i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm john berman.resident of the united states made statements moments ago that would get him fired from some companies, certainly in trouble with most. we'll get to that in a moment. developments in a policy issue. hours from now, the

i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm john berman. targeting the transition. new development to signal the russia investigation is widening. "the new york times" reports the trump transition lawyer has ordered members of the transition team to preserve documents and other materials related to russia and perhaps no coincidence we have heard from the president this morning. in a statement he wrote, after seven months of investigations and committee hearings about my collusions with the russians, in quotation marks, nobody has been able to show any proof. sad. >> and while the president rails against the russia investigation, the special counsel team is expanding. robert mueller hiring more than a dozen new lawyers. athena jones in the white house with a lot of news. >> you're right. there is a lot going on, a lot of developments. you mentioned off the top "the new york times" is reporting that members of the president's transition team have been ordered to preserve documents and other related materials that could be related to this inve

i'm john berman, poppy is off.e visible this morning in london with a focus on protecting muslim communities. after a man went through a mosque after they left prayers. one is dead, eight seriously injured. the survivors pulled the driver from the vehicle and held him for police as he hurled anti-muslim insults. this case is being investigated as terrorism. >> there's an attack behind me. the attack on london bridge and

john berman has the day off. the clock is tick, tick, ticking. legislative time bomb that is essentially ready to implode, depending who you ask this morning. senate leaders are pushing for a vote this week even as president trump backs away from many hard and fast deadlines because five fellow republicans say they can't support this bill in its current form. as early as today the congressional budget office could release an assessment of the bill with the numbers. how much will the obamacare repeal impact their premiums and how many people could lose coverage as a result? critical numbers could come out any moment. let's go straight to capitol hill. >> a lot of people watching for that number to come as early as today. we saw preemptive moves from the president. president trump reaching out to the republican leadership. also saw senator jon cornyn, majority whip, number two republican, trying to get a temperature check from senators, especially how the cbo score could impact what they end up voting for. one of the things they'll be looking at is

i'm john berman. >> and i'm poppy harlow. the president invokes a certain kind of executive privilege, the privilege to tweet whatever he wants whenever he wants even in the days before what could be the most significant congressional testimony since watergate. a source tells us james comey will likely testify publically for the first time. early in our next week he is expected to confirm that president trump pressured him to end the investigation of michael flynn. >> so the big question this morning sectors around the real kind of executive privilege. will the president try to block comey's testimony by suggesting that their conversations were protected. all that plus jeff sessions facing new scrutiny and new questions over whether he failed to disclose another meeting with a russian ambassador and the president facing backlash this morning over his likely imminent announcement to withdraw from the parties climate deal. we are covering all the angles. let's begin with joe johns. joe, a lot going on today. >> that's for sure.

i'm john berman. >> i'm poppy harlow. off the script and on the clock.w hours from now, president trump will hold a news conference at the white house, and we hope answer questions from the media for the first time in weeks. you can bet he will be asked if he was accusing the former fbi director of a felony with this tweet this morning, and if he is, is he willing to go under oath and prove it? president trump tweeting, "despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication, and wow, comey is a leaker!" >> false statements and lies. if that is referring to james comey, and james comey lied during his explosive testimony, that would be perjury. and this morning, cnn broke the news that the president's legal team is taking action about the former fbi director being that so-called leaker. at any moment, we're going to hear from house democrats

i'm john berman, poppy is off. extra police visible this morning in london with a focus on protecting muslim communities. after a man went through a mosque after they left prayers. one is dead, eight seriously injured. the survivors pulled the driver from the vehicle and held him for police as he hurled anti-muslim insults. this case is being investigated as terrorism. >> there's an attack behind me. the attack on london bridge and westminster brunlg. the attack on our shared values, tolerance, freedom and respect. we will not allow these terrorists to succeed. >> a message from the mayor of london who has had to speak after attacks too much. frederick is in london with the latest on this attack. fred, what are you learning? >> reporter: hi, john. one thing we have been seeing the is mayor you heard in the soundbyte, he's been out here meeting with some of the first responders to the incident. one of the things we found out is the authorities were very, very quick to respond to the incident, about ten minutes after

