that's to put a smile on the faces of kremlin supporters.ot everyone in russia thinks trump is their best bet. some political analysts say his rival hillary clinton would benefit the kremlin even more. at least she's predictable, say they say, in her tough russian stance. but it's the unpredictability of trump that may have endeared him to the kremlin-controlled media. >> he will either be more inclined to do a dole with the kremlin, or he will mess up life in the white house and on capitol hill so much by his erratic behavior that the american system will be inerm innocent crisis. that i what russia wants. >> russia, if you're listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e e-mails that are missing. >> he may not be the kremlin's man, but he might prove a useful distraction from what the kremlin does. >> matthew chance joins us now from st. petersburg with more on how russians view trump. is trump being played by russia as some suggest, and if he is, what does this say about how they feel about hillary clinton? >> reporter: i think there

distraction from what the kremlin does.e, cnn, moscow. >>> we are hearing reporting that rebels in syria have made a significant gain in their fight to break the siege of alep to. aipt-government forces on saturday successfully punched open a car door in a western corn er of the city. the syrian government tells a different story. >> there are competing claims as to whether rebel forces managed to break the siege on syria's second city. rebel fighters said they punched through over the weekend in an assault on the southwestern corner of the city. fighters posted video show iing the moment they broke through. meeting. up with rebels inside aleppo. the battle was fierce. there was heavy shelling by both sides. the rebel's goal, to resupply eastern aleppo whose 250,000 residents have been encircled social security last month. the u.n. warned a z a disaster as the grip on the food and medical supplies tightens. some residents took to the streets in celebration of the rebel win, but state media deny the siege had been broken. el

>> you're saying he's a puppet for the kremlin? >> well, real questions are again, there's a web of financial ties to the russians that he refuses to disclose. we've seen, over the last few weeks, him parroting vladimir putin in his own remarks. we saw donald trump talk about leaving nato and leaving our eastern european allies vulnerable to a russian attack. the gentleman he brought with him to his security briefing just last week is someone who's on the payroll of the russia times, wch propaganda arm of the kremlin. he was sitting two seats away from vladimir putin at their tenth anniversary gala. there are a lot of questions here. we need donald trump to disclose all of his financial ties. and whether his advisers are having meetings with the kremlin. >> a lot of questions this week about the clinton foundation. you announced that the foundation would not take donations from foreign governments and foundations if that has people wondering why it's okay to do that now but didn't happen when she was secretary of state. donald trum

donald trump is refusing to disclose deep financial ties kremlin. and where countries like china have lempbl over him and could potentially distort his decisionmaking there. none of this is being disclosed. we're having this conversation because the foundation has chose on the take unprecedented step to make changes. >> is your campaign opening to alternate dates for the debates are the debates. these rules and the debates were set a long time ago. we agreed to them immediately. i think the voters will see a stark difference from steady leadership ax depth of experience from secretary clinton and ill temperament and poor judgment from donald trump. that's what they've seen the entire campaign. let's get on with it. rules pip don't know if he's afraid of the debate. if he wants to attention of causing controversy. they need to get over it. let's have the debates. let the american people make their judgment. >> dr. jill stylein is coming u. are you worried she'll drain votes from secretary clinton? >> i'm nop. our role is to make the case for secretar

>> you're for the kremlin?there's a web of financial ties to the russians he refuses to disclose. over the last few week, he's parroted vladimir putin in his own remarks. we saw donald trump talk about leaving nato and leaving our eastern european allies vulnerable to a russian attack. the gentleman he brought with him to his security briefing just last week is someone who's on the payroll of the russia times, basically a propaganda arm of the kremlin. he was sitting two seats away from vladimir putin at the 10th anniversary fwal la. there are a lot of questions here. we need donald trump to disclose all of his financial ties. >> a lot of questions this week about the clinton foundation. you announced that the foundation would not take governments and groups if hillary clinton wins. donald trump jr. said, sit okay to accept foreign and corporate money when secretary of state but not when potus? doesn't it suggest that taking those contradictions when secretary clinton was secretary of state was wrong? >> the st

