i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. "newsroom" starts right now. >>> it is 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. several issues on the president's plate. push for progress on the health care and the meeting with the president of russia, but his twitter war with two u.s. journalists taking a twist with the supermarket tabloid. >> the co-hosts said the white house tried to use a negative article about them to influence coverage. here is gentlemenis jessica sch. >> reporter: engaged in a war with the white house, mika brzezinski and joe scarborough say this. >> they say if you call the president up and you apologize for your coverage, then he will pick up the phone and basically spike the story. three people at the very top of the administration calling me. >> reporter: they first lobbed the accusation in the washington post column friday morning. >> he appears to have a fragile childlike ego, especially with women. >> reporter: this is the story the national enquirer ran in june. the tabloid hounded her family to get the stor

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i'm george howell. the cnn newsroom starts right now. >>> it is 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. we begin with breaking news this hour coming out of the u.s. state of texas. eight people have been found dead there, including some children, in the back of a semi truck. this in san antonio, texas. there were a total of 38 people found inside the tractor trailer. at least 20 of them are in critical condition. investigators believe other people had been inside that trailer but got inside cars that had come to pick them up. police are treating this case as a case of human trafficking. the driver of the truck is presently in custody, we understand. the trailer was parked in a walmart parking lot you see here on this map. people -- police say people were discovered when a person from that truck asked a store employee for water. it's unclear at this hour where the semi truck came from or how long it had been parked where it was found, but the u.s. department of homeland security is investigating this case. her

i'm george howell. cnn news room starts right now. 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. welcome. it is cnn's punishment for moscow for meddling in the 20126 election. congress promising new rounds of sanctions. senate and house negotiators settled on a deal even though president trump hasn't admitted it. the kremlin said it would view a move like this as, quote, quite negatively. it's been a busy, hectic week in washington regarding russia. jeff sessions discussed campaign issues with sergey kislyak on two occasions in 2016. that contradictions what mr. sessions has said in the past. u.s. intelligence intercepted his comments to the kremlin. in a statement from the u.s. state department, jeff sessions stands by the denials of russian officials in the campaign. congress is set, poised on the fast track with these sanctions, getting it ready for the president to sign. we have the latest. >> reporter: house and senate negotiators announced they came to an agreement on a bill to place sanctions on russia, nort

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i'm george howell with the headlines.s israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in pairs l with the french president marking the anniversary of the de vel d'hiv. >>> turkey is take marking the failed coup. earlier in is stan pull erdogan threaten to behead those who betrayed the country. >>> this man, ty cobb will oversee the legal and media response to the russian investigations overshadowing the administration. cobb is a former federal prosecutor. >>> at the center of the russian investigation right now is the june 16th meeting. we know that one of the people there was a russian american lobbyist who once served in the soviet military. ivan watson has more on him from moscow. >> reporter: he's one of at least eight people in a room at a meeting with donald trump jr. in june of 2016, a meeting that came about after he was offered in an e-mail help from the russian government to help elect donald trump in the 2016 election. what do we know about him. he was born in the soviet union. he did his service in the soviet re

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i'm george howell with the headlines we're following this hour.ashington attorney ty cobb is joining the white house as special counsel. he'll oversee the legal and media responses to the russia investigations overshadowing the trump administration. cobb is a former federal prosecutor. the former fbi director, james comey, is writing a new book that will detail his experiences in public service. he was heading up the investigation into alleged ties between the trump campaign and russia, that is until he was abruptly fired by the president in may. >>> in senegal, at least eat people are dead after a -- at least eight people are dead after a football match that ended in violence. at least 40 dead. fights broke out between fans following a league cup final. as people tried to leave, a wall collapsed, leading to a stampede. >>> france is marking the 75th anniversary of the nazi-directed mass roundup of thousands of jews by the french police during world war ii. a short time ago, the french president macron attended a minute of silence for the victims