i'm john berman. poppy is off today. to celebrate the fact the white house is holding an on camera briefing and to watch the excitement in georgia, the most special, special election and. at any moment, the republican, karen handel will cast her ballot. john ossoff can't vote which has been an issue, one of the many issues, the biggest issue the trump presidency, this race seen as a referendum on the president and the margins, razor, razor thin at the polls. jason carroll live from marietta, what are you seeing? >> reporter: you say razor thin, it is too close to call at this point. just to give you an indication of how much interest there has been in this race, 140,000 votes have been cast. they are the types of numbers you would normally see during a presidential campaign. you talked about how expensive this race has been. the most expensive of its kind in history. $50 million spent between most candidates if you factor in the pac spending as well. when you look at the lay of the land in terms of what's happened here i

still ahead, john berman introduces to you his champion for change, a group that john was able to helpght question to an answer. >> this is the celebrity jeopardy check for $50,000 that you won for friends of karen. but "yes" is here. you're saying the new app will go live monday? yeah. with help from hpe, we can finally work the way we want to. with the right mix of hybrid it, everything computes. but when we brought our daughter home, that was it. now i have nicoderm cq. the nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release technology helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. it's the best thing that ever happened to me. every great why needs a great how. [vo] what made secretariat the grwho ever lived?e of course he was strong... ...intelligent. ...explosive. but the true secret to his perfection... was a heart, twice the size of an average horse. that the essence of integrity is a promise kept. ♪ if you've got the time welcome to the high life. ♪ we've got the beer ♪ miller beer live-streat the airport.e sport, binge dvr'd shows, while painting your toes. on demand laughs, during long

i'm john berman. poppy is off today. the white house is holding an on camera briefing and to watch the excitement in georgia, the most special, special election and. at any moment, the republican, karen handel will cast her ballot. john ossoff can't vote which has been an issue, one of the many issues, the biggest issue the trump presidency, this race seen as a referendum on the president and the margins, razor, razor thin at the polls. jason carroll live from marietta, what are you seeing? >> reporter: you say

thanks, john berman. case closed, right? not so fast.'s admission about not recording james comey open up a new can of legal worms? johnny depp making political statements. the health care bill brings deep cuts to medicaid. the white house putting a new spin on it today. first, this. the revealing details about exactly thousand russian meddling in the 2016 race went down and how the obama administration struggled to respond. "the washington

thanks for joining us, "a.c. 360" with john berman, starts right now. >>> good evening, john berman here for anderson, it's been quite a week and it's not over yet. we have seen a man with two guns, try the politically motivated mass murder and failed. and and. >>> we begin with new friday night tension inside the justice department about the future of deputy attorney general rob rosenstein. remember, he is the one with the power to fire special counsel robert mueller, and he is the one that came under attack from the president today. who wro

i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm john berman.sident just accuse the former fbi director of a felony? and if so, is he willing to go under oath to prove it? a short while ago after one of the longest twitter doubts of his presidency, donald trump wrote despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication and wow, comey is a leaker. >> false statements and lies. if that is referring directly to james comey and comey lied during his explosive testimony on capitol hill, that would be perjury. so what exactly is the president's version of events and one more question that should be really easy to answer, in fact, it should have already been answered, are there actual tapes of their conversations? we could find out today. why? because the president takes part in a news conference this afternoon, the first time he has answered questions in weeks. let's go to the white house. our joe johns is there. joe, good morning to you. you just got some

i'm john berman. quite a morning., two different moments for two parties. republican senators are behind closed doors getting to see what is in their own health care bill and if they can rally behind it. as for the democrats, minutes from now, we are going to hear from house minority leader, nancy pelosi. this is the first time she will make remarks after some said she should step aside as party leader. this could be very interesting. how will she respond? a lot going on on capitol hill. we are going begin with health care. phil mattingly is following that. phil, they are behind closed doors. what did we learn? >> reporter: the element is what they are learning. senators didn't know the d direction this is heading. we are getting a sense