the hand of the kremlin has been at work in this campaign for some time. it's clear they're supporting donald trump. we need donald trump to explain the extent to which the hand of the kremlin is at the core of his own campaign. there's a web of financial interests that have not been is closed. there are real questions about whether donald trump is a puppet for the kremlin in this race? >> you're saying he's a puppet being raised about that. again, there's a web of financial ties to the russians that he refuses to disclose. we've seen, over the last few weeks, him parroting vladimir putin in his own remarks. we saw donald trump talk about leaving nato and leaving our eastern european allies vulnerable to a russian attack. the gentlemahe brought with him to his security briefing just last week is someone who's on the payroll of the russia times, which is basically a propaganda arm of the kremlin. he was sitting two seats away from vladimir putin at their tenth anniversary gala. there are a lot of questions here. we need donald trump to disclose all of his f

molly: next, there's been a major shakeup at the kremlin. vladimir putin has dismissed his close ally and powerful chief of staff. the politician was considered a ikely success to putin back in 2008. for more on the political shakeup, we can cross to sean walker for more on what happened and its impact. he joins us now from the russian capital. shawn, we've heard from some reports saying that i've november was sacked. others say he was dismiss upon his own request. what can you tell us? >> well, it's certainly been a very good week for them. there was a meeting between putin and his successor and in that meeting, putin said he has done the job now for more than four years. initially, he said he didn't want to do it for that long and he was stepping down on his own request and given a major demotion. his new job is going to be in the environmental sector. but of course, it's very difficult to take anything that comes out of the kremlin at face value. you know, ivanov is very close with putin. he was putin's -- back in 1998 when putin was head

putin and the kremlin would prefer mr. trump for very rational reason. mr.mp says things that the russians like. he says things like we should reconsider whether crimea should be recognized as part of russia. he says things like we should reconsider our relationship with our allies. he says things like russia is not in ukraine. most surprising thing he said recently about foreign policy yesterday. those are all things the kremlin supports so, of course, they want to see trump as the next president of the united states. >> since you raised some of his recent controversial comments, ambassador mcfaul, let me read you some of trump's latest tweets trying to walk some of that back. one of them reads, when i said in an interview that putin is not going into ukraine you can mark it down. i'm saying if i am president. already in crimea. so clearly trying to walk back that first statement where he seemed to muddle that. so with all the obama tough talk on russia and ukraine, they've already taken crimea and continue to push. that's what i said. so he's trying to tur

david: puppet for the kremlin. how do you respond, karina?> that is just deflection that the clinton campaign is using because they don't want to address their own issues. they have tried this putin narrative for some strange reason because mr. trump has no ties to putin. however, the clinton camp does. it was bill clinton himself who received over $500,000 giving a speech to a russian bank tied to the kremlin, just after hillary clinton signed off on -- david: will we hear more of that during the campaign, katrina? will we hear about direct connections between the clinton foundation and the uranium deal that ended up giving the russians about one you -- 1/5 of our entire uranium reserves? >> absolutely.ump called for the foundation to be shut down and he will give speeches and talk about the corruption gone on under hillary clinton with the foundation while she was at the state department. there are multiple russian executives linked to foundations tied to putin. this is the clinton campaign trying to deflect. david: how soon will we see the

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a smile on the faces of many kremlin supporters.ryone in russia thinks trump is their best bet. some say his democratic rival hillary clinton would benefit the kremlin even more. at least she's predictable, they say, in her tough russian stance. but it's the unpredictability of trump that may have most endeared him to the cre kremlin-controlled media. >> he will either be more inkleined to do a deal with the kremlin or he will mess up life in the white house and on capitol hill so much by his erratic behavior that the american system will be in permanent crisis. that is what actually russia wants. >> russia, if you're listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. >> reporter: he may not be the kremlin's man, in other words, but he might prove a useful distraction from what the kremlin does. well, carol, there's a new opinion poll that's just come out here in russia. it says that 34% of people who expressed a preference would want donald trump to be the next president of the united states because they bel

