john berman here. he is really sorry, maybe 100% promising to appear before congress sorry, but sorry. facebook's mark zuckerberg is answering questions about the data grab which compromised the information of some 50 million facebook users without their knowledge. >> this was a major breach of trust, and i'm really sorry that this happened. we have a basic responsibility to protect people's data, and if we can't do that, then we don't deserve to have the opportunity to serve people. so our responsible now is to make sure this doesn't happen again. >> cnn's laurie segall joins me now. laurie, terrific, compelling interview. well done. we saw contrition there. i think the question this morning is exactly what was the contrition for. >> reporter: look, i think it's been a really rough year for facebook, and i think in the last week this has been a crisis for the company. i actually asked mark, i said we look at this company -- in the last year, we look at the weaponization of the platform for political g

i'm john berman.he president going with brevity this morning in a new attack on the special counsel's russia investigation. just nine words from executive time, but enough to make the point. it says, quote, a total witch-hunt with massive conflicts of interest. this latest statement followed the barrage of attacks over the weekend which included the first time the president attacked the special counsel by name. it was so much that the white house lawyer had to issue a new statement overnight that the president has no plans to fire special counsel robert mueller. kaitlan collins live at the white house this morning. kaitlan, you've been doing some digging, giving us a sense of what the president is thinking here. >> reporter: as we saw from

i'm john berman. we begin with the sound of silence, the president saying hello darkness, my old friend. given the nature of the stories involved maybe the more appropriate lyric is "a vision softly creeping." unprecedented silence from the president of the united states about stormy daniels, the adult film actress who said she had sex with donald trump and was paid to keep quiet after being threatened to keep quiet about it. more than 20 million people watched her tell her story to anderson cooper, reportedly the president among them. he's not said a thing about it on twitter. in fact, he hasn't said a thing in public since friday. we are getting new word on what he's saying privately about this. speaking of private conversations, cnn has learned that one person the president has been speaking with is rob porter, the senior aide pushed out of the white house after reports of domestic abuse. the president it seems is pining for a return. let's go to abby phillip live at the white house this morning wi

good morning, john berman here. white house officials are not sure if president trump knew his lawyer was paying off a porn star. they're also not sure if the president is signing new tariffs today. no one seems sure who gets hit by the tariffs. members of his own party are questioning both the wit dom of the trips and the voracity of the claims about the porn star, again, just as the framers intended. the president may sign the controversial new tariffs today or may not. one aide claims they're not really sure if the policy is even finished. very shortly the president could make his first public comments since news his lawyer got a restraining order against stormy daniels and his press secretary admitted there was some sort of agreement between president trump and the adult film actress. we learned moments ago that the president is very unhappy with how sarah sanders handled this. let's start with that and abby phillip live at the white house. abby, what have you learned? >> reporter: good morning, john. a lot goin

i'm john berman.orld went to sleep stunned, waking up in a state of wonder on the news that president trump accepted an offer to meet with north korean leader kim jong-un. it is a huge development. and the white house taking credit this morning. even as there are questions about how it went down who conceded more, and whether it is a good idea to begin with. kaitlan collins at the white house with the latest. kaitlan? >> we actually just got a brand-new statement from the vice president mike pence. i'll read that for you. he said north korea's desire to meet to discuss denuclearization while suspending all ballistic missile and nuclear testing is evidence that president trump's strategy to isolate the kim regime is working. now, john, let me give you a little bit of the behind the scenes how this all went down at white house yesterday. the president was initially not scheduled to even meet with the south korean delegation, who was here briefing the national security adviser on their talks with north k

