almost ten years ago kate bolduan met a local woman there who decided to take a few neighborhood kidsven guidance and direction to thousands of children. and kate recently reconnected with her to recount the decade of success, joy, and some heartbreak. >> reporter: when i first met diane, the supreme court was about to hear a case, a landmark case having to do with chicago's handgun ban. >> if you would stay here two days, you'd realize our young people are looking backwards because of drive-byes. >> reporter: when diane laticer opened up her own home to start the non-profit kids off the block she was fighting to stem the tide of gang activity in her neighborhood. >> and i came here to chicago to talk to some of the people who were most affected by gun violence. and i know how much my life has changed in the almost ten years since we last met. i'm interested to see what's changed for diane. oh, there she is. how are you? i mean, you haven't aged a day. >> it is so good to see you. >> it's so good to see you. >> i'm surprised you remembered me. >> are you kidding? you leave a mark. >>

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"at this hour" with kate bolduan starts now. >> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. thank you so much for joining me. so, the president spoke and said a lot. and in doing so, he denied reality. and i don't say this flippantly. he lied. he also confirmed a report that depicts him as so insecure he can't even stand to see the name of someone that he doesn't like. so this is what we're going to do today. something a little different. we'll play through some of his 17 minutes and 30 seconds talking to reporters and we're going to fact check it. here's why. yes, it's nothing new that the president didn't tell the truth, and we have all seen fact check after fact check of his claims. but it is still not normal. and it is still deserving to be called out. so let's get started. out of the gate, the president this morning was asked about bob mueller's statement yesterday and he attacked the special counsel and is still claiming he has been exonerated. >> well, i think it was the same as the report. it wasn't much changed. it was, to me, the same as the report. and there's no

"at this hour" with kate bolduan starts now. >> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan.in doing so, he denied reality. and i don't say this flippantly. he lied. he also confirmed a report that depicts him as so insecure he can't even stand to see the name of someone that he doesn't like. so this is what we're going to do today. something a little different. we'll play through some of his 17 minutes and 30 seconds talking to reporters and we're going to fact check it. here's why. yes, it's nothing new that the president didn't tell the truth, and we have all seen fact check after fact check of his

"at this hour" with kate bolduan starts right now. >>> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. thank you so much for joining me. whether it's a negotiating tactic or an attempt to distract, it's still surprised everyone on both sides of the border and both sides of the aisle. president trump announcing that he's slapping a 5% tariff on all goods coming from mexico. america's number one trading partner, and saying it's going to keep going up if mexico does not stop illegal immigration to the united states. for so many americans already feeling the hurt from the trade war with china, this is probably literally exactly the last thing that they wanted or needed to hear. the reaction you can probably predict at this point. the dow sinking triple digits and even republicans say this is a bad idea. the chairman of the senate finance committee, republican chuck grassley of iowa, put out a statement saying, quote, trade policy and border security are separate issues. this is a misuse of presidential tariff authority and counter to congressional intent. all right. so cnn's kaitlan collin

"at this hour" with kate bolduan starts right now. >>> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan.nd good news for the president. april's jobs report out this morning, and the u.s. economy continues to be on fire. it shows 263,000 jobs added to the u.s. economy in the past month. and the unemployment rate dropped. now at 3.6%. the last time it was that low, the beatles "come together" song was at the top of the charts. 1969. president trump's

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"at this hour" with kate bolduan starts right now. >>> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan.ether it's a negotiating tactic or an attempt to distract, it's still surprised everyone on both sides of the border and both sides of the aisle. president trump announcing that he's slapping a 5% tariff on all goods coming from mexico. america's number one trading partner, and saying it's going to keep going up if mexico does not stop illegal immigration to the united states. for so many americans already feeling the hurt

"at this hour" with kate bolduan starts right now. >>> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. thank you so much for joining me. we're going to begin with big news on the economy, and good news for the president. april's jobs report out this morning, and the u.s. economy continues to be on fire. it shows 263,000 jobs added to the u.s. economy in the past month. and the unemployment rate dropped. now at 3.6%. the last time it was that low, the beatles "come together" song was at the top of the charts. 1969. president trump's reaction, pretty, about as straightforward as they come. jobs, jobs, jobs, as you see right there. cnn's cristina alesci is here with a closer look at it all. what's behind this report? >> so, from a headline perspective, it's a gangbuster report. a political win for the president for sure. let me put some context around those numbers that you just described. 263,000 jobs. we are now in the 103rd straight month of job gains. again, this is the strong economy story we have been telling. 3.6% unemployment, the lowest since december 1969, as you pointed out. an