. >>> cnn "newsroom" with john berman will begin after this very quick break.s not where we start, it's where we end up. expedia. everything in one place, so you can travel the world better. >>> good morning. i'm john berman. poppy is off this morning. outside a mosque as they left late-night prayers. theresa may was just at this sight minutes ago. we have video of that. we'll bring it to you as soon as we turn it around. one man was killed in this apparent attack. another eight people injured. survivors pulled the 48-year-old driver from the vehicle and held him for police as he hurl ed anti-muslim insults. the case is now being investigated as terrorism, as the tensions of a nation already on edge. cnn's frederik pleitgen in london on the scene. what can you tell us? >> reporter: this attack unfolded in the very late night from sunday into

thanks for joining us, "a.c. 360" with john berman, starts right now. >>> good evening, john berman here in for anderson, it's been quite a week and it's not over yet. we have seen a man with two guns, try the politically motivated mass murder and failed. and and. >>> we begin with new friday night tension inside the justice department about the future of deputy attorney general rob rosenstein. remember, he is the one with the power to fire special counsel robert mueller, and he is the one that came under attack from the president today. who wrote earlier, i'm being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director, witch hunt. there are new developments tonight. evan perez joins us with that. the new question is, will the attorney general rob rosenstein recuse himself from the russia probe. >> john, it's looking more and more like that's where he's going to be, probably not in the next couple of days, but certainly as probability mueller starts staffing up his investigative staff, he's got about a dozen lawyers now, the real possibility is that rob

. >> time now for cnn news room with poppy harlow and john berman.ekend everyone. >> lots of news. let's get started. >> good morning, everyone. i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm john berman. targeting the transition. new development to signal the russia investigation is widening. "the new york times" reports the trump transition lawyer has ordered members

. >>> and now it's time for poppy harlow and john berman., my favorite part of "new day," "the good stuff." we'll take it from here. we'll ta have a great day. >>> i'm john berman and i'm poppy harlow. >> hours from now, president trump's controversial travel ban

good morning, i'm poppy harlow, john berman has the day off. we have the issue of the same-sex marriage. the court ruling in favor of same-sex couples in birth certificate that both members of the couple may be listed as parents. the court will hear a religious case on a baker who refused to make a cake for a same-sex couple. we'll get to those and more in a moment. the significance of the two rulings on same-sex couples. one ruling and one agreeing to hear the case. >> the ruling, the one out of arkansas really illustrates the supreme court decided same-sex couples have to be treated the same as opposite sex couples, when it comes to anything related to marriage. this was a case involving who -- whether the state could ban sake-sex couples from being on the same birth certificate as their child. the supreme court said no. it was 6-3. justice thomas and justice alito and the new justice, justice gorsuch is an illustration of where gorsuch is positioning himself. >> how does this affect the case they agreed to hear, the colorado cake artist that

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. >> and i'm john berman. new developments just in. r london police just confirmed six people are dead and three attackers also killed following what was one terrorist incident, one long terrorist incident that began on a bridge and ended in a restaurant. this is what we know. first, police say a van, we just got our first pictures of it, ran down pedestrians on london bridge. one witness described the vehicle tossing some person some 20 feet in the air. it appears as though the van was purposely aiming for pedestrians and then afterwards people were laying on the ground not moving. that was followed by the stabbing attack at borough market, a restaurant south of the bridge. >> images from this scene of what could be two of the assailants on the ground, one clearly wearing some sort of vest. british prime minister theresa may is convening her crisis response team in the morning. it's important that we're now learning from the update that police just had moments ago that the assailants were wearing what looked like explosive vests which

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm john berman.ounsel under fire and startling statements made by close allies of the president under scrutiny. jeff sessions is set to testify before the senate intelligence committee. this is the same panel that hosted the explosive testimony from james comey. sessions will face questions about how and why the fbi director was fired. he will also be grilled on his own dealings with moscow officials. >> and shortly we will hear from the

