i'm christi paul. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell.>> coming up, national outrage over the treatment of immigrants to the u.s. >>> also ahead this hour after satellite images reveal upgrades for a nuclear facility, "the washington post" is reporting new evidence of north korea's efforts to conceal its warheads. we will take a closer look at president trump's relationship with evangelical voters and the politics of religion. >>> mexico chooses a new president today who stands to inherit a bitter trade value with the u.s. and widespread corruption at home. >>> how tariffs could force the largest nail manufacturer in the united states to go out of bounds or move south. your "new day" starts right now. >>> so grateful you with us here this morning. >>> they are promising to keep up the fight you saw the last 24 hours from san francisco to chicago, atlanta, new york. hundreds of other cities in between. there were thousands of marchers who ignored the summer heat and who hit the streets and marched for miles. their message to the white hous

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. more than 40,000 people are out of their homes this morning as a massive wildfire rips through california. >> we are learning the search for that woman and search for her two great children, we have found they have been found dead. medicallily bledsoe and her two great grandchildren died thursday after her home was engulfed by flames there. the car fire -- this thing is massive, folks. it has doubled in size in just hours. now at 80,000 acres and it is still growing. thousands of homes and businesses are threatened. officials say residents shouldn't wait for an evacuation order. if they don't feel safe, leave. >> if you feel like you need to leave and nobody has told you, leave. is there a reason the hair on the back of your neck stands up sometimes. >> cnn's paul verkammen is joining us. >> it's a sad day. you pointed out the young children passed away along with their great grandmother in the fire. you might wonder, well, how in the world could they not get out? if you look at this

martin savidge, thank you. >>> we continue on top of the hour. you're watching cnn.baldwin. we're hours away from a decision by president trump on naming at 9:00 p.m. eastern time this evening his nominee to replace retiring supreme court justice kennedy. no matter who he chooses, conservatives will finally get the clear edge that has alluded them for decades. a 5-4 majority on the highest court in the land. the finalists include three men and one woman. the newer contender was the runner up to the supreme court nominee. also of note, jim as to ta has been reporting that brett kavanaugh is getting more attention for his 2009 piece in which he wrote that the indictment and trial of a sitting president would cripple the federal government. the supreme court pick kicks off a huge week ahead for this president. after he shapes the court's future, he moves on to meetings with nato, the british prime minister and queen and his summit with vladimir putin. so with me now is cnn senior political analyst david gergen. good to see both

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> "the washington post" reports new evidence of north korea's efforts to conceal its warheads. >>> mexico chooses a new president today who stands to inherit a bitter trade battle with the u.s. and widespread corruption at home. >>> the world cup. a shock exit for soccer's two biggest stars. your "new day" starts now. all righty. from san francisco to chicago, atlanta, new york. you saw it and he could see it anywhere you turned on your tv yesterday. hundreds of other cities in between. there were thousands of marchers ignoring that summer heat yesterday. and marching for miles. their message to the white house was families belong together and it's time to take action. >> here is cnn correspondent polo sandoval. >> reporter: these are the rallying cries heard across the country saturday. >> where are the kids? >> reporter: protesters marches in masses for president trump, eliminate his zero tolerance policy for the people crossing the board illegally. >> the thought that my own family would have difficult coming across the border if they

. >> and i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. president trump has again denied knowing anything about his son's 2016 meeting in trump tower with campaign officials and several russians. >> yeah, sources telling cnn his former lawyer, michael cohen, now says trump not only knew about the meeting, he approved it. after tweeting cohen was only changing his story to get out of his own legal trouble, the president moved on to the economy, jobs, and so-called incompetent democrats, quote. but the cohen news continues as one of the president's lawyers responds. here's cnn political correspondent sara murray. >> reporter: martin and christi, president trump has denied again and again he had no knowledge of the infamous 2016 meeting in trump tower, but michael cohen now has a different story to tell and is apparently willing to tell it to the special counsel. michael cohen now claiming that donald trump knew in advance about the june 2016 meeting at trump tower, where russians were expected to offer dirt on hillary clinton, sources tell c

i'm martin savidge.start with the political chaos surrounding the highly anticipated trump/putin summit. the meeting is still on and the white house says the two leaders will speak to the press after their sitdown, all of this after special counsel robert muellerd russian probe. top senate democrats sent a letter to the president asking him to not meet putin alone saying he is, quote, not a friend of the united states. the president is weighing in on the latest indictments by blaming former president obama instead of condemning russia. the president still calling the probe a witch hunt. but important to know mueller's probe has now brought 191 criminal charges and 35 defendants. cnn's global affairs correspondent is standing by, but we start with abby phillip. and i'm wondering, what are you hearing from the white house there? >> reporter: good morning. the white house is saying exactly what president trump is saying, which is that they are emphasizing the idea that there were no americans specifically i

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. >> i'll martin savidge. president trump denies anything of his meeting in trump tower with campaign officials. >> sources tell cnn his former lawyer then candidate trump not only knew about the meeting, he approved it. the president and his team are firing back, though. >> reporter: president donald trump has repeatedly denied knowing about a meeting his son had with russians in the heat of the 2016 campaign but his former personal lawyer michael cohen now prepared to contradict the president under oath. sources tell cnn that special counsel robert mueller knew in advance about the now infamous trump tower meeting in which donald trump jr. was expected to get dirt on the clinton campaign. cohen is privately asserting he and others were present when donald trump junior informed trump of the offer and trump gave the go ahead to have the meeting. the bomb chel contradicts what jump junior told investigators last year. asked by the senate judiciary committee, did you inform your father about the under lying off