the kremlin has denied a riff, saying it was a mutual decision. ivanov -- given another position. the city of aleppo has been hit by fresh fighting. 18 have been killed on the first day of a promised russian ade window. the agreed cease-fire window has been criticized by the u.s. as unsufficient to bring relief. i spoke to a reporter and asked her how desperate the situation is right now. >> despite the second day of the supposed cease-fire, it's been another bloody day in alepo. oppositions forces say syrian forces bound rebels throughout the day, including in that cease-fire period. there was a -- an air strike which hit a hospital, killing patients. as many as 40 were struck throughout the country in the last month. the situation is so serious that doctors have wered -- warned that if attacks continue at the same rate there will be no working hospitals left by the end of the month. civilians were also killed in aleppo while venturing out to buy fresh food. a small amount of food did actually get in earlier this week i expect in the coming days we'll see increasing pressure on s

accuse those liberals and democrats of advocating that, of being either having allegiance to the kremlinuseful idiots or to just of o ofan leaders -- idiots russian leaders. not only to accuse paul manafort who does have direct financial ties to certainly the former pro-russian leader of the ukraine, but really anybody who in any way questioned the clinton campaign. they even try to doing it to jill stein a few weeks ago by claiming that she had done something nefarious by attending an event and moscow sponsored by the russian television outlet rt which is controlled by the putin government. it is this constant r rhetorical tacticic to try and insinuate tt anyone o opposing the clintons e somehow russian agents, when it is the clintons who actually have a lot of ties to russia as well. the clinton foundation and bill clinton helped, russian comedies take over uranium and histories in different parts of the world. he received lots of russian money for speeches. the clinton foundation has relationships to them. president obama refused to armed factions in the ukraine trying to fight agains

"the hand of the kremlin has been at work in this campaign for some time. it's clear they are supporting donald trump. but we now need donald trump to explain to us how much the hand of the kremlin is at the core of his campaign." campaign." resigned as donald trump's campaign manager this week after it was reported he had business dealings with russian interests in the past. third party candidates gary johnson and jill stein were also active this weekend. johnson campaigned in new mexico...and stein hit the talk show circuit. circuit."politicians do not have a new form of entitlement. they are not entitled to our vote. they have to earn our votes. and hillary clinton and donald trump have not earned our vote. elected, does anybody believe that the polarity is going to get better?! it's not, it's gonna be worse than ever." ever."johnson, who is the libertarian nominee, and green party nominee stein are polling in the single digits according to real clear politics dot com. 3 a first of its kind event right here in wisconsin.ne on the cbs 58 news at ten -- a

comments about nato and crimea could have provoked smiles in the kremlin. russian media painting trump as an eccentric billionaire ready to deal with moscow. interesting sty. we are trying to get matthew chance. we are having a problem with the live shot. we will get back to him when we get that solved. >>> we do have breaking news here in the united states. it could impact you if you are planning on flying. delta airlines experiencing a global computer outage. on the twitter feed, all flights are grounded. the airline is working to get things back on track and they said hopefully it won't be much longer. as of right now, that system t outage still in place. check with the airline before heading to the airport today. >> social media going crazy. a lot of people posting pictures of long lines. we are looking into it. >>> breaking overnight. 83-year-old emperor of japan saying if his health worsens, he fears he won't fulfill his duties. in a rare televised address, emperor akihito told his people he is in good health currently, but fitness level is declining.