john berman meehere. he will speak out loud in front of people. the president of the united states will emerge from his protective cocoon shortly after nearly six days of silence. he heads to ohio to talk about infrastructure and most decidedly not talk about stormy daniels, although the questions about that alleged relationship and coverup linger and grow. so while hiding from the public, the president did fire another cabinet secretary. david shulkin is out as secretary of veterans affairs. a white house source blames shulkin for distractions. and he is being replaced by the president's doctor, ronny jackson, a man who the president insists is highly qualified. some veterans groups already raising concerns about this nomination. abby phillip live at the white house with the latest. still more turnover, abby. >> reporter: good morning. yes, every week here at the white house apparently we are turning over a new leaf in terms of staff. and this time it is the v.a. secretary david shulkin who has been really on the reasons for qui ropes for quite s

time now for cnn "newsroom" with john berman. >>> good morning everyone. john berman here. mr. president, raise your right hand. this morning he might be one step closer to testifying under oath about his alleged relationship with adult film ak stress stormy daniels. did you have a sexual relationship with her? did you have knowledge of the alleged threats against her? did you know your personal lawyer paid her to keep quiet about all this? these are all questions the president could face under penalty of perjury after a new filing overnight by the attorney for stormy daniels asking to depose the president. we're also getting new bizarre details about the legal machinations behind the scenes. cnn's m.j. lee has been following the details and joins me now. what's going on? >> michael avenatti, stormy daniels' lawyer filing a motion overnight to depose donald trump and michael cohen, each for no more than two hours about this $130,000 payment and this so-called hush payment with stormy daniels dating back to 2016. the hearing date has now been set for april 30th to discuss all th

john berman here. we do have breaking news this morning. significant development on the korean peninsula, maybe the most significant in more than a decade. word that north korea is willing to halt nuclear tests and missile tests altogether if the united states sits down to talk. the official statement came from the south which announced a summit between korean leaders next month. that hasn't happened in more than ten years, and in and of itself is a major milestone. a sort of international coming out party for kim jong un. there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical here. there are also reasons to ask if north korea resolve is beginning to waiver, at least some in the face of u.s. sanctions. cnn's andrew stevens joins me from seoul with the breaking details. andrew, lay it out for us. >> reporter: first and foremost, john, we have this new development in that north koreas say they are prepared to sit down with the u.s. and talk about normalizing relations. most important, to talk about denuclearization on the korean peninsula. they have sai

i'm john berman.nd of silence, the president saying hello darkness, my old friend. given the nature of the stories involved maybe the more appropriate lyric is "a vision softly creeping." unprecedented silence from the president of the united states about stormy daniels, the adult film actress who said she had sex with donald trump and was paid to keep quiet after being threatened to keep quiet about it. more than 20 million people watched her tell her story to anderson cooper,ep

time for "cnn newsroom" with john berman. >>> good morning, everyone. john berman here.ight, a new explosion hitting austin, texas. this one injured two men. this is the fourth bombing in this city just this month. at this moment police are sweeping through the neighborhood where the last happened. officials tell us the bomb might have been set off by a trip

john berman joins me. >> happy easter. >> thank you. happy friday. >> cnn has learned why special counsel robert mueller wants help from the former trump campaign robert gates. the state department is slamming russia forex pelling 60 american diplomats saying the kremlin should not be acting like a victim. >> president trump's pick for v.a. secretary drawing criticism and concern over his management record. washington tpoeft reports d"was dr. ronny jackson was taken aback when he got the news. he is taking over $186 billion budget and 377,000 employees. >>> new questions about epa administrator scott pruett. it says his 24-hour security in washington extends to some of his personal trips, including a family vacation to disneyland and sporting events. we begin with cnn's shimon with a top story. new insight about what robert mueller might have. >> reporter: good morning. we have been told, the team has been primarily using rick gates and was involved in the trump campaign for information about the central mission of the investigation whi

