that could be a key reason why mr. trumpe tabloid media seem to have fired a warning shot at cohen. it splashed all over the nation enquirer, the secrets and lies of donald trump's fixer, inside of the tabloid, a rehash of the hush money to stormy daniels and karen mcdougal and other cases where michael cohen has allegedly cleaned up after his boss. a source close to president trump tells cnn, just the publishing of that enquirer story could be a strong sign that trump is upset with his personal attorney. according to cnn source, enquirer publisher david pecker, a long-time friend of the president, wouldn't have allowed it to be printed without the president's blessing. >> someone in the president's camp has determined that mike kmooik -- that michael cohen is talking to the special counsel and that he might flip and this is a warning that the president could turn on his long-time ally. >> >> reporter: cohen is under federal criminal investigation nor months over his business dealers and robert mueller has sought documents a

mr. trump's legal team. these questions are the tip of the iceberg. it will be virtually impossible for the president's lawyers to prepare him for answering all of the additional questions that will arise from the president's answer to any one of these questions. just an example. what was the purpose of your january 27, 2017 dinner with mr. comey, and what was said? now, there are countless follow-up questions to however donald trump answers that question, the comey memo about that dinner says the president asked for james comey's personal loyalty, that the president lied to james comey about how much time he spent in moscow. and then there are a range of follow-up questions that have nothing to do with the substance of the trump/comey dinner conversation. the president will be asked how many times have you had a one-on-one dinner with anyone in the white house? and if james comey is the only person donald trump has ever had a one-on-one dinner with in the white house, the reason for having tha

[applause] ♪ mrs. trumpi'm asking you all to join me today in committing to promote values of encouragement, kindness, compassion. with those of values is a solid foundation, our kids would be better equipped to deal with many things in our world today. i've learned that it's oftentimes a tragedy that you see strength in the human being. i have been heartened to see children across this country using their voices to speak out using voices to create change. they are the future, and they deserve a voice. i receive many letters from children who have been bullied or feel threatened on social media. i'm here with one goal, helping children. and i believe that if we all come together, we can start to effect positive change for our children. much of my focus has been towards understanding the negative effects the opioid epidemic is having on our children and young mothers. i've seen medical and personal results and while this crisis has taken hold of our country, the american people have responded. i'm proud of th

the elaboration here is that mr. trump rejected the proffered resignation from attorney general jeff sessions. after the president criticized jeff sessions publicly, mr. sessions reportedly offered his resignation to the president. mr. trump rejected sessions's resignation after aides argued it would only create more problems. the details of those discussions remain unclear, but mr. trump's advisers have already given mr. mueller their accounts of the conversations and now mueller apparently wants to ask why did you hold sessions's resignation until the last day of may, and with whom did you discuss it? we didn't know about that at all. what discussions did you have with reince priebus in july 2017 about obtaining the sessions resignation? with whom did you discuss it? what discussions did you have regarding terminating the special counsel, and what did you do when that consideration was reported in january 2018? what was the purpose of your july 2017 system of mr. sessions? that was public attacks he was making on session

trump. this was the moment that mr. comey breached mr. trump of allegations related to him of these so-called steele dossier. further on comey, what was the purpose of your january 27th, 2017 dinner with mr. comey and what was said at that dinner? similarly what was the purpose of your february 14th, 2017 meeting and what was said at that meeting. what did you know of the fbi investigation into mr. flynn and russia? the days leading up to the congressional testimony, what did you do in reaction to the march 20th testimony. describe your contacts with intelligence officials. what this is about is there is been reports that the president asked other intelligence officials including the director can coats and mike pompeo should pressure or intervene with the fbi to try to get the fbi to drop the investigation on the russia scandal. this is according to new york times tonight, one of the questions mueller wants to ask the president is they want him to describe his contact with intelligence officials after comey bomb shelled the congressional t

