. >> omaros, you're thinking of what happened, what happened? >> general kelly came to me and said you wanted me to leave. >> no, nobody even told me about it. nobody -- they run a big operation but i didn't know it. i didn't know that. >> yeah. >> damn it. i don't love you leaving at all. >> this comes as omarosa released a secret recording of her conversation with john kelly the day he fired her. that meeting was inside the white house situation room. >> can i ask you a couple of things? is the president aware of this -- >> let's not go down the road. this is a nonnegotiable discussion. >> i don't want to negotiate, never had a chance to talk to you general kelly, if this is my departure, you would like to have an opp

alisyn is off, erica hill joins me this morning. a direct answer from the white house on whether president trump ever used the "n" word or whether there could be a recording of it, you're out of luck. press secretary sarah sanders says she can't guarantee it. >> can you stand at the podium and guarantee the american people they'll never hear donald trump utter the "n" word in any recording? >> i can't guarantee anything but i can tell you that the president addressed this question directly. i can tell you that i've never heard it. >> reporter: just to be clear, you can't guarantee it? >> i haven't been in every single room. >> there you go. that's the response just hours after the president called his former aide omarosa manigault-newman a dog. sarah sanders says that isn't racist. why? because the president, as you heard, is an equal opportunity person. the trump white house taking legal action against omarosa saying she violated a 2016 confidentiality while working for the campaign. omarosa shooting down claims saying she doesn't

thank you all for joining me, i'm erica hill in for poppy harlow. "at this hour" starts right now. >>> hello, i'm ryan nobles in for kate baldwin. we begin this hour with breaking news, just minutes ago, president trump announced the department cure of a key physical in the west wing. his tweet, white house counsel don mcgahn will be leaving his position in the fall shortly after the confirmation hopefully of judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. i have worked with don a long time and truly appreciate his systems. sarah westwood is at the white house, this probably doesn't come too much of a surprise that don mcgahn is leaving. this is someone that had extraordinary access to president trump. what should we expect? >> reporter: president trump is announcing via twitter. something we expected for a long time mcgahn will be leaving the white house in the weeks ahead, obviously the relationship between president trump and don mcgahn has been at times complicated even contentious and there was another speed bump in the road in terms

i'm erica hill in today for poppy harlow. house republicans are grilling justice department official bruce ohr behind closed doors. he arrived on capitol hill a little over an hour ago. if the name sounds familiar, it should. it's the man president trump called a creep. he may recall he threatened to revoke ohr's security clearance. republicans are planning to dig into his connection to the ex-british spy who wrote the infamous dossier about the president. attorneys for the president's former campaign chairman paul manafort in court for a pretrial hearing for his second trial set to begin next month. his attorneys were in talks with special counsel robert mueller's team for a possible plea deal to avoid that second trial. there's no plea deal right now. what happened? also happening right now, james mattis and joseph dunford holding a briefing at the pentagon. we begin with jessica schneider. >> conservatives on capitol hill, they are saying this morning that they want, quote, the truth from bruce ohr. of course, they have be

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i'm erica hill in for kate bolduan. friends, felons and the fallout.trump sits down with fox news and unleashes jaw-dropping remarks on threats to his administration, both real and imagined. distancing himself from michael cohen, the former fixer, his one-time attorney. the man who joined the trump organization in 2006 and the same man who now says the president violated campaign finance laws.

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i'm erica hill in today for poppy harlow.await the late senator john mccain in three states as the nation salutes the vietnam war hero who went on to command the political stage for decades. president trump, whose open hostility toward mccain has allowed him so far just a couple of social media posted directed at mccain's family. there's not been a mention of mccain's lifetime of service to his country. the senator will b

i'm erica hill in for poppy on this friday. "at this hour" with kate bolduan starts now. >>> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. try this on for size. this whole thing is a hoax but we're going to make it a top priority to make sure that hoax never happens again. that seems to be what the president is confusing? it's the show of force versus, well, simply the show. first, the show of force. not the space force, the force, the i'national security communi. all at the white house speaking publically and taking questions about election security. the real threats from abroad. no waffling, no sugarcoating what russia is up to. listen. >> as i have said consistently, russia attempted to interfere with the last election and continues to engage in malign influence operations to this day. >> we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by russia to try to weaken and divide the united states. >> our democracy itself is in the cross hairs. free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy and it has become clear they are the

i'm erica hill in tonight for erin burnett. out front, trump the money man. granted immunity in the michael cohen investigation according to a source familiar with the matter. he was someone very close with trump. some say like a family member and another source says allen knows where all the financial information is buried. listen to a man who worked for trump for years. >> he knows everything about donald, and in terms of the money trail, donald can be hurt, i believe a great deal by allen weisselberg. >> he knows every single financial transaction. he's responsible for creating the business system they had there. >> i do believe he got more and more involved as time went on, and donald trusted him. he was almost a family member. >> listen, you don't have to tear their world for it. donald trump wrote in his 2004 book "think like a billionaire" weisselberg is so top most banks would rather i negotiate the deal than him. a loyal employee and ultimate master at playing the parts of business. but will weisselberg remain loyal? his interview with investigators