john berman, here he is. >> good morning everyone. john berman here, the breaking news out of austin this morning. after a dramatic series of events overnight, the suspect in a string of bombing attacks is dead, but as of this moment, police warn the threat is not over. >> we don't know where this suspect has spent his last 24 hours. we still need to remain vigilant to ensure that no other packages or devices have been left in the community. >> officials say the 24-year-old suspect blew himself up as s.w.a.t. officers approached his car. police say he is responsible for all six incidents that result in five explosions and two deaths over the last three weeks. but officials have not conclusively determined whether this man was working alone. i will speak with the mayor of austin in just a moment. but first, our ed lavandera is live in round rock just north of austin with the very latest on what happened and what's going on right now. ed. >> reporter: good morning, john. a surreal ending to this story that has essentially traumatized an

john berman here. trouble brewing inside the white house this morning.ike allen, one of america's great reporters writes, we have never seen top officials this concerned defeated. anthony scaramucci, the president's friend and briefly a white house insider put it this w way. >> morale is terrible. the reason the morale is terrible is the rule by fear and intimidation doesn't work in a civilian environment. >> you predict more departures? >> i predict more departures. >>> key people going out, continued news bombs coming in. hope hicks, one of the president's closest advisers, maybe the closest that isn't a family member, is leaving. as for that family, they are staying and questions of conflict of trs growing. "the new york times" reports the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, jared kushner, met with two finance executives inside the white house, then later his businesses received more than $500 million in loans from their companies. does that cross a legal line or just a swampy one? in a few hours, the president will be in the white house near t

john berman here. this morning it appears the white house is a place where steadiness goes to die not to mention syntax. a level of chaos having ripple effects around the west wing, the country, the world. this is a 9:00 a.m. status update. after a nighttime meeting with the nra the white house is trying to clear up whether the president supports gun control measures he said he supports. after previewing steel and aluminum tariffs causing the stock market to plummet and fears of a trade war to rise, the white house is trying to clear up whether the president will announce the tariffs he said he will announce. his chief economic adviser is threatening to quit or not. his national security adviser is reportedly leaving, or not. and he misspelled alec baldwin in his first statement of the day which was about "saturday night live." in fairness to the president, his opposition to alec baldwin, or alex, seems to be clearing and unwavering which is fine except, remember, vladimir putin says he has a missile t

john berman here. we do have breaking news this morning.nt development on the korean peninsula, maybe the most significant in more than a decade. word that north korea is willing to halt nuclear tests and missile tests altogether if the united states sits down to talk. the official statement came from the south which announced a summit between korean leaders next month. that hasn't happened in more than ten years, and in and of itself is a major milestone. a sort of international coming out party for kim jong un. there are plenty

i'm john berman. we do have breaking news from the white house.d just moments ago the trump administration is expelling 60 russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in england. the russians who will be leaving include 48 members from the russian embassy and 12 from the united nations. joining me now michelle kosinski with the details. >> reporter: this is a tough response this morning to russia. in fact, tougher tha

john berman joins me. great to have you. >> great to be here. >> cnn has learned why special counsel robert mueller wants help from deputy chair rick gates. court filings suggest is mueller is going after bigger fish as he investigates contacts between president trump's campaign and russia. >> in the meantime, the pick for v.a. secretary is drawing criticism and concern over his thin management record. "washington post" reports dr. ronny jackson, the doctor himself was taken aback when he got the news and expressed hesitance about taking a job that oversees 377,000 employees. and denying a motion from the attorney for stormy daniels to depose president trump and michael cohen. let's begin our coverage with is shim shimon. >> reporter: this is related to the rick gates. we are told he has primarily been using rick gates about the central mission of the investigation, which has been russian interference or as we have all referred to it as so-called collusion into the 2016 campaign. the interesting thing here

time now for cnn "newsroom" with john berman. >>> good morning everyone. john berman here. mr.morning he might be one step closer to testifying under oath about his alleged relationship with adult film ak stress stormy daniels. did you have a sexual relationship with her? did you have knowledge of the alleged threats against her? did you know your personal lawyer paid her to keep quiet about