. >>> a kremlin deception.hat's what our partners at fact-check.org are calling a recent claim by the clinton campaign. nbc's keith jones looks at the insinuation that donald trump is associating with a possible russian spy. >> there are real questions being raised about whether donald trump himself is just a puppet for the kremlin in this race. >> reporter: hillary clinton's campaign manager, robby mook, insinuates on national tv that presidential candidate donald trump, compromised national security. >> the gentleman he brought with him to his security briefing just last week is someone who's on the payroll of the "russia times," which is basically a propaganda arm of the kremlin. >> reporter: so who is this mysterious man referred to only as the gentleman. it turns out it was retired lieutenant general, michael flynn. >> no, he's not a russian spy. >> reporter: until two years ago, flynn was a director of the intelligence agency under president obama. mook says this past december, flynn was sitting two seats

the kremlin's point of view is because c.n.n. and c-span, and washington post are not giving them ap fair shake. they have to counter. it's an information war. what i remember, the very first story we covered was putin's take over of m.t.v., which was the only independent network in russia. his whole rise to power was orchestrated through television. and he understood that television mat nerd russia, and the way to maintain power was to control the airwaves. he took over m.t.v. and it was a formative event that showed, a lot of what would come. r.t. is an extension of that. control the message and politics. >> how much information, is blocked, in russia, if any? >> you can get on the internet in russia. it's not like china. there's no great firewall of russia. instead, there's an exfreedomly successful, manipulation of the information environment. the one and only independent television network that russia ever had was the very first thing that putin and his team took over understand the important fans of that and the t.v. networ

the reason you are not is because your business is owed hundreds of millions to china and the kremlin. >> that is false. i have tremendous net worth and small debt. to. the value is small debt. they understand that. they are trying to get away from the e-mail situation. every time they talk about the tax returns. i will release them when i am not under an audit. >> before the election? >> i hope so if it is finished by then. >> that promise to banks with which he has mortgages, do you plan to reach out to governor kasich. he has not. >> the republican nominee met with the fraternal order of >>> a major speech trump was supposed to give has been canceled. whether or not he is backing off his plan to deport millions of immigrants. he wants fair but firm policies. >>> several thousand more e- mails will be made public. a judge is department to look at 15,000 documents from the fbi >> we can confirm the fbi material handed over to us includes april 14900 documents. >> the judge wants it by september 22nd how the documents will be released. >> one decision to cell the confederate flag and

the kremlin had accused the top leaders of the communist party. because 11 of the 13 liters were jews in other words, did we charge genocide campaign it wasn't about black people at all it was about using black people against the united states to neutralize the bad publicity that the kremlin was getting in its campaign against the jews as everybody knows. this progressive tradition the parents were communists and never refer to themselves communist always us progressiv progressives. they live today in the democratic party that don't care about the black people, it doesn't do much for black people except throw them from his and pride of their leaders to keep the community in line with. in the inner cities they get crumbs. the democratic party controls every major inner city in america. 100% and has the 150 to 200 years. everything that's wrong with the inner cities in america, every oppression come every deprivation, democrats and progressives are responsible for the destroyed school systems that year in and year out don't teach these kids to read

he made comments about crimea and russia that could have provoked smiles in the kremlin.eantime, russian media is embracing trump painting him as a billionaire ready to deal with moscow. we have cnn's matthew chance joining us from russia. when we talk about the bromance, i think back to the new yorker article with a mural in lithuania of trump and putin kissing. what can you tell us about putin's feelings for trump? >> reporter: that was, i think, a copy of a more famous painting on the berlin wall with the former russian leader and the eastern germany leader kissing. there is this idea that putin and trump are in some way closely tied. they have similar concerns and ambitions when it comes to foreign policy. much of that comes from the fact that donald trump voiced opinions about the foreign policy which reflect the russian point of view on crimea. trump saying he would look to see if it is right to recognize that russian annexation. putin called trump colorful. they have been trading complime compliments. we don't know what putin really feels. there have been opinion p

there is a guy on the payroll of the kremlin with his engagement with r.t. america. this is a team of russian co-optees. >> you worked for the cia doing under cover work. when you hear hillary clinton and donald trump talking about terrorism, does it seem like either of them know what they're talking about? >> unfortunately, no. neither of them have any direct experience, and certainly not a positive track record in defeating terrorism. i'm the only candidate with any of that experience. this is a major challenge that our country faces. we need a leader that knows from day one what needs to be done to handle this threat. >> and you're on the ballot in utah and colorado, where else do you think you will be? >> we have been nominated by the independent party of minnesota. we're also working in iowa. we expect good news there. we launched efforts in virginia and idaho today of process well under way in tennessee, louisiana. we're moving very quickly. we'll have a lot of good news coming very quickly. we already have had good news, and we'll keep pushing to get on as man