>>> and hello from washington, d.c., i'm ryan nobles in today for kate bolduan. welcome to a special holiday edition of "at this hour." at any moment vice president mike pence will honor the nation's fallen service members and their families by laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. president trump of course not in attendance this year because he is in japan for a state visit. we'll have much more on that in just a moment. let's begin with cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr, live at arlington national cemetery. barbara, tell me what you're seeing there. >> reporter: ryan, we're just down the hill from where these ceremonies will get under way shortly. we're at section 60, where so many of the service members who fell on the battlefields of iraq and afghanistan have been laid to rest. and earlier we met two gold star mothers. this is just an extraordinary moment here. lisa lost her son lawrence may 8th, 2005. beth lost her son nicholas may 8th, 2005. both young men had been laid to rest next to each other. and the mothers, the gold star mothers,

i'm kate bolduan. thanks so much for joining me. if wednesday was a coverup and i don't do coverups and thursday was then he needs an intervention and she's crazy, remember this? >> the president has a bag of tricks and the white house has a bag of tricks that they save for certain occasions. >> crazy nannancy. i'll tell you what. i've been watching her an watching her for a long time. she's not the same person. she is lost it. >> another temper tantrum. i pray for the president of the united states. i would wish his family or administration or staff would have an intervention for the good of the country. >> i'm an extremely stable genius. >> wednesday and thursday. so what in the world then could friday bring? we will soon find out. president trump is leaving the white house at this hour to head off for a very big trip to japan, but make no mistake. giving way and giving each other space is not likely to smooth things over with the speaker of the house. much more on that in a second. but also this this morning. an unprecedent move,

. >>> i'm kate bolduan. thank you for joining me.be walking into the white house with another face-to-face with the president. on the agenda? infrastructure. you may insert your favorite infrastructure joke here. but nancy pelosi will walk in having just leveled this accusation. >> would you believe it's important to follow the

. >>> and hello from washington, d.c., i'm ryan nobles in today for kate bolduan.s hour." at any moment vice president mike pence will honor the nation's fallen service members and their families by laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. president trump of course not in attendance this year because he is in japan for a state visit. we'll have much more on that in just a moment. let's begin with cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr, live at arlington national cemetery. barbara, tell me what you're seeing there. >> reporter: ryan, we're just down the hill from where these ceremonies will get under way shortly. we're at section 60, where so many of the service

i'm kate bolduan. thanks for joining me.treet this morning. the market still plunging right now. take a live look at the dow. down over 500 points. this after china just this morning announced it was retaliating against the president's latest hit. slapping new tariffs on $60 billion worth of u.s. goods. in case you had any doubts, friends, this is what a trade war looks like. china hitting back after president trump more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion of chinese goods late last week. the president is still denying the reality in all of this, when he's def

i'm kate bolduan. thanks for joining me, coming to you from cnn's new home in new york.on the first day. topic number one today, deadlines, deadlines, and more deadlines. bill barr, the attorney general, is now on the clock to face being held in contempt of congress. after ignoring another deadline from house democrats to turn over the full mueller -- the full unredacted mueller report. that threat has been lingering out there, of course, but that threat got really real this morning. house judiciary chairman jerry

learn about savings at emgality.com >>> i'm kate bolduan. thanks for joining me.n measure in the country passing alabama state senate, effectively banning abortions in the state with no protections even for rape and incest. if signed into law, it's very likely the most serious challenge yet to roe versus wade since that was decided by the supreme court 36 years ago. all of this, sparking out dms rage from those who oppose the alabama bill. >> you just said to my daughter, you

i'm kate bolduan. thank you for joining me. attorney general bill barr speaking out in his first round of interviews since taking over as attorney general. he says this morning that he was surprised that bob mueller did not make a recommendation one way or the other on obstruction of justice. now, remember what mueller wrote in his report about obstruction. he wrote this, if we had confidence after a thuroy investigation of the facts that the president clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, however, we're unable to reach that government. while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him. so barr also calling accusations by democrats, including house speaker nancy pelosi, that he lied under oath, he's calling that this morning laughable. but his big focus is on exactly what the president is so focused on, the start of the russia investigation and whether there was anything inappropriate about t