john berman here. trouble brewing inside the white house this morning.e allen, one of america's great reporters writes, we have never seen top officials this concerned defeated. anthony scaramucci, the president's friend and briefly a white house insider put it this w way. >> morale is terrible. the reason the morale is terrible is the rule by fear and intimidation doesn't work in a civilian environment. >> you predict more departures? >> i predict more departures. >>> key people going out, continued news bombs coming in. ho

i'm john berman.tarts right now. >> hi, i'm brianna keilar, we have breaking news at this point in time, the attorney for stormy daniels ramping up the legal offensive asking a federal judge for mer mission to depose donald trump. he wants to question the president under oath about the hush money to keep daniels silent about the affair with the future president and also wants to question the personal lawyer. michael cohen paid $130,000 out of his own pocket and without his client's knowledge. a week and a half before the 2016 election. the depositions could decide whether any campaign finance laws were broken and mj lee is here with us. what is stormy daniels lawyer asking for? >> well, what he says he wants

i'm john berman.e or shift more senior staffers and cabinet members, we're about to see many of them and hear from them as well as secretary of veterans affairs david shulkin and jeff sessions will appear in front of cameras. we'll see and hear from them shortly. what kind of questions will they face. how do they feel about their futures. and then there's this. the president is bragging about making up facts in a conversation with one of america's closest allies. cnn confirms that the president boasted about lying to canadian prime minister justin trudeau about trade deficits, but now in a really unbelievable witwist, e president is pushing back on the story with frankly a new lie. this is what the president says. we do have a trade deficit

john berman here. kaboom.l explosion that went off overnight. a democrat is poised to win a special election that donald trump carried by 20 points. a district no democrat has any business coming close in. it's not official yet but conor lamb leads rick saccone by 631 votes. saccone has yet to secede. democrats can compete in more places than they are in years and have a real shot to win the house next fall. this morning one republican called it a political earthquake, and it is safe to say the party is shaken

i'm john berman. we do have breaking news from the white house. we learned just moments ago the trump administration is expelling 60 russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in england. the russians who will be leaving include 48 members from the russian embassy and 12 from the united nations. joining me now michelle kosinski with the details. >> reporter: this is a tough response this morning to russia. in fact, tougher than many expected. the uk has kicked out 23 russian diplomats. now the u.s. announces this morning it's kicking out 60 of them. these are russians that work in consulates and embassies, 12 of them as you mentioned will come from new york, the other 48 from seattle. the u.s. is now closing its consulate in seattle because it's located too close to a u.s. submarine base. the u.s. isn't calling these diplomatic staff, they're calling them intelligence agents. they called them aggressive gatherers of intelligence. this will significantly diminish the ability of russia to spy on the u.s.

john berman, here he is. >> good morning everyone.he breaking news out of austin this morning. after a dramatic series of events overnight, the suspect in a string of bombing attacks is dead, but as of this moment, police warn the threat is not over. >> we don't know

john berman here. overnight, the president hit the dishonesty trifecta.d even bragged about lying. if you bet on all three, you win. a trade deficit with canada that doesn't actually exist. according to "the washington post" at a fund-raiser last night the president boasted that he made up facts while meeting canadian prime minister justin trudeau. as you let that sink in for a

john berman here.e president had to release his blueprint for dealing with school shootings and this morning it includes one big thing he just said he was against and leaves out one major thing he repeatedly said he was for. there is no mention in the plan for raising the legal age to buy a gun to 21, which is something the president endorsed again and again after the parkland massacre. instead the plan calls for the formation of a new federal task force barely after a day after the president complained at a rally that blue ribbon committees do nothing but talk, talk, talk, talk. the plan does call for armi