. >>> i'm erica hill in for kate bolduan. president trump unleashes new tweets. the trigger, white house counsel don mcgahn, cooperating extensively with the russia investigation. the president's legal team is in the dark about what mcgahn said. the president is attacking the special counsel. bob mueller and this democrat thugs spent over 30 hours with the white house counsel, only with my approval for purposes of transparency. anybody needing that much time where they know there's no russian collusion is just someone looking for trouble. they are enjoying ruining people's lives and refuse to look at the real corruption on the democrat side. the lies, firings, deleted e-mails and so much more. mueller's angry dems are looking to impact the election. they are a national disgrace. the president's tirade on the heels of comments made by his personal lawyer rudy giuliani, declaring, with a straight face, truth isn't truth. >> i'm not going to be rushed into having him testify so he gets trapped into perjury. when you tell me that he should testify because he is going

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. >>> hello, i'm erica hill in for kate bolduan.acks weeks ahead of the elections. hackers tied to russian military intelligence set up fake websites to target the u.s. senate and conservative think tanks. who discovered this? microsoft. the tech giant which said it did foil the attack warned candidates and other political groups would have been at risk. all of this coming as president trump once again doubts russia was responsible for interference in the presidential election. we learn that in a new interview with reuters when the president questioned the conclusion of his intelligence community saying, quote, if it was russia, which may sound familiar because it's simila

. >>> hello, i'm erica hill in for kate bolduan.mp offering two very different responses this morning to two very big stories. attacking his former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. remember, this is the man who once said he would take a bullet for the president. but is now the man implicating mr. trump has part of his guilt plea on eight kinl counts. the president meantime defended the former chairman of the trump presidential campaign paul manafort who was found guilty on eight counts, tax and banking fraud. president trump tweeting this morning i feel very badly

i'm erica hill in for poppy on this friday.at this hour" with kate bolduan starts now. >>> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. try this on for size. this whole thing is a hoax but we're going to make it a top priority to make sure that hoax never happens again. that seems to be what the president is confusing? it's the show of force versus, well, simply the show. first, the show of force. not the space force, the force, the i'national security communi. all at the white house speaking publically and taking questions about election security. the real threats from

erica hill in the big chair for jake tapper. scandal that brought down the governor. what could she have on people close to the president? the lead starts right now. breaking news. the manhattan mad dam sits down with robert mueller's team. the neu ews shining a spotlight. the kris kis crisis at the bord. hundreds of children who may never see their parents again. the white house response? let someone else fix it. plus, leaving the the skies exposed. the tsa's plans to cut c

. >> cnn "newsroom" with erica hill will pick up after this short break and john and i will see you tomorrowornia had the worst wildfire season on record. scientists say, our weather is becoming more extreme and we all have to be better prepared. that's why pg&e is adopting new and additional safety precautions to help us monitor and respond to dangerous weather. hi, i'm allison bagley, a meteorologist with pg&e's community wildfire safety program. we're working now, to enhance our weather forecasting capabilities, building a network of new weather stations to identify when and where extreme wildfire conditions may occur, so we can respond faster and better. we're installing cutting edge technology to provide real-time mapping and tracking of weather patterns. and we use this information in partnership with first responders and california's emergency response systems. to learn more about the community wildfire safety program and how you can help keep your home and community safe, visit pge.com/wildfiresafety >>> good morning. as the nation begins a week of farewells for one of the most indom

erica hill still with me two hours in the show which is a good sign. >> it's a good sign. >> the back-and-forth between the president's legal team and the special counsel has been going on for months. the president has talked publicly about wanting to answer questions, that's his claim, but the rubber may be hitting the road. the trump team submitted a counteroffer to robert mueller trying to limit the scope of potential interview questions to avoid what they call a perjury trap -- in other words, they're concerned about the president getting caught lying. rudy giuliani says the investigation should end in the next three weeks but if it drags on until november, he claims republicans will benefit politically. >>> meantime, president trump's first supporter in congress also facing legal trouble this morning. new york republican chris collins arrested for an alleged insider trading scheme. he faces up to 150 years in prison and he's not the only one. his song among the others named in that indictment. collins is vowing to clear his name and run for reelection. let's bring in "new york times" white

i'm erica hill in for kate bolduan. friends, felons and the fallout. president trump sits down with fox news and unleashes jaw-dropping remarks on threats to his administration, both real and imagined. distancing himself from michael cohen, the former fixer, his one-time attorney. the man who joined the trump organization in 2006 and the same man who now says the president violated campaign finance laws. >> he has been a lawyer for me. did small deals. not somebody that was with me that much. they make it sound like i didn't live without him. >> what about paul manafort? will the president pardon his former campaign chair? >> i have great respect for what he has done in terms of what he has gone through. you know, he worked for ronald reagan for years. he worked for bob dole. >> the president also launching new attacks on his embattled attorney general jeff sessions. >> he took the job and then he said, i'm going to recuse myself. i said, what kind of a man is this? >> as you saw, we have a lot to sort through. jeremy diamond is at the white house. the

. >>> hello, i'm erica hill in for kate bolduan. president trump offering two very different responses this morning to two very big stories. attacking his former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. remember, this is the man who once said he would take a bullet for the president. but is now the man implicating mr. trump has part of his guilt plea on eight kinl counts. the president meantime defended the former chairman of the trump presidential campaign paul manafort who was found guilty on eight counts, tax and banking fraud. president trump tweeting this morning i feel very badly for paul manafort and his wonderful family. justice took a 12-year-old tax case, among other things, applied tremendous pressure on him and, unlike michael cohen, the president writes, he refused to break, make up stories in order to get a, quote, deal. cohen's attorney this morning said his client may not be done talking. >> it is my observation that mr. cohen has knowledge that would be of interest to the special counsel about the issue of whether donald tr