. >> i am martin savidge in for victor blackwell.e in the cnn "newsroom." >>> president trump calls it a dumb question, but he's answering it again anyway. he says no, he didn't know about his son's 2016 meeting in trump tower with campaign officials and several russians. >> sources tell cnn his former lawyer says then candidate trump not only knew about the meeting and attempts to get dirt on hillary clinton but that he

. >> i am martin savidge in for victor blackwell. you're in the cnn "newsroom." >>> president trump calls it a dumb question, but he's answering it again anyway. he says no, he didn't know about his son's 2016 meeting in trump tower with campaign officials and several russians. >> sources tell cnn his former lawyer says then candidate trump not only knew about the meeting and attempts to get dirt on hillary clinton but that he approved of it as well. >> after tweeting cohen was only trying to get out of his own legal trouble, the president moved onto the surging economy and jobs. >> the president has no sub event scheduled this -- public event scheduled this weekend. sarah westwood is with us, and lynn suiweet from chicago sun times is with us as well. sarah, i want to ask, what is going on with the president? is he saying anything this morning? >> reporter: as is so often the case, trump is not allowing his own message to break through, getting in his own way, engaging on twitter on the michael cohen situation. by any measure, this

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> "the washington post" reports new evidence of north warheads. >>> mexico chooses a new president today who stands to inherit a bitter trade battle with the u.s. and widespread corruption at home. >>> the world cup. a shock exit for

i'm martin savidge in for fredricka whitfield. political chaos that's surrounding that highly anticipated trump/putin summit. the white house says that the two leaders will speak to the press after their sit-down. all of this after special counsel robert mueller's latest indictments in the russia probe. those indictments have sent cries throughout washington for the president to cancel his summit. asking him to not meet putin alone. saying he's, quote, not a friend of the united states. and all of this as president trump weighs in on the latest indictments by blaming former president obama instead of condemning russia. the president still calling the probe a witch hunt. but it's important to note mueller's probe has now brought 191 criminal charges and 35 defendants. cnn's white house correspondent abby phillip live

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> we begin with a path of destruction cut across northernalifornia. firefighters struggling to contain that car fire which is now doubled in size covering more than 80,000 acres. >> we know a state of emergency is in place here. a disaster declaration in effect. federal help is on the way for thousands of people who are out of their homes right now and we have learned a woman and her two great grandchildren are the most recent victims of this fire. we told you yesterday they were missing. relative now say melody bledsoe and her two great grandchildren were inside their home when it was engulfed by flames. >> my sympathy goes out to the family. this is an ongoing investigation. >> the death toll is up to five. cnn's paul vercammen joins us for what is an extremely dangerous fire still. good morning. >> good morning. you can see behind me, one of those houses that parished and 536 houses in all. you move over here. this fire just absolutely roared through here. it's now burning to the west about 30 miles to the west of redding in the hills. an

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. president trump has again denied knowing anything about his son's 2016 meeting in trump tower with campaign officials and several russians. >> sources tell cnn his former lawyer, michael cohen, now says trump not only knew about the meeting, an attempt to get dirt on hillary clinton, but that the president or candidate at the time approved it. that is the opposite of what the president and his team have said very clearly all along. >> when did the president learn that that meeting had taken place? >> i believe in the last couple of days, is my understanding. >> did you tell your father anything about this? >> no. it was such a nothing, there was nothing to tell. >> let's focus on what the president was aware of -- nothing. the president was not aware and did not attend this meeting. >> he said he had no meetings, was aware of no meetings with russians, was not aware of this one until really right before it all broke, and that's what the president has said. >> did you know at the time

martin savidge is out front. >> driving down i-93 in new hampshire, about 80 miles from the canadianns into a checkpoint operated by the u.s. border patrol. he starts recording. the border patrol agent tells him if he wants to keep driving south, he has to answer a question. >> are you a united states citizen? >> summer tells me he resented being stop and interrogated. >> i indicated hey, i don't want to answer these questions. i'd like to be on my way. >> that didn't happen. this is the area of the checkpoint. justin summers says when he refused to answer the agent's questions, they detained him and said they lo would hold him until he told them what they wanted to hear, in other words, indefinitely. the message to you if you don't answer this question, we're going to hold you on the side of the road here until who knows when? >> exactly. it's kind of an intimidation tactic, i think. >> i need you to pull over there. >> reporter: a tactic critics say is happening more frequently and far away from the u.s./mexico border which has been at the center of attention when it comes to immig

martin savidge is "outfront." >> reporter: maybe you were expecting to see military trucks and troopsrder. they're not here. instead of human traffickers or drug smugglers, sergeant francisco rubbles is tracking down a pickup truck's electrical problem. he is a mechanic in the border pool in nogales. specialist duran is at the border. but instead of a rifle, he's got a welding torch. some national guard troops have even served by cleaning the stalls at border patrol stables. operation guardian support is a long way from the president's tough talk of military might. >> until we can have a wall and proper security, we're going to be guarding our border with the military. >> you're not armed, correct? >> correct. none of our soldier or airmen currently on operation guardian support are armed. >> and they're not out there walk right beside the border patrol agents? >> correct. these are positions that are back off the border. >> reporter: despite president trump's claim we haven't really used troops on the border before, we have. in 2006, the bush administration sent 6,000 soldiers to the