john berman here. at last the president had to release his blueprint for dealing with school shootings and this morning it includes one big thing he just said he was against and leaves out one major thing he repeatedly said he was for. there is no mention in the plan for raising the legal age to buy a gun to 21, which is something the president endorsed again and again after the parkland massacre. instead the plan calls for the formation of a new federal task force barely after a day after the president complained at a rally that blue ribbon committees do nothing but talk, talk, talk, talk. the plan does call for arming some teachers with the president has supported from the beginning. this morning a lawmaker calls the plan a missed opportunity. kaitlan collins at the white house. the scope of this proposal may be not the big deal that the president seemed to indicate he was all for at that meeting at the white house. >> reporter: that's right, john. it's a lot less dramatic than any of the language we

cnn "newsroom" with john berman starts now. >> there is major breaking news this morning from the trump administration. just moments ago the president announced that rex tillerson is out as secretary of state. ousted would be more accurate here, to be replaced by the current head of the cia mike pompeo. the president says gina haspel, the deputy director of the cia will secede him as director. there might be some issues which we'll get into in a moment. cnn's abby phillip at the white house. we understand, abby, the secretary of state was informed of this on friday. >> reporter: that's right, tillerson was informed while he was traveling in africa according to sources. he was told by the president that the president wanted him gone. that coincided around the same time we were learning there were going to be negotiations, potentially a meeting with north korea. senior administration official telling cnn's boris sanchez that the president felt like with the north korea negotiations on the horizon it was a good time for a transition. this tillerson departure is something that we have been

good morning, john berman here.e if president trump knew his lawyer was paying off a porn star. they're also not sure if the president is signing new tariffs today. no one seems sure who gets hit by the tariffs. members of his own party are questioning both the wit dom of the trips and the voracity of the claims about the porn star, again, just as the framers intended. the president may sign the

john berman here. breaking news. moments ago right here on cnn, a lawyer for adult film actress stephanie clifford, aka stormy daniels says she's been physically threatened to stay silent about what she knows about president trump. she alleges they had an affair and was paid hush money to stay silent. this physical threat is a new piece of information. let's call it pending breaking news at the white house. reports that the president has decided to fire the national security adviser general h.r. mcmaster. this seems to be a question of when now. there is no question about the extraordinary level of turmoil at the white house. remember, the president began the week by firing the secretary of state on twitter, and his personal assistant was marched out of the white house for gambling. this is a statement overnight from press secretary sarah sanders. she says, just spoke to the president and general h.r. mcmaster. contrary to reports they have a good working relationship and there are no changes at the national security

i'm john berman. hour" starts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> i'm brianna keilar in for kate bolduan. president trump sending a powerful message to moscow, the president expelling 60 russian diplomats, giving them days to get out of the united states. this is in response to the poisonings of a former russian double agent and his daughter in the uk. those being kicked out include 48 diplomats, attached to the russian embassy, and 12 at the united nations. i want to get straight to cnn senior diplomatic correspondent michelle kosinski with the details for us. tell us what else can you say about these actions? >> reporter:

john berman here.ot to mention syntax. a level of chaos having ripple effects around the west wing, the country, the world. this is a 9:00 a.m. status update. after a nighttime meeting with the nra the white house is trying to clear up whether

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. >>> time now for cnn "newsroom" with john berman. >>> good morning, everyone. john berman here. a once in a generation trade war by the seat of your pants, pants that, by the way, could soon become prohibitively expensive in some places. the president seems determined to send a giant tremor. there are signs that he's doing it over the objections of not only america's allies but also the world's economists, members of his own party and staff. whatever global turmoil it will cause, it's matched by the turmoil within the administration. listen to the secretary of commerce wilbur ross explain the president's thinking on this. >> whatever his final decision is, is what will happen. what he has said he has said. if he says something different it'll be something different. >> so that clarifies everything. you can take what the president has said to the bank unless you can't. does that sound like a man who knows what the heck is supposed to happen? and ross is one of the architects of

john berman here.he white house chief economic adviser just quit and the markets like like they my tank because of it, a porn star just sued the president, the russia investigation has a cooperating witness intercepted at an airport. the president's personal lawyer is reportedly the focus of questions by the russia special counsel, also connected to the porn star lawsuit. beside that stuff, it is