let's start by reminding everyone what mr. trump demand and will do so officially tomorrow that the department of justice look into whether or not the fbi/doj infiltrate order surveilled the trump campaign for political purposes, and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the obama administration. steve, this comes after reports that the fbi sent in a confidential source to speak with some aides to the trump campaign to find out about possible ties to russia. what do you make of the president's latest declaration? >> well, again, i don't think this is necessarily the place -- twitter is the place to make those kind of accusations and demands. if the president has a concern, i think he has the right to talk to the department of justice about it, and the department of justice's answer i believe was just about as perfect as you can get. certainly if -- certainly they're saying that any political interference would be bad, but they're not saying that there is evidence of any. they're just saying if we find any, certa

mike pompeo says he'll put the swagger back in foreign service — mr trump certainly thinks it needs itmust say, that's more spirit than i've heard from the state department in a long time, many years! a 2015 letter asserting then candidate trump's so—called "excellent" health was written by none other than the candidate himself, says the doctor who signed it. also on the programme. another shake—up in donald trump's legal team — as questions swirl over whether the president will sit down with special counsel bob mueller. i want to thank you for your welcome, you and your delicious wife for your warm welcome. the international language of diplomacy. a delicious slip up by the french president. get in touch with us using the hashtag ‘beyond—one—hundred—days‘. hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. diplomacy is back in fashion in washington — at least for today. the president made his first ever visit to the us state department building — less than a mile from the white house. it was a public vote of confidence in his new secretary of state mike

cohen as an agent of mr. trump -- he's an attorney, he's a personal attorney of the president -- what did mr. cohen tell whoever was compiling this form and what did he fail to tell them and what did he conceal from them as it related to liabilities and namely the stormy daniels payment. and that's going to be an area of inquiry and that is going to be really i think a center question as it relates to this 2016 form and why this liability was not disclosed. >> and let me ask you, mr. cohen isn't just an agent of the president or his lawyer who likely had a role in putting that form together last year. he is also someone largely rumored to be facing very dire personal legal exposure right now. is this the kind of thing that he might be willing to cooperate with, to help investigators understand what was true and what was false in last year's financial disclosure form as part of any sort of arrangement for leniency for himself with investigators? >> so, i worked organized crime figures. i worked high level drug carte

mr trump described the deal as a disaster and an embarrassment. it took more than two years to negotiate under barack obama. iran's president rouhani has responded — he says iran will continue the deal with the other signatories. the eu's top diplomat has called on those countries to continue honouring the deal. france, germany and the uk all say they regret the us decision. in other news — north korea's kimjong un makes a surprise second visit to china for a beach rendezvous with president xi, just weeks before his planned summit with president trump. every day on outside source, we pull together the most important information on the biggest stories. if you want to get in touch with them, the hashtag is #bbcos. (titles) after months of speculation — we have an answer. donald trump has pulled america out of the iran nuclear deal. in an address at the white house, the us president said the current deal doesn't stop iran from making nuclear weapons in the future. take a listen. injusta injust a short in just a short period of time the world's meetin

trump is due to reveal whether he's going to withdraw the united states from the iran nuclear deal mr trump passed repeatedly criticized the agreement and accuses the islamic republic of violating its terms known formally as the george comprehensive plan of action it is meant to curb terence nuclear weapons program president trump is required to reconfirm u.s. support every one hundred twenty days despite pressure from the deal seven other coast signatories it looks as though this time it will withdraw that support insisting that the deal must be altered to keep the u.s. on board. slamming the nuclear deal with iran has been one of donald trump's fiery asst mottos before and after taking office in iran you know was one of the worst and most one sided transactions the united states has ever entered and frankly that deal is an embarrassment to the united states and i don't think you've heard the last of it believe me on monday the u.s. president announced on twitter he was ready to deliver his verdict whether he will call for the end of the deal or push for every negotiation is not clear unde