i'm john berman. in a few minutes no more secrets between us.in matters that deal with 1/6 of the u.s. economy. senate republicans meeting behind closed doors to find out what is in their own health care plan. they finally get to learn what is inside. then we do. first, though, a cnn exclusive. we are learning what the president asked two of the nation's top intelligence officials to say and do which it comes to the russia investigation. did it cross an ethical line? these are questions they would not answer in public hearings, but have now discussed behind closed doors with congressional investigators and the team of special counsel robert mueller. cnn's dana bash has been working sources. director of natural intelligence mike rogers. what do they say? >> reporter: john, we gathered from these sources is the first glimpse of what two top intelligence chiefs

i'm john berman. >> and i'm poppy harlow. former fbi director james comey is coming back to capitol hill. a source tells us comey will likely testify publicly for the first time since he was fired as early as next week. our reporting is that he is expected to confirm that president trump pressured him to end the investigation into michael flynn. >> yeah, one big question this morning centers around executive privilege. will the president try to block james comey from testifying, suggesting their conversations were somehow protected? all that and the attorney general, jeff sessions, facing new scrutiny, new questions over whether he failed to disclose another possible meeting with the russian ambassador during the campaign. a lot swirling around the white house this morning. let's go there, where we find cnn senior washington correspondent joe johns. good morning, joe. >> reporter: good morning, john. president trump is expected to announce his decision on the paris accords in the rose garden this afternoon. sources have told

i'm john berman. >> and i'm poppy harlow. we are now just six days away to the hour from what will go down in history as potentially unprecedented testimony, or are we? >> just a short while ago, one of the president's top aides would not rule out using executive privilege to keep -- well, the president using executive privilege, to keep the man that he fired, james comey, from testifying before the senate intelligence committee. let's get straight to joe johns at the white house, what we're learning about this. joe. >> reporter: hi, john. well, this is drama. the date's now set. it's next thursday, june 8th. and the big question in washington, d.c., right now is what will former fbi director james comey say on capitol hill? what won't he say? what can't he say? because there is a special counsel investigation under way right now. there is also drama surrounding the question of whether the administration might try to block his testimony by invoking the doctrine of executive privilege, which protects the conversations and comm

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm john berman. tarts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> thank you, john. thank you, poppy. hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. we are following breaking news. president trump on fire this morning, confirming in a statement on twitter that he is under investigation, while appearing to attack his deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein. let me read you the president's statement. here it is. "i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director! witch hunt." that man that the president is alluding to, it seems, is tasked with overseeing the justice depart

. >> cnn news room with poppy harlow and john berman picks up after this very quick break.orrow morning. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. visit your volvo dealer to take advantage of our midsommar sales event offer. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm john berman. >> and i'm poppy. there is a little bit going on in washington right now. consider it the mother of all pregames. the warm-up back to the most anticipated congressional testimony in decade. but the set up this morning could be every bit as big and impo

thanks, john berman. case closed, right? not so fast. did president trump's admission about not recording james comey open up a new can of legal worms? johnny depp making political statements. the health care bill brings deep cuts to medicaid. the white house putting a new spin on it today. first, this. the revealing details about exactly thousand russian meddling in the 2016 race went down and how the obama administration struggled to respond. "the washington post," brand-new report says the marching orders came directly from the top, president vladimir putin himself with the goal of hurting hillary clinton and helping donald trump. they get the play-by-play of president trump and president obama delivering their response. we have one of the reporters behind this major, major story. thanks so much for joining me. this is the first time that folks are hearing not only of vladimir putin's direct involvement, but that intelligence captures his specific instructions and the objections he wanted to obtain. how and when was the president firs

good evening, i'm john berman in for anderson. the event is happening right now in cedar rapids. the president about to speak. when he does we'll bring it to you live. he's on the road trying to extent the afterglow of a pair of republican victories in special congressional elections. he's not in washington, though, where a lot is happening. much of it, perhaps, less satisfying to the presidential soul. new questions from democrats on the house oversight committee about his fired national security adviser michael flynn. specifically why he continued to get classified cia briefings for nearly three weeks after the intelligence community and acting attorney general sally ytes warned the white house he might be vulnerable to russian blackmail. democrats also asking similar yes now about jared kushner, also president obama's homeland security chief testified on capitol hill, the republican senate leadership continued writing a health care bill in near total secrecy and democrats agonized over two big losses last night at the polls. so as we said, a lot happening. the president's moto