. >> i'm george howell. newsroom starts right now. >> wherever you're joining us from around the world, good day to you. this week marks six months that the u.s. president donald trump has been in office. >> allegations of russian meddling and last year's election continue to overshadow his administration. in a new washington post abc news poll a majority of americans say they believe russia tried to influence the race. the president's popularity has also plummeted in that poll. he has the worst approval rating of any u.s. president in about 70 years. just three months ago 62% of americans approve of the job president trump is doing. that is now 36%. his his disapproval rating is 58%. >> president trump said that is not bad and also defended his son's meeting. he tweeted hillary clinton can illegally get the questions to debates and delete 33,000 e-mails but my son is being soer being scorned by the fake news media. he said there was nothing wrong with the meeting and suggested that the secret service vetted

i'm george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. it's 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. welcome. several stories we're following from washington this hour. first, potentially damaging new information about u.s. attorney jeff sessions. the washington post reports russian ambassador to the post told his possible bosses in mod about campaign related matters with sessions in the 2016 election. if true, this information directly con interetr if true, this information directly con interetadicts what sessions said with the meetings with the ambassador kislyak. here is the second story we're following. a turn of events involving trump junior and paul manafort. russian meddling in the 2016 election has struck a deal with the men allowing them to avoid making appearances in high profile public hearings that would take place next week in exchange trump junior and manafort have agreed to provide records to the panel and privately interviewed ahead of any public session. then this, a shakeup at the white house co

i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell. this hour, in iraq, officials declaring mosul has been liberated from isis after three years from the militant's rule. the extremely group still holds other territory in that nation. now the task kwins begins of rebuilding. >> a cease-fire in southwestern syria brokered by the u.s., russia and jordan appears to be holding after going into effect. so far there are no reports of any serious violations. u.s. and russia say they will ensure all groups are complying with the agreement but have not said how they will monitor it. >> in the nag of vnation of venezuela, a celebration rally was told sunday in caracas. >> the "new york times" is reporting that donald trump jr, son of the u.s. president met with the russian lawyer after being promised damaging information on hillary clinton. the times says president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner and then campaign chairman, paul manafort, were all at the meeting. >> this took place two weeks after donald trump clefrmnched rep

i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. "newsroom" starts right now. thank you for joining us. as george likes to say, it is 4:00 a.m. on the east coast. >> it's really early. >> we're ready. our top story, donald trump is away from the white house this morning but he returned briefly saturday night for an event at the kennedy center. ♪ >> this was the celebrate freedom concert designed to honor u.s. veterans. the president though used the occasion to attack one of his favorite targets, the media. >> the fake media is trying to silence us, but we will not let them. because the people know the truth. the fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house, but i'm president and they're not. [ applause ] the dishonest media will never keep us from accomplishing our objectives on behalf of our great american people. it'll never happen. >> he's pushing the brand, but i'm not buying. after the kennedy center event, the president immediately returned to his get away in new jersey. he's set to return to the white house early next week. >> while away, he's keeping alive his ongoin

i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. here are the top stories, u.s.nt donald trump is sending a mess amp to north korea that u.s. patience, quote, it's over. that was while he hosted the south korean president moon jae-in at the white house. >>> in hong kong, thousands of protesters marching on the 20th anniversary of the former british territory's return to china. they're worried beijing will skip away the democratic freedoms. hours before, xi jinping was in hong kong for the anniversary. he swore in hong kong's new leader carrie lam and warned against any challenges of to china's territory. >>> iraqi troops say the battle to liberate mosul from isis is near complete. officials say victory could come within a matter of days. >> live here with the ceremony to honor the former chancellor kohl. he's considered the architect of german leadership. benjamin netanyahu and former u.s. president bill clinton are attending. kohl died earlier this month, he was 87 years old. >>> as the political crisis deepens in the nation of venezuela, the violence growing de

i'm george howell. >> i'm rosemary church. this is "cnn newsroom." it starts right now. >>> u.s. president trump reaches a big milestone this week marking six months in office. >> but allegations of russian meddling in last year's election continue to overshadow his administration. take a look at this new washington post abc news poll. if you listen to this, majority of americans say they believe that russia tried to inflew enthe race the president's popularis also plummeted in that poll. he has the worst approval of any u.s. president in about 70 years. 42% of americans did approve of the job. that is now at 36%. his disapproval rating, 58%. >> president trump defend himself saying it is not that bad. he also defended his son's meeting with a russian lawyer. saying hillary clinton can illegally get debate question answers leak 33,000 e-mails but his son is scorned by the fake news media. the president's attorney said sunday there was nothing illegal about donald trump jr.'s meeting with the russian lawyer. and he suggested the secret service vetted it. >> everybody that's lookin