the admission may have exposed mr. trump to other legal liabilities and apparently caught much of his own staff off guard. hena doba is here in new york. hena, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. president trump said he paid stormy daniels $130,000 to stop her from spreading lies about him ahead of the 2016 election. this surprise revelation has created new legal headaches and stunned many in the west wing. president trump is now acknowledging that he paid money to adult film actress stormy daniels, though he denies they had an affair. in a series of tweets, the president described the nondisclosure agreement with daniels as being very common among celebrities. mr. trump said it was intended to, quote, stop the false and extortionist revelations made by her about an affair. those revelations were initially made by rudy giuliani during a pair of interviews on fox news. it was a dramatic debut for the former new york city mayor and his new role as a member of the president's legal team, but experts say giuliani's statem

mr trump, i tell your behalf of the iranian people, you are mistaken —— you run.e white house, mr trump gave this response to iran's threat to return to its nuclear ambitions. i would advise them not to start a nuclear programme. i would advise them very strongly. if they do, there will be very severe consequences. three us citizens are on their way home after north korea releases them from detention during a visit from us secretary of state mike pompeo. bmw is recalling more than 300,000 cars in the uk amid safety concerns following a bbc investigation. and we report on galileo, the european satellite navigation system, and why brexit could affect britain's involvement. and on newsnight, the house of lords has made big changes to the government's brexit bill. some say the lots are forcing the will of the people. they say they are doing they do, voting as they see fit. good evening and welcome to bbc news. president trump has warned of "severe consequences", if iran restarts its nuclear programme following the us decision last night to abandon the nuclear deal sig

pompeo called his counterparts in europe to tell them that mr. trump was planning to withdraw but that he was trying to win a two week reprieve for the united states and europe to continue negotiating. mr. pompeo suggested that he favored a so-called soft withdrawal in which trump would pull out of the deal but hold off on reimposing some of the sanctions. this has to go down as pompeo's first policy failure as secretary of state. that is not what we got today. >> that's right. it indicates the limits of his influence. it's interesting too because pompeo is considered to be a hawk. he's not thought of as the moderate that rex tillerson was seen as. yet in his role as secretary of state, he's obviously taken upon the traditional position of the state department, of the chief diplomat to seek more diplomatic solutions to things rather than potentially blow up alliances. his role now as the diplomat is to try to see if he could work something out with the europeans. there have been months of talks with the europeans. brian hook, the state department's pol

meanwhile, mr. trump rallies his base at a meeting of the national rifle association and vows to protect the second amendment. and i go to class like no other class like no other -- these students are acgeally prisonering the benefits out of every move. w to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. e well, if you wping for a nice, quiet friday in washington, d.c., today was not it. the political news keepsoming, much of it from the mouth of the president himself. the main event was supposed to be a speech before the natiol rifle association. we will get to that in just a minute. but before president trump left town, there s continuing followed from his lawyer rudy giuliani going on tv to say that mr. trump repaid to the hush money given to the porn star stormy daniels. the president suggested mr. giuliani may not have had all of the facts. president trump: when rudy made great,ment -- rudy but he just started and was not totally familiar with everything, and rudy -- we love rudy,

how likely is it that mr. trump is going to hawi to sit down him? anthony: it is a delicate dance and has been for months. both sides want this to reach a negotiated agreement where they define what donald trump isal going to tk about, that he does so voluntarily. the subpoena is turning a dance into a fist fight. it is forcing him to show up, or maybe not. there is an open question about whether the president can be legally subpoenaed. oney started with bill cli and then backed off and negotiated a televised interview. ronald reagan answered questions in wring. they are trying to use the subpoena here that is definitely escalating it, and there is no guarantee it will be successfully resolved. they would much rath have it be more restrained. jane: is this more noise o indication that the probe is starting to reach a climax? anthony: you have to look at thb tything, there are rumblings and tremors in the ground. it could be nothing, or it could be a sign that the volcano down the road is about to blow. we don't know is going on beneath theurface. jan

dowd the questions they wanted to ask mr. trump. so that's how these questions came about that we have now. when mr. mueller's team relayed the question, their tone and detailed nature submitted mr. could's view that the president should not sit for an interview. mr. trump remained firm in his assistance that he meet with mr.