. >> donald trump is refuse to go discloses deep financial ties that reach into the kremlin and china has leverage over him. none of this is being disclosed. lauren: a land deal with the nigerian firm that was tied to the clinton foundation. nicole: collin powell after reports, the truth is she was using personal e-mail per year before i sent a memo on what i did, end quote. lauren: more than a hundred thousand people have be registered for federal aid after 60,000 homes were damaged from historic flooding. many call this the worst natural disaster since super storm sandy. thunderstorms could bring more rain and search teams look for possible survivors. >> we are going door to door. if anyone is unaccounted for. this is a tight knit community but if anyone is missing, making sure everyone is accounted for. lauren: president obama will travel to louisiana to survey the damage. that's happening tomorrow. donald trump and mike pence visited the state back on friday. nicole: after locally transmitted zika cases found in two neighborhoods in the miami-dade county. health officials warning

trump to explain how much the hands of the kremlin is at his own campaign.here is a web of financial interests that have not been disclosed and real questions being raised about whether donald trump is just a puppet for the kremlin in this race. martha: kt mcfarland, welcome and good morning. what do you think? >> they are like children. you are a russian agent. no, you are a russian agent. please, let's get back to the issues. there are real issues. who does putin want to win? i don't think he cares. he has his plan to make russia be great again, have russia be the predominant influence in the middle east and desablize nato and the european union. as far as he's concerned he's in pretty good shape. the question is which one of our presidential candidates will be the best to deal with him and protect american interests. martha: vladimir putin is putting his side on one side of the ledger or the other, but his ageneral days the same. he don't really care which person wins the presidential elections. the american voters have to decide how much of a threat he i

. >> part of the kremlin and not giving away the secreting yet and stick around and sports sunday thellies wrap up their road trip and many questions hanging over the team like will they trade away some promising young arms and a look at the weather. we have a warm and humid start to august, 88 degrees for your monday. increasing clouds with a threat of some heavy thunderstorms especially late in the day and monday night. on tuesday we begin to cool off 84 degrees still on the muggy side and wednesday the pick of the week low humidity, partly sunny and 84 and back to the 90s by the end of the week and ducis and mike we will have more right after this. i'm hillary clinton and i approved this message. who do you talk to for military advice right now? well, i watch the shows. i mean i really see a lot of great - you know, when you watch your show and all of the other shows... while donald trump watched tv, as secretary of state, hillary clinton negotiated a cease fire in gaza. a reduction in nuclear weapons... took on vladimir putin... and stood up against the trafficking of human beings

any time you have $12.7 ties to the kremlin, which you just said? >> close ties might be strong. i would say this, i think there is a lot of certainly fondness, a lot of interest, his praise for vladimir putin, his top campaign aide having these, you know, relationships. i mean, it's all part of the clinton campaign can certainly make a lot of hay of. >> and it's a split from the traditional republican position. >> absolutely. >> most of his fellow party money was designated for paul manafort, but he said very clearly he did not receive. >> that sounds a little parsey, who knows what that means. >> yeah, optics are tough on that one. >> it is. look, it's complicated. it's also a distraction. they don't need more distractions. >> thank you, mark liebovich. >> thank you. >> did you have a good vacation? >> i had a great vacation. >> welcome back. >> i think i'm trying to get off vacation a little slowly. >> welcome back. glad you came back to us. >>> usain bolt needed less than ten seconds to make history, less than ten, olympics last night. jamaican sprinter became the first olymp