. >> and i'm george howell. plus, a nation of turkey marking a major an varies, with reports of another massive purge ahead. we welcome our viewers here in the united states, in france and all around the world. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> u.s. president donald trump returned home to the united states on friday, after a windchill wind trip to paris for bastille day. but in his absence, the political firestorm over russian meddling grew even larger. and the epicenter of it a controversial meeting where the president's oldest son and a russian lawyer who supposedly had dirt on hillary clinton. surprising more people were at that meeting than previously disclosed. diane gallagher. >> reporter: this man who once accused of being in soviet intelligence had been thrust into the center of the investigation. akhmetshin told outlets he, too, was in the meeting. until then, donald trump jr.set said the only people in the meeting were the russian veselnitskaya. a translator, a representative of the russian family t

i'm george howell. here in atlanta. >>> and i'm hanna vaughan jones here in london.hanks for joining us. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. we begin this hour with a big shake-up ♪ white house that caps a tumultuous week for the trump administration. donald trump has a new chief of staff. he tabs general john kelly to take over the job that means, that reince priebus is out after 190 days in the west wing. one of the shortest tenures ever for that position. cnn's jeff zeleny is at the white house with more. >> reporter: president trump making one of the biggest shake-ups of this administration so far, six months in. announcing a new chief of staff. accepting the resignation of chief of staff reince priebus and said he will name general john kelly, he will start as the new chief of staff here at the white house. it is a sign that the president is he needs a new direction going forward. a new leadership going forward. this comes at the end of a tumultuous week, a week after the new communications director anthony scaramucci was appointed had a very public and remarkably

. >> i'm george howell. from cnn world headquarter "newsroom" starts right now. >>> president trump is way from the white house this weekend, spending time at his resort in new jersey, but he returned to washington briefly saturday night for an event at the kennedy center. ♪ >> the event at the kennedy center is the celebrate freedom concert, to honor u.s. veterans. the president used the occasion o ait c to attack one of his favorite targets, the media. >> the fake media is trying to silence us, but we will not let them. because the people know the truth. the fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house, but i'm president and they're not. [ applause ] the dishonest media will never keep us from accomplishing our objectives on behalf of our great american people. >> mr. trump also pushed back against critics who want him to lay off twitter. one of the critics include members of the republican party. he said my use of social media is not presidential, it is modern day presidential. make america g

i'm george howell. >> thanks for joining us, i'm natalie allen. up the day at the g20 summit. much of the focus has been on u.s. president donald trump. and angela merkel is being closely watched with her relationship with mr. trump. >> also at the g20, mr. trump said a trade deal between the u.s. and uk will happen very, very quickly. he held talks a short time ago with british prime minister theresa may. will trump wraps up his meeting with chinese president xi jinping. >>> and on friday, the u.s. agreed or a stop cease-fire on syria to take effect sunday. secretary of state rex tillerson says it's the first indication of the two countries being able to work together on syria tillerson was the only other white house official at the meeting. >>> rescue views in japan are scrambling to find missing and stranded residents there, this after huge floods went across the country this week. police and military personnel are working on rescue operations. >>> for the second time in two days, the united states is flexing its military might over the korean

i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen.cenes of celebration in parts of the iraqi city of mosul where people are anticipating the fall of isis any moment now. mosul has been locked in a brutal battle since late last year, since october, but in recent weeks, iraq's military has been making critical new gains as it pushes into the old city. they feel like it's over. >>> the president of the united states, donald trump, spoke to three gulf leaders over the phone on sunday about the diplomatic showdown that has left qatar isolated. doha has been given two more days now to decide if it will meet the saudi-led coalition's long list of demands. so far qatari leaders have remained defiant. >>> at least 14 are dead after a suicide bombing at an iraqi camp for internally displaced persons. isis has claimed responsibility for the sunday attack which took place in anbar province west of ramadi. four of the victims children. >>> president trump and the russian president vladimir putin have a highly anticipated meeting coming up set for

i'm george howell with the headlines we're following for you this hour. in effect in parts of southwest syria right now. the united states, russia and your djordan agreed to establis deescalation zones, the first indication that the u.s. and vaush wi russia will be able to work together. rex tillerson has arrived to ukraine. he is set to meet with the president there poroshenko oig very soon in kiev. the state department says tillerson intends to show that the u.s. fully supports ukraine's sovereignty. >>> u.s. president trump is back in the nation's capital of it ter me after meeting with world leaders at the g-20. other g-20 members reaffirmed their commitment to the paris accord and emmanuel macron says that he will hold a summit in december to move the accord forward. >>> in iraq officials say they are getting closer to declaring final victory against isis in the key city of mosul. video shows soldiers already celebrating on saturday amid the rubble. isis says its fighters are pledging to fight to the death. >>> now more on the g-20 summit. it was the