mrs. trump: thank you. president trump: thank you, verybody, very much. [applause] >> wrapping up the first lady's remarks from the rose garden and launch of be best, anti-bullying initiative. and some newsbreaking from the white house this afternoon. president trump tweeted just moments before this event -- i will be announcing my decision on the iran deal tomorrow from the white house at 2:00 p.m. eastern. if there is an event associated with tomorrow's announcement, we'll have it live for you on the c-span networks. u.s. house is in recess right now before starting legislative work at 4:30. members will consider a number of post office namings, requested votes will take place at 6:30 eastern today. later this week the house will debate a bill to advance the federal approval process to store nuclear waste in yuck a i mountain. d reform an auto financing rule. he u.s. senate has confirmed 15 of the circuit court members so far. and for more on the week ahead in washington, we spoke to a pair of reporters on this morning's "washington journal." >> "washin

see their firm responses by among others for the record need us who are in policy chief reminded mr trump that this is an international treaty or agreement that is backed by international law and cannot be unilaterally abrogate it another important voice in support of this has been the un's secretary general mr terrorist who called on all the un member states to our bide by their obligations because this i.v. man has been endorsed by the un security council resolution two two three one saw given the nancy ation by russia and china as well and the joint statement by the european three germany u.k. and france in support of the j c peel away i will put to bed in on behalf of the preservation of the j.c. appeal and whole fully in the coming discussions between iran and these parties will get much clearer about this cautiously optimistic. for the who are seeable future there's been reports suggesting that iran isn't just going to take this lying down it's actually been preparing a list of retaliatory measures what could they possibly be. well you know iran has taken the. whole area of obligati

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betty riegert in brussels so welcome both custer phenomena in washington was will start with you if mr trump does pull america out of the deal does that necessarily mean it will fall after all there are eight signatures to it. you know that's a big question and depends on what donald trump is going to say exactly i mean you never know with on a trump so it still could be that he's announcing he will be announcing another diplomatic initiative or that he would announce the deal but not immediately pull out of it but clearly that is very unlikely everybody expects donald trump to announce that he would not extend the sanction relieve that iran has enjoyed under the existing iran nuclear deal and that would mean that the u.s. in this case would be violating the agreement because iran is hearing to the deal effectively do you would pull out of the deal now as you said there are other signatories states so it doesn't have to unravel iran would have an excuse to restart its nuclear program but they have also been some. statements from iran saying well we might stay in but the americans believe tha

[applause] mrs. trump: i am asking you to join me to today to support encouragement, kindness, compassion, and respecting our children. with those values as a condition, our kids will be better equipped to deal with the many evils in our world today. in my year as first lady, i've also learned that it's after tragedy you see strength and resilience of the human spirit. i have been heartened to see children across this country using their voices to speak out and try to create change. they're our future and they deserve a voice. i received many letters from children who have been bullied or feel threatened on social media. i am here with one goal, helping our children. i believe if we all come together we can start to effect positive change for our children. much of my focus has been toward understanding the negative effects the opioid epidemic is having on our children and young mothers. i have seen firsthand both the medical and personal resolve. and while these cries are receiving the calls of our country

. >> reporter: mr. trump referred questions about the deal to long-time lawyer michael cohen. >> he did not know about the specifics of it, as far as i know, but michael cohen would take care of things like this. >> daniels claims she was paid $130,000 to bent quiet. giuliani was stun by it. >> the american people have been lied to about this agreement, about the $130,000, about the reimbursements. we just didn't know that rudy giuliani was going to go on the sean hannity show and admit it on national television. >> giuliani said mr. trump only learned the specifics of the 'agreement with ms. daniels after cohen's office was raided on the 29th. giuliani described the payment to daniels as a very regular thing to do. questions have been directed to the president's personal legal team. anne-marie. >> hena doba here in new york. thanks so much, hena. >>> this morning a severe weather system in the central u.s. threatens another round of tornadoes, hail, and damaging wind. the severe weather stretches from texas

were up two percent after mr trump's speech on friday