ukraine, which he accuses of sending saboteurs into crimea to carry out terrorist acts against the kremlin. but experts accuse moscow of playing risky political games, saber rattling at a time where its country men are questioning the human cost of the conflict with ukraine. for more than 9,500 people have been killed since fighting began two years ago. >> his party is up for election, and some of this is subterfuge, tor sure, but he wants a very decisive victory. he wants to be seen that he is in control. >> difficult relationship that we have with russia right now. but it's not going to stop us from still trying to pursue solutions. >> reporter: the unrest is just the latest political headache for the obama administration involving russia, which has sought closer ties with the kremlin in the fight against isis in syria, for example, but has maintained economic sanctions against russia for a host of disruptive behaviors around the globe. >> there is a need to have a relationship with russia and to work with russia on a range of other issues, including the conflict in syria. so figuring ou

on the biers was shot and killed less than 500 feet from the kremlin, a vocal critic of putin, he wasovernment to conduct an investigation. the highest profile assassination during the tenure of president putin. the chances of such a thing actually happening, however, seem unlikely at best. ♪ ♪

. >> we need donald trump to explain to us the extent the hand of the kremlin is at the core of his ownampaign there is a web of financial interests that have not been disclosed, and there are real questions being raised about whether donald trump himself is just a puppet for the kremlin in this race. >> so while the clinton campaign is focused on trump and russia, the trump cam plain is going after the clinton foundation for what it calls a blatant conflict of interest, a foundation that was accepting foreign donations while hillary clinton was still secretary of state. today former new york city mayor and trump supporter rudy giuliani went so far as to say this. listen. >> if i were back in my old job as u.s. attorney, i would probably indict the clinton foundation as a racketeering enterprise. she did favors for those very people who gave money to the clinton foundation. >> some strong words. so clinton spent the weekend fundraising on cape cod and martha's vineyard, and she will continue that effort tomorrow in los angeles. while trump, he is off to ohio. he's got a big rally planne

the hand of the kremlin has been at work in this campaign for a long time. it's clear they are supporting donald trump. >> in los angeles, mary bruce, channel 8 action news. >>> devastation takes over a wedding party in turkey when a child suicide bomber kills thousands of people. >>> ahead, a controversial festival in crown heights. a quarter of deadly riots organizers say there's reason to celebrate. no way, that's jacob degrom. let's get his autograph. can we get your auto... haha, yeah i get that a lot. jacob and i could be identical twins. i don't think so. well, maybe just related, haha. no way. well we both throw a heck of a fast ball! not just anyone can be a major league pitcher like jacob degrom. but anyone could save money with geico. geico, proud partner >>> a child suicide bomber killed two and injured dozens. by exploiting tensions. the bombing was the deadliest attack in turkey this year. >>> today in festival to bring together people of all backgrounds. but relatives of the jewish man says the festival is incentive. this after a car in a rabb

spokesman dismissed all this, telling "the new york times," "we have congress halls built for the kremlinven't tasted that before. ooh. so what would i be doing on my outing if i were czar? looking for some kulaks to oppress, or --? >> zamir:hunting, you know, enjoying life. >> anthony: all right. we're picking up some good speed here. >> zamir: oh, okay! >> anthony: some have suggested that russia is, after all this time, coming full circle, a tiny, tiny minority, in possession of nearly unlimited power and wealth. the idea of running up the steps and disemboweling royals? i could easily imagine myself doing that. it would not take much convincing. >> zamir: well, that's a pleasant surprise. >> anthony: i would hurl them all into the sea tomorrow. after the revolution, in a blunt force strategy designed to even things out, the government seized private residences, dividing them into little pieces and portioning them out to the masses, who were swarming in from the countryside to serve the new, industrialized soviet union. i never had any dreams of growing up in socialist wonderland. like

trump's most shoeking is pro-kremlin proposal is to look into recognition of crimea. dnc was hacked trump called on russia to find clinton's e-mails. here is trump earlier this month. >> they say putin likes trump. he said nice things about me. he said we are going to win. that's not bad. that's good. >> is it? we are joined by michael right now. i guess we have to start with the facts that we know. wid you know it hacked into the dnc e-mails and dumped them on us? >> yes. government officials have said as much on background. a public firm has investigated it. i talked to senior people at the white house about it. let's remember, that is their job. it is called spying. it is called intelligence. we do it too, by the way. it's not their job to get cut. >> why did they dump it? >> let's be very precise. wiki leaks, made very clear they don't like secretary clinton and want to do damage to her. the part we don't know is did the russians give it to wikileaks? they aren't doing to tell us and russia aren't going to tell us either. >> you have to figure out what they are up