john berman here. did the president just admit he is caving to political pressure? overnight, he released the white house plan for dealing with school shootings. this nearly a month after the parkland massacre. it did not include any mention of raising the minimum age to buy a gun to 21. this is something the president said he supports. he said it again and again and again after the massacre. but nothing in the new plan on this, the big question is, why? well, moments ago, the president released a statement where he says part of the issue is politics. cnn's kaitlan collins at the white house with the very latest. kaitlan. >> reporter: after the white house unveiled the proposals last night for school safety, behind the cameras and three weeks after that shooting, we have got the president weighing in, publicly, this morning, on twitter, saying very strong improvement in strengthening background checks will be fully backed by the white house. he goes on to say, legislation moving forward, bump stocks will soon be out. highly trained expert teachers will be allowed to

john berman here. we have breaking news out of the white house. president trump is now threatening to veto the $1.3 trillion spending bill that congress passed overnight. this is a move that will cause the government shutdown in 14 hours. but we should warn you, this likely means nothing. he's almost definitely just saying things. an official statement the president wrote, i am considering a veto of the omnibus spending bill based on the fact that the 800,000 plus daca recipients have been abandoned by the democrats, not even mentioned in the bill, and the border wall, which is decemb desperately needed for national defense is not fully funded. the president just wrote this, the spending bill passed overnight with bipartisan support and until this morning, both houses of congress, even the white house budget director said that it did have the president's support. going to capitol hill now, cnn's suzanne malveaux is there. what reaction are you getting from lawmakers, suzanne? >> reporter: the republican leadership has yet to formally respond to th

john berman meehere. he will speak out loud in front of people.tates will emerge from his protective cocoon shortly after nearly six days of silence. he heads to ohio to talk about infrastructure and most decidedly not talk about stormy daniels, although the questions about that alleged relationship and coverup

john berman here.o appear before congress sorry, but sorry. facebook's mark zuckerberg is answering questions about the data grab which compromised the information of some 50 million facebook users without their knowledge. >> this was a major breach of trust, and i'm really sorry that this happened. we have

john berman, the hype of sister jean is real.ocks and you can get your own pair tomorrow, i've just been told, you will have them on your feet. >> i'll have a pair of sister jean socks. >> i heard if you walk on water -- you can walk on water if you wear them. >> i can't do all -- i'm almost in very last place in the cnn march madness pool. thank you very much. have a happy easter. enjoy the march madness. >>> thank you, all, very much for joining us today. that is it here. i'm john berman. "at this hour" starts right now. >>> hi there. i'm brianna keilar in for kate bolduan. we could hear from president trump as he leaves the white house on a bit of a road trip. and after he sends another cabinet member packing, veterans affairs secretary david shulkin is the latest to spin the revolving door at the white house. he becomes the seventh high profile departure, and that is just this month. the embattled shulkin publicly fired by presidential tweet, joins a dizzying list of other administration officials to be shown the door. and ke

i'm john berman.

as a former director of the cia john berman knows a lot more than he is saying all the time. it's one thing for you or me to say i think the president is afraid of the president of russia, which i've said many times, but that's nothing compared to the former director of the cia saying that. >> i think he's afraid of the president of russia. >> why? >> i think one can speculate as to why. that the russians may have something on him personally that they can roll out and make his life more difficult. clearly it's important to improve relations with russia. but the fact he has this fawning attitude toward mr. putin, has not said anything negative about him, continues to say to me that he does have nothing is fear. he's acting more and more like a corn erred animal lashing out whatever he can and who knows what that corn erred animal can do. >> he began speaking on morning joe at 7:03, he was interpreted by the special break at 7:18, and then in the middle of what he had to said, president trump tweeted a quote, special counsel is told to find crimes, whether a crime exists or not

john berman here. we have breaking news out of the white house.s now threatening to veto the $1.3 trillion spending bill that congress passed overnight. this is a move that will cause the government shutdown in 14 hours. but we should warn you, this likely means nothing. he's almost definitely just saying things. an official statement the president wrote, i am considering a veto of the omnibus spending bill based on the fact that the 800,000 plus daca recipients have been abandoned by the democrats, not even mentioned in the bill, and the border wall, which is