i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. our top story, vladimir putin confirmed sunday he has given up on improving relations with the u.s. for the time being. >> the russian leader order et the u.s. to slash its diplomatic staff in russia by plor than half. 755 people to leave their posts by september 1st. he said, pending u.s. sanctions forced him to retaliate. >>. >> translator: we waited a long time for things to perhaps change for the better. we had such hope that the situation would change. but judging by the situation, that will not be soon. >> u.s. announcing the order as regrettable and uncalled for. let's go live to moscow. claire sebastian following this for us at this hour. claire, to have staff slashed by more than half, what does that do to the u.s. admission in russia? >> george, an extremely serious move however you look at it. it is not exactly clear at the moment who this will apply to, the 755 people diplomats, technical staff, combination two of the. and whether or not it will include russian local staff

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. >> i'm george howell. newsroom starts right now. >> it's 2:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. we start with breaking news. focus, donald trump, jr. new york times reporting that the president's son met with a russian lawyer after being promised damaging information on hillary clinton. the times says the meetings took place, the meeting took place on june 9 of last year. that was two weeks after donald trump pledged the nomination. this is the first public indication that at least some in the trump campaign were willing to accept help. donald trump jr provide krp with the statement that reads like this. >> ways asked to have a meeting with an acquaintance i knew from the 2013 miss universe pageant with an individual that i was told might have information helpful to the campaign. i was not told her name prior to the meeting. i asked jarod and paul to attend but told them nothing of the substance. we had a meeting in june 2016 after please an tries were exchanged the woman stated that she had information that russia was funding the democratic national committee and supporting mis

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i'm george howell. >> and i'm natalie allen. and you're watching "cnn newsroom". >>> 3:01 on the u.s. east coast. as the week unfolds, the u.s. president will turn his attention to international affairs. the g20 summit. but over the weekend his focus was twitter. it was the news media. >> he tweeted a doctored video showing him pummeling a man whose face was covered by the cnn logo. the video then labeled cnn fraud news network. in response cnn said president trump was encouraging violence against reporters. and a senior media correspondent, brian stelter, reports mr. trump's recent attacks are intensifying the debate over the tone this white house is setting. >> it has often been said that president trump's tweets are a window into his mind. a sense of what he cares about at any given time. and right now that window shows an intense interest in the media. we've seen anti-media tweets from this president in the past six days against the "washington post," "the new york times," the cast of the msnbc talk show "morning joe" and ag

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. >> and george howell from cnns world headquarters. newsroom" starts right now. good day to you 3:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast in the coming hours the much anticipated meeting is set between the president of the united states donald trump and his russian counterpart irchlts the two leaders are at the g20 summit in hamburg germany. in the past trump called put and real leader and someone he could get along with. >> german chancellor angela merkel welcomed trump on thursday appear the spokeman says they discussed north korea. >> a second day of protss under way in hamburg demonstrators set fires to cars and clashed with police around the city. police say 76 officers were hurt in clashes thursday. just one person was arrested. riot police responded with water cannon after protestors through bolts and fireworks at officers. >> what's the situation in hamburg let's go live to atika shubert on the gowned. >> reporter: what wroo we're seeing today is lots of smaller protests spread out across the city. this is one of enemy i'll take you a bit closer. this is what's be

i'm george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >> 3:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. did russia meddle in the u.s. election in 2016? that is the question to which u.s. intelligence agencies unanimously agree it did. but the president of the united states is not so sure. that's the word from his new communications director, noouj scar movi nooench /* anthony sca/* anthone said. >> he told me yesterday, i won't tell you who, if the russians spilled out these e-mails you would have never seen it. you would have nef had any evidence. they are super confident in their deception skills and hacking. my point is, all of the information isn't on the table yet. here is what i know about the president -- >> wait, wait, wait, anthony -- >> let me finish. >> you are making a lot of assertions here. >> i don't know who the anonymous person is who said if we couldn't -- >> how about the president, jake. he called me from air force 1 and said to me, hey, maybe they did it, maybe they didn't do it. i will maintain for you -- >> this is exactly the position here. we with have experts.

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