. >> i'm john berman. >> and i'm poppy harlow. >> one republican senator who supports the senate healthcare bill quote left the meeting at the white house with a sense the president did not have a grasp of some basic elements of the senate plan. >> the white house has a complete grasp of the fact there will be no healthcare bill this week and majority leader mitch mcconnell not happy about that. >> either republicans will agree and change the status quo or the markets will continue to have to collapse and we have to sit down with senator schumer and my suspicion is any of the negotiations with democrats would include none of the reforms we would like to make on the market side and majority side. >> i don't think he's too serious about option b. option a getting votes among republicans, how's that going. >> good morning. >> reporter: good morning. even though the vote was delayed yesterday, the next 48 to 72 hours will be crucial. this is what leadership wants to continue doing now. continue having conversations with rank and file members and getting no votes to a yes and making changes and

john berman has the day off. the clock is tick, tick, ticking. legislative time bomb that is essentially ready to implode, depending who you ask this morning. senate leaders are pushing for a vote this week even as president trump backs away from many hard and fast deadlines because five fellow republicans say they can't support this bill in its current form. as early as today the congressional budget office could release an assessment of the bill with the numbers. how much will the

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i'm john berman. at this hour with kate bolduan starts right now. >>> thank you, john. hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. a critical 24 hours for a president who is growing more frustrated, more agitated by the day. first, his agenda and his popularity being tested in the biggest race of his presidency so far. plus, the best kept secret in washington right now, it appears. senate republicans under new pressure to reveal their health care bill. negotiated in secret, behind closed doors. >>> one senator in the know, says there are signals that michael flynn has been secretly cooperating with the fbi and the pressure mounting on president trump after the death of american student, otto warmbier, who senator john mccain says was murdered by north korea. all of that, we have ahead. first, the race is close, like really close. like we don't know, if anyone tells you they do know who is going to win, they don't know. that's how close. the stakes couldn't be higher. georgia voters are casting their ballots to fill a seat long held by tom price. the special election race is more

. >> i'm john berman. >> and i'm poppy harlow. >> one republican senator who supports the senate healthcarete left the meeting at the white house with a sense the president did not have a grasp of some basic elements of the senate plan. >> the white house has a complete grasp of the fact there will be no healthcare bill this week and majority leader mitch mcconnell not happy about that. >> either republicans will agree and change the

john berman has the day off. hours from collapse right now on capitol hill senate republican leaders scrambling to save their bill to repeal obamacare. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to gain support or lack thereof at a lunch today. even the white house desperate for a big legislative victory now tamping down expectations. one officials there acknowledging the growing likelihood of defeat, saying, "we are right on the threshold, in fact, this fight to be over? well, before it even officially starts." four republican senators citing grave concerns after a scathing report from the congressional budget office saying 22 million people -- 22 million more americans -- would lose coverage under this plan than the existing plan within the decade. lawmakers say they'll vote against even beginning the deebd debate on the floor. that will kill the mischer straig measure straight out. five against it yesterday. these four don't seem they'll budge, four today. >> reporter: it doesn't, poppy. the numbers keep changing

i'm john berman. >> and i'm poppy harlow.ust six days away to the hour from what will go down in history as potentially unprecedented testimony, or are we? >> just a short while ago, one of the president's top aides would not rule out using executive privilege to keep -- well, the president using executive privilege, to keep the man that he fired, james comey, from testifying before the senate intelligence committee. let's get straight to joe johns at the white house, wha

i'm john berman in for anderson. the house intelligence committee says enough is enough about the manufactured mystery over reported had better hope did not exist. tapes of their oval office conversations. the committee told them if you have got them, we want them. and the president played coy this afternoon when asked about them. >> do tapes exist of your conversations with them? >> i'll tell you about that maybe sometime in the very near future. >> and a couple of hours later, the house intelligence committee leadership sent a request to the white house counsel for any tapes tape s by the 30th of this month. the president also agreed to testify under oath on his conversations with james comey, he accused director comey of lying under oath on twitter and this afternoon in the white house rose garden said that at least some of comey's statements diverged from the facts. and then the senate judiciary committee chair said that we weren't there yet, tonight she apparently thinks we are. what else did the president say i