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john berman here in for anderson. ten super talented people for every white house job and no chaos. keeping them honest just about anyway you look at it is a picture of turbulence, turmoil and chaos. new and breaking evidence of it to want. and okay, i need to take a deep breath here, gary kohn is resigning. anyone apparently over frustration focused largely on chaos at the white house. new reporting tonight that the president green lit the communication director he fired after ten-days on the job, anthony scaramucci. let him go on television and trash talk john kelly. the same john kelly who has put out three different stories on who knew what when on john porter. there is the departure of communication director hope hicks who was dating porter. are you keeping this all straight? it is a bit what is the word here? chaotic. the president sees it differently. he says there are ten people, the ten best people in any field lining up to work for him. and he set the stage with that bold claim with this early morning tweet. the new fake news narrative is that there is chaos. wrong. people

john berman here. kaboom. a not-so-dramatic reenactment of the political explosion that went off overnight. a democrat is poised to win a special election that donald trump carried by 20 points. a district no democrat has any business coming close in. it's not official yet but conor lamb leads rick saccone by 631 votes. saccone has yet to secede. democrats can compete in more places than they are in years and have a real shot to win the house next fall. this morning one republican called it a political earthquake, and it is safe to say the party is shaken to its core, that is, c-o-r-e. inside joke. cnn's alex marquardt in cannonsburg. where are we this morning? >> reporter: 641 votes separating these candidates. that's .2%. there are more votes to be counted. all the votes are in. the results, of course, are not official. conor lamb has claimed victory, but we have been speaking with the saccone campaign. they say they're not conceding, not making any decisions until all of the votes are in. now, there is no o

follow me on twitter @john berman.on room. >>> happening now, declaring a trade war against the advice of hundreds of members of his own party, president trump signs new tariffs on imports, certainly setting up a trade war as u.s. allies vow to retaliate against american products. stormy silenced, arbitration order silences stormy daniels, but the porn star offers new revelations, strip club performances as the president rages about the performance of his own press secretary refusing to answer. former trump campaign manager goes back before the house intelligence

i'm john berman. breaking news this morning out of miami. any moment now we will get an update on the pedestrian bridge collapse at florida international university. six people are now confirmed dead, five of the bodies still trapped under the rubble. you see them setting up for the press conference. we're expecting new information, we'll bring that to you live as soon as it happens. but first, a new and significant allegation from the lawyer representing stormy daniels, stephanie clifford. he says the adult film actress was physically threatened, physically threatened, to keep quiet about her alleged affair with future president trump. at the white house, meanwhile, a growing sense that one or maybe two or maybe several top staff and/or cabinet members might not make it through the day. our abby phillip is there. we're watching every sound, every liwhisper, every sign fro the white house. who are you hearing? >> reporter: we know that change is coming. the question is when. and that's one that is circulating inside this building and outside

i'm john berman. "at this hour" starts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> i'm brianna keilar in for kate bolduan. president trump sending a powerful message to moscow, the president expelling 60 russian diplomats, giving them days to get out of the united states. this is in response to the poisonings of a former russian double agent and his daughter in the uk. those being kicked out include 48 diplomats, attached to the russian embassy, and 12 at the united nations. i want to get straight to cnn senior diplomatic correspondent michelle kosinski with the details for us. tell us what else can you say about these actions? >> reporter: well, they have a week to get out of the united states. 12 of them are based in new york at the u.n. the other 48, we're told, by the state department spread throughout the u.s. at various embassies and consulates. last night talking to sources, when there started to be rumblings that this would happen, nobody really knew the scope of it, there was talk, well, maybe the