i'm kate bolduan. thank you for joining me.s since taking over as attorney general. he says this morning that he was surprised that bob mueller did not make a recommendation one way or the other on obstruction of justice. now, remember what mueller wrote in his report about obstruction. he wrote this, if we had confidence after a thuroy investigation of the facts that the president clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, however, we're unable to reach that government. while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him. so barr also calling accusations by democrats, including house speaker nancy pelosi, that he lied under oath, he's calling

i'm kate bolduan thank you for joining me.ual war, but does president trump mean what he's tweeting right now? well, donald trump's twitter feed, we do know, can feel like the personal musings of the man, not necessarily

i'm kate bolduan. thank you so much for joining me.in washington this hour is a chaotic showdown of power, loyalty, law, and family. lawmakers from both parties are now sending a clear message to president trump, executive privilege will not stop them from demanding more information from what the mueller report has shown and has yet to show because of

>>> i'm kate bolduan. thanks for joining me. the most restrictive abortion measure in the country passing alabama state senate, effectively banning abortions in the state with no protections even for rape and incest. if signed into law, it's very likely the most serious challenge yet to roe versus wade since that was decided by the supreme court 36 years ago. all of this, sparking out dms rage from those who oppose the alabama bill. >> you just said to my daughter, you don't matter. you don't matter in the state of alabama. that the state of alabama don't care nothing about you, baby. i got to go home and tell her, the state of alabama don't care nothing about you, baby. that you can just be raped or one of your uncles or cousin or somebody could just rape you and impregnate you, and you've got to carry this baby under alabama law. >> note worthy here as we are talking about reproductive rights, all of those votes were from white republican men. the state house version of the bill was introduced by a republican woman. right now

i'm kate bolduan. thanks so much for joining me. spying or surveillance?day as the director of the fbi breaks with the attorney general. it was just last month that bill barr used that very word, spying, when he told congress that he was concerned that the government had illegally spied on the trump campaign in 2016. and moments ago, the fbi director, chris wray, he distanced himself from that in testimony before the senate. watch this. >> well, that's not the term i would use. >> thank you. so i would say that's a no to that question. >> well, i mean, look, there are lots of people who have different colloquial phrases. i believe that the fbi is engaged in investigative

i'm kate bolduan. thanks so much for joining me. thursday was then he needs an intervention and she's crazy, remember this? >> the president has a bag of tricks and the white house has a bag of tricks that they save for certain occasions. >> crazy nannancy. i'll tell you what. i've been watching her an watching her for a long time. she's not the same person. she is lost it. >> ano

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i'm kate bolduan. thanks for joining me. we're beginning with breaking news on wall street this morning. the market still plunging right now. take a live look at the dow. down over 500 points. this after china just this morning announced it was retaliating against the president's latest hit. slapping new tariffs on $60 billion worth of u.s. goods. in case you had any doubts, friends, this is what a trade war looks like. china hitting back after president trump more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion of chinese goods late last week. the president is still denying the reality in all of this, when he's defending his moves this morning. tweeting this, there is no reason for the u.s. consumer to pay the tariffs, which take effect on china today. the reality, of course, is not that. and companies big and small know that all too well. let me play for you the kceo of one of the largest bicycle makers in the u.s. >> is there any way you can avoid passing that to customers? >> only if i wish to go bankrupt really quickly. there's no

i'm kate bolduan. thank you so much for joining me. so, swirling in washington this hour is a chaotic showdown of power, loyalty, law, and family. lawmakers from both parties are now sending a clear message to president trump, executive privilege will not stop them from demanding more information from what the mueller report has shown and has yet to show because of redactions. in a surprising twist now, the republican-led senate intelligence committee has issued a subpoena for the president's son, don jr., to come back and testify a second time. and it's still not inclearly clear though on what specific topic. as for the democrats, they're now ramping up to get special counsel bob mueller to testify. the judiciary chairman in the house, jerry nadler, telling cnn he'll subpoena mueller if he has to. and at the very same time, nadler declares the country is now in the midst of a constitutional crisis. and the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi just this morning backed him up. >> nadler said the country is currently in a constitutional cr

i'm kate bolduan thank you for joining me. it's a new war of words that could lead to actual war, but does president trump mean what he's tweeting right now? well, donald trump's twitter feed, we do know, can feel like the personal musings of the man, not necessarily policy. when it comes to threatening annihilation of another country, attention must be paid. here's what trump threatened overnights in a tweet. if iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of iran. never threaten the united states again. iran's foreign minister has been meeting the president tweet for tweet on this one, telling trump to, quote, never threaten an iranian. try respect, it works. what appears to be president trump's fire and fury 2.0 comes as officials in washington are debating the nature of the threat posed by iranians sparking the administration to move assets to the region. let's figure out what is going here or try to. let's get to abby phillip at the white house for us. this is also the same president who told fox news in a taped int

i'm kate bolduan. while you were sleeping, the united states and china plunged deeper into a trade war. talks broke down, threats were made, and new tariffs set in just after midnight. now both sides are back at the negotiating table this morning. the new tariffs that just set in may more than double the levy on $200 billion worth of chinese goods coming to the united states. and the president has been on a twitter tear about all of this already this morning. saying in one, there is absolutely no need to rush. in terms of the negotiations. tell that, though, to the american workers, consumers, and investors that are now left holding their breath at this very moment. christine romans is here in new york with that perspective. cnn's matt rivers is at a chinese port town with much more on that, but christine, first to you. what happened overnight? where exactly do things stand this morning? >> kate, it wasn't a bluff. president trump jacked up tariffs on thousands of goods, of dishwashers, frozen fish, ba

i'm kate bolduan. thanks for joining me, coming to you from cnn's new home in new york. we'll promise to try not to break it on the first day. topic number one today, deadlines, deadlines, and more deadlines. bill barr, the attorney general, is now on the clock to face being held in contempt of congress. after ignoring another deadline from house democrats to turn over the full mueller -- the full unredacted mueller report. that threat has been lingering out there, of course, but that threat got really real this morning. house judiciary chairman jerry nadler just announcing he has set a vote for wednesday to hold barr in contempt, setting up what is likely to be a lengthy legal battle. manu raju is on capitol hill, kaitlan collins is a the white house. what are you hearing from there? >> right now, essentially what you're seeing is bill barr be put in the hot seat because up until now, the president has said he was gig to leave this decision about mueller testifying up to his attorney general, so when he's been praising privately for how he's handled the mueller report a

i'm kate bolduan. thank you for joining me.at any moment, we'll be hearing from house speaker nancy pelosi. she's fighting fights on two fronts. facing down the president who declared yesterday during this show that he won't work with congress on anything. until the house ends its investigations into him. he was lashing out after nancy pelosi declared publicly that the president is engaging in a cover-up. remember these words, to quote the president, i don't do cover-ups. the other front for nancy pelosi right now is with her own party. house democrats remain divided on whether or not to move toward impeachment of president trump. are they now after meeting this morning, are nay now closer together, are they now further apart? where do things stand? and will any legislation be getting done any time soon in the midst of all this? we'll bring you speaker pelosi's remarks live. and if yesterday is any indication, friends, the president will likely be watching as well. so let us stay close to the twitter feed. manu raju is on capit

i'm kate bolduan.sleeping, the united states and china plunged deeper into a trade war. talks broke down, threats were made, and new tariffs set in just after midnight. now both sides are back at the negotiating table this morning. the new tariffs that just set in may more than double the levy on $200 billion worth of chinese goods coming tohe

i'm kate bolduan. thank you for joining me. this hour, what could be a pivotal moment in the dangerous standoff between the trump administration and iran. president trump is sitting down with the president of the swiss federation this hour. the white house making it very clear the point of the meeting is to try and establish a back channel of communication with the iranian leadership. the president also making a pitch -- almost making a pitch for it in public last week. listen. >> what i would like to see with iran, i would like to see them call me. >> call me, please. this, as new details are emerging on what exactly spiked tensions with iran in the first place. "the new york times" is reporting on photographs showing iranian paramilitary forces loading missiles into small boats at iranian ports. cnn last week reported movement of those missiles was one of the critical factors in the u.s. sending a strike group to the region. let's get the latest on this. cnn's abby phillip is at the white house. barbara starr is at the pentag

i'm kate bolduan. thanks soez much for joining me. china bites back.r, and the white house is now reportedly reviewing plans that would deploy more than 100,000 troops. u.s. troops to the middle east. that is the dangerous and high-stakes backdrop for a critical face-to-face happening right now in sochi, russia. secretary of state mike pompeo is meeting at any moment now with the russian president, vladimir putin. the highest level meeting between the time-out countries suns trump and putin sat down together in helsinki. we, pblth to see them before cameras at any moment. we'll bring you that as soon as we get it. matthew chance is standing by io

i'm kate bolduan. thank you so much for joining me. another subpoena ignored. another empty chair testifies, and now house democrats are debating the question to impeach or not to impeach, and for the first time, signs that some top democrats have reached a tipping point here. just last hour, former white house counsel don mcgahn refused to appear before the house judiciary committee following a directive from the white house and defying a subpoena from the committee chairman, jerry nadler. nadler still held the hearing, facing an empty chair to make his point, and said this. >> in other words, when this committee issues a subpoena, even to a senior presidential adviser, the witness must show up. our subpoenas are not optional. mr. mcgahn has a legal obligation to be here for this scheduled appearance. if he does not immediately correct his mistake, this committee will have no choice but to enforce the subpoena against him. mr. mcgahn did not appear today because the president prevented it. just as the president has said that he would, quote, fight all subpoena

i'm kate bolduan. thank you for joining me.he dangerous standoff between the trump administration and iran. president trump is sitting down with the president of the swiss federation this hour. the white house making it very clear the point of the meeting is to try and establish a back channel of communication with the iranian leadership. the president also making a pitch -- almost

i'm kate bolduan. thanks soez much for joining me. china bites back. tensions with iran burn hotter, and the white house is now reportedly reviewing plans that would deploy more than 100,000 troops. u.s. troops to the middle east. that is the dangerous and high-stakes backdrop for a critical face-to-face happening right now in sochi, russia. secretary of state mike pompeo is meeting at any moment now with the russian president, vladimir putin. the highest level meeting between the time-out countries suns trump and putin sat down together in helsinki. we, pblth to see them before cameras at any moment. we'll bring you that as soon as we get it. matthew chance is standing by in moscow. michelle kosinski is at the state department. matthew, what are you hearing there? what's expected to come out of this meeting? >> well, first of all, secretary of state mike pompeo struck a very conciliatory tone when he make his initial remarks, having first arrived in sochi, that town in southern russia where he'll be meeting in the next few minutes, vladimir putin, the

i'm kate bolduan. thank you for joining me.ighting fights on two fronts. facing down the president who declared yesterday during this show that he won't work with congress on anything. until the house ends its investigations into him. he was lashing out after nancy pelosi declared publicly that the president is engaging in a cover-up. remember these words, to quote the president, i don't do cover-ups. the other front for nancy pelosi right now is with her own party. house democrats remain divided on whether or not to move toward impeachment of president trump. are they now after meeting this morning, are nay now closer together, are they now further apart? where do things stand? and will any legislation be getting done any time soon in the midst of all th

i'm kate bolduan. thanks so much for joining me. spying or surveillance? that is again the question today as the director of the fbi breaks with the attorney general. it was just last month that bill barr used that very word, spying, when he told congress that he was concerned that the government had illegally spied on the trump campaign in 2016. and moments ago, the fbi director, chris wray, he distanced himself from that in testimony before the senate. watch this. >> well, that's not the term i would use. >> thank you. so i would say that's a no to that question. >> well, i mean, look, there are lots of people who have different colloquial phrases. i believe that the fbi is engaged in investigative activity, and part of investigative activity includes surveillance activity of different shapes and sizes. >> keep in mind, this is the very same fbi director that works hand in hand with that very same attorney general, an a.g. that surprised lawmakers when he not only used the word spying but then doubled down on it in the same hearing. here is the moment la

. >>> i'm kate bolduan. thank you for joining me. any moments now, top two democrats in congress will be walking into the white house with another face-to-face with the president. on the agenda? infrastructure. you may insert your favorite infrastructure joke here. but nancy pelosi will walk in having just leveled this accusation. >> would you believe it's important to follow the facts? we believe that no one is above the law, including the president of the united states. and we believe that the president of the united states has engaged in a cover-up. in a cover-up. and that's the nature of the meeting. >> this, after the speaker just left another meeting. this one, with her whole team of house democrats and a growing number of whom are now telling the speaker that they're ready to move toward impeachment proceedings. she is still now -- she is still saying that now is not the time. so now what? cnn's manu raju is on capitol hill. we've been speaking to members who have been going in and out of that meeting. what came out? what happ