i was talking to john berman. >> it's going to be with us for months, if not years to come, given muller'swhen you hear trump's loyalist -- they're declares that on a narrow definition. they're trying to create a narrative that this has been settled. now, we have to talk about donald trump's twitter use, because it came out that part of the reason james comey leaked these memos is because of a very specific tweet. there it is -- james comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. if you believe comey -- so far he doesn't believe that. >> he keeps contradicting the message from his own people, you know, the focus on infrastructure week. they loaded his schedule the day of testimony so he wouldn't live tweet. >> instead. this is more of a drama. are there takes, not tapes? this is strait-you had daytime drama stuff. >> brian stelter, thank you for the time. >>> moving forward, don't forget to watch brian on his show "reliability sources" right here on cnn. stay with us. we'll be right back. she switched to the best deal in america: total wir

good evening, i'm john berman in for anderson. the event is happening right now in cedar rapids.nt about to speak. when he does we'll bring it to you live. he's on the road trying to extent the afterglow of a pair of republican victories in special congressional elections. he's not in washington, though, where a lot is happening. much of it, perhaps, less sati

. >> cnn news room with bad-ass pop lpy harlow and john berman picks up after this break. ♪ when heartburnk fast with new tums chewy bites. fast relief in every bite. crunchy outside. chewy inside. tum tum tum tum new tums chewy bites. z286oz zwtz y286oy ywty >>> good morning everyone. the message just in from the president. oh, no, i meant it. it counts. moments ago in a statement on twitter he wrote the fake mainstream media is working so hard trying to get me not to use social media. they hate that i can get the honest and unfiltered message out. >> this seems to contradict his own staff. what he calls honest and unfiltered they

i'm john berman. >> and i'm poppy harlow. president invokes a certain kind of executive privilege, the privilege to tweet whatever he wants whenever he wants even in the days before what could be the most significant congressional testimony since watergate. a source tells us james comey will likely testify publically for the first time. early in our next week he is expected to confirm that president trump pressured him to end the investigation of michael flynn. >> so the big question this morning sectors around the real kind of

john berman has the day off. a major meeting for president trump in just moments. he's sitting down with south korea's new president as fears escalate over a nuclear north korea, but a cloud of controversy hanging over the white house at the moment. bipartisan outrage, truly bipartisan over statements the president made attacking women and unleashing his most venomous jabs at msnbc's mika brzezinski mocking her intelligence and appearance claiming she came to his florida estate bleeding badly from a face-lift. that is not true. this morning, mika brzezinski and co-host joe scarborough responded in an opinion piece in the "washington post." the title, "donald trump is not well." they write, our concerns about his behavior go far behind the personal. america's leaders and allies asking again whether this man is fit to be president. begin at this hour, at the white house where we find our boris sanchez. good morning, boris. >> reporter: hey, good morning, poppy. yes, in that editorial by mika brzezinski and joe scarborough, they refute the president's claims, specific

i'm john berman. >> i'm poppy harlow.is ground this morning and saying his tweets matter, despite contradictory messages from inside of his own white house. this morning the president wrote, "the fake mainstream media is working so hard to try to get me not to use usually media. they hate that i can get the honest and unfiltered message out." but what he called honest and unfiltered his own staff told us at cnn is "not policy." >> and look, we are just 48 hours away now from what could be some of the most consequential testimony in congress really maybe since watergate, since anita hill. fired fbi director james comey will testify before the senate intelligence committee. the chairman of that committee says comey will speak openly about his, you can call them

i'm john berman. >> and i'm poppy. there is a little bit going on in washington right now. consider it the mother of all pregames. the warm-up back to the most anticipated congressional testimony in decade. but the set up this morning could be every bit as big and important as the main event. one hour from now step into the hot seat to kick off two days of block buster testimony. in 24 hours former fbi director james comey is expected to dispute president trump's claims he was told he was not under investigation, did not tell him that once, let alone three times. i wish him luck, those words from president trump as he fired the man expected to bear details of his private conversations with the president. it could be the most consequencial congressional testimony since watergate. >> before we get there, we are here. these men testify in just minutes. among them the director of national intelligence dan coats, who is in the middle of a brand-new controversy. this morning the washington post reports the president asked coats to get the fbi to back off its probe of michael flyn