there was a lot of speculation the last two weeks about whether or not trump is a kremlin stooge.it too far. the facts don't really support it. i think that trump has always sought putin's approval when he went to russia to host the miss universe pageant. he tweeted he really wanted to meet vladmir putin and be his best friend. he's doing everything he can to suck up to him. he is being a useful idiot. we ran a really interesting piece in "politico" about a russian journalist who wrote a piece about the kremlin. he said they something along the line offense what morale said which is putin is a trained kgb on the pa operative, you don't immediately ask them to do something. you don't saddle them with baggage. when the time is right, they'll come to you. they'll do what you want without you having to ask. >> it's a pretty serious charge. >> it's one of the most serious charges. when i read that this morning, it was like woe. that's as serious as it gets. part of the doubts that trump faces is on foreign policy. he leads on terrorism often but hillary clinton had a big lead among the

relations between turkey and the west are strained and the kremlin senses an opportunity.is early backing. >> translator: i know that i was one of the first who called on the phone and expressed my support in overcoming the internal political crisis after the coup d'etat. we will be against any unconstitutional deeds. >> reporter: amid turk irk anger and western criticism, putin's hand of friendship may count for a lot. matthew chance, cnn, st. petersburg. >> that's it for me. i'm back 5:00 p.m. eastern in "the situation room." the news continues right after a quick break. you both have a perfect driving record. until one of you clips a food truck. then your rates go through the roof. perfect. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. and if you do have an accident, our claims centers are available to assist you twenty-four seven. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. >>> here we go. you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. thank so much for being with me. any moment n

there's no question that is the message that the kremlin has preferred. and for that reason, there was a sort of sly smile that crossed putin's face when he was responding to questions about, you know, oh, well, no, i would never have any intervention in u.k. domestic politics. but the other point you make, that there is likely to be some sort of russian interest or russian connection on both sides of that issue and of other issues in u.k. politics and in european politics, agree with you completely. i've made this point as well, that the more moscow can help to stir the pot, and this goes with money, it goes with broadcasting, so russia today and other kinds of propaganda, news services, and it also goes with things that are said directly from the kremlin, so challenges that are launched at american or british or european politicians and how they respond, the goal is to create chaos, to seed uncertainty in the western democratic electorate, so that they look at the institutions we've built, whether it's the european union or the institutions of governmen

the hand of the kremlin has been at work in this campaign for some time. it's clear that they are supporting donald trump. >> mary bruce, abc news, los angeles. >>> one of the men hoping to replace senator marco rubio in washington will be in st. petersburg. democratic senate candidate patrick murphy will join state looma headquarters. >>> coming up on abc action news at 5:00 -- back to school. sarasota kids are the last to go back to the classroom. the reminder police have nor drivers that speed through school zones. >> up next -- prince discovery. items police found at the late rocker's estate that could be responsible for his accidental death. >> coming up, why the rays are a team that no one wants to play right now. y22s3y yy6y z22t7z zy6z y22t7y yy6y >>> 4:42. new developments in the death of prince. pills taken from were improperly labored. officials say sources saw counterfeit drugs more powerful than morphine. some falsie labeled as people a mix of acetaminophen and oxycodone. two weaker painkillers. prince didn't have a prescription for the fentan

manafort has been pushed out, but that doesn't mean that the russians have been pushed the hand of the kremlin has been at work in this campaign for some time. it's clear that they are supporting donald trump. mary: mary bruce, abc news, los angeles. sheldon: hillary clinton is kicking off a three-day fundraising swing in california. she'll have some star studded support including retired basketball star magic johnson, apple ceo tim cook, singer jimmy buffet and justin timberlake. adrienne: in louisiana, tens of thousands of people now in need of shelter and other necessities a week after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. there have been questions as to why president obama hasn't been more active in the recovery efforts. turns out, it was by request of the state's governor, who asked the president to hold off on visiting. gov. bel edwards: i didn't want to divert the police officers, the sheriff's deputies, the state troopers and other essential resources and assets to providing security for the president while they were needed in this region to undergo, to undertake those response