>> john berman. >>> we have a lot of news. let's get right to it.his morning, the president is claiming victory in a race he did not run and the democrats are claim iing it in a race the did not win. this is the actual winner in

. >> i'm john berman. the president of the united states made statements moments ago that would get him fired from some companies, certainly in trouble with most. we'll get to that in a moment. developments in a policy issue. hours from now, the president's travel ban takes effect across the country. >> the rules apply to these six countries to prove a close relationship with family here or a school here or a job in the u.s. let's get to diane gallagher who has all the details. this is the implementation of the court lifting that stay. >> reporter: president trump referred to this particular version of the travel ban as watered down, but portions of that upheld by the supreme court are going to go into effect. the big question is just who from the six muslim majority countries will be allowed to come into the united states. for the supreme court ruling, that is people with a bona fide relationship with a person or entity here. current visa card holders, if you are employed here or a student, you are good.

>> john berman. >>> we have a lot of news. let's get right to it. new this morning, the president is claiming victory in a race he did not run and the democrats are claim iing it in a race the did not win. this is the actual winner in georgia, republican karen handel who beat jon ossoff in the most expensive house race ever. democrats may take solace in the fact that they did the best they ever have, as much as i did in the participation trophy i still have but earned me no votes in congress. president is taking a victory lap in a race he was barely mentioned in. while the special elections are over and those that want to make america great again are 5-0. all the fake news, all the money spent equals zero. so you can see how it is being received this morning. cnn's jason carroll in the district where it all happened outside atlanta. jason, what do you see? >> reporter: well, look. perhaps the president was barely mentioned by the candidates. but that certainly was not the case with the voters here on the ground. he was mentioned. he was mentioned ov

. >> i'm john berman. a special counsel under fire and startling statements made by close allies of the president under scrutiny. jeff sessions is set to testify before the senate intelligence committee. this is the same panel that hosted the explosive testimony from james comey. sessions will face questions about how and why the fbi director was fired. he will also be grilled on his own dealings with moscow officials. >> and shortly we will hear from the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, the only person who can technically fire bob mueller who helps the russia investigation. why are we even talking about that? a long-time friend of the president says he is considering that dramatic move in action so drastic it could trigger outrage from both parties. today the friend and the white house are engaged in a bitter back and forth over that. we have a lot of cover. good morning. >> hey, poppy and john. it could be a long day for the justice department as both the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and

john berman has the day off. we will hear from paul ryan and other gop leaders in the house on their response to the cbo score. right now, the senate bill could be on the verge of collapse. mitch mcconnell expected to gauge his own republican support at a party luncheon today. the white house is tapping down expectations. one they are acknowledging, the likelihood of defeat saying, quote, we are on the threshold. the fight could be over before we start. why? four republican senators with grave conserves. 22 million more americans would lose their coverage within a decade under the senate plan. the lawmakers say, well, they will vote against even beginning debate on this. that's a move that would kill the measure. let's begin with brian nobles on hand for the beginning of the press. it's pretty clear what paul ryan is going to say this morning. he was previewing it. >> reporter: that's right. they are not putting much stock in the cbo score. republicans are casting doubt on whether this is something that should be

. >> i'm john berman. "at this hour with kate bolduan" starts right now. >>> thank you, john. thank you, poppy. hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. it is the thursday cliffhanger at the white house, a decision with global ramifications and a question the rest of the world is waiting to hear president trump's answer -- will the u.s. stay in the paris climate accord or will trump break away and join syria and nicaragua on the very short list of countries who aren't signing on? president trump says he will announce his decision in just a few hours. government sources say, though, that he's already made up his mind and is planning to withdraw the u.s. from the agreement. of course, no one, not even white house aides know for sure what the president will say until he actually makes his announcement, and he is building up the suspense for just that, scheduling not just an announcement, but a white house rose garden announcement for this. cnn will bring that to you live. >>> now to the other drama involving the white house, the russia investigation now kicks into a new gear. a flurry