policy speech, we have learned of more troubling connectedions between donald trump's team and pro-kremlin elements in combs on "cbs this mor coming up on "cbs this morning," we will talk to mark leibovich on developments in the presidential race. >>> a muslim advocacy group. police released a sketch of the suspected gunman. detectives say the men were not targeted because of their faith, but some followers disagree. this is like -- this is not an attack to imam. >>> turning to the olympics now. gold medal winner ryan lochte and three other american swimmers were saying armed robbers targeted them in rio. u.s. olympic officials say it happened sunday morning when the four left in a taxi hosted by the french games delegation. robbers posing as police stopped the taxi and demanded money and belongings. no one was hurt. >>> the u.s. continue to add gold to its bank of olympic medals and the fastest man on earth defended his hiatal. in olympics, simone bileses won another gold and the first female gymnast to win three gold medals in the olympics and one on the vault. consecutive three 100-mete

his campaign manager was taking millions from a former ukrainian president with close ties to the kremlin. >> step one is and tighten things up. >> hello, everyone. >> reporter: hillary clinton, meanwhile, visiting scranton, pennsylvania, who told voters in biden's hometown that clinton is the only choice for voters. >> hillary understands the concerns of the people. >> reporter: while they both claim it is their home state, donald trump by 30 points in new york, according the the latest poll taken in the empire state. joel waldman, fox news. >>> fun at city hall in phoenix. it was the first ever city hall selfie day showing pride in their cities. let's look at some tweeted by the city of phoenix. this one shows wayne checking out the art gallery. who now works for the city of phoenix. she says it is a happy place for her today on the balcony. here is the phoenix city manager looking at one of the historic build information downtown phoenix. here is phoenix water taking a picture down there. they are having fun down there. there. recognize these folks? silt andrea and troy on azam getting

when skies clear tonight, it will be cold, 37 in kremlin, 49 in denver, a chilly start to the day. if the kids have a light jacket heading out, might not be a bad idea, but temperatures will get to feeling better. mid-70s in highlands ranch, lone tree and castle rock, mid- 60s for nederland and estes park. skies gradually clear, low tomorrow should get some sunshine mid-morning,67 by lunchtime, an active 48 hours until we hit the weekend. sunshine, mid-80s saturday, sunday, monday almost 90, a warm weather temperature trend continuing till the middle of next week. who isn't thinking about the weekend? our broncos take the field saturday, 79 degrees at kickoff at 6 p.m. forecast with 71 degrees at 10:00. a beautiful double rainbow shot, had to bring this back. i don't know if you saw this in our earlier newscast, but adele and i were taken back by this beautiful picture. >> i saw it on twitter, very pretty. >> does that mean there are four pots of gold there? >>> from colorado's sports leader here's drew soicher. >> hi, everybody. the broncos chances of winning saturday's preseason

this comes after intense scrutiny of manafort's relationship with the pro-kremlin elements in russia and ukraine. earlier this week the republican candidate reduced manafort's role in the campaign bringing in a new campaign manager. trump's former campaign chair that manafort helped force out said it's the right m >> the campaign should never be about the staff person. it should be about the candidate. this reflection is all the focus back on mr. trump. maureen: trump spent the day looking at the damage from louisiana flooding. democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton urged people to donate to relief efforts but said she did not want to be a distraction from the efforts by visiting the area. the flooding in louisiana is blamed for 13 deaths and thousands of people forced from their homes. new twist in the scandal involving four american swimmers. the new apology as one of the swimmers, a rockville native returns to the u.s. the final time a motorcycle ride in memory of terror attack victims and why it's coming to an end. what happened on a test drive that sent a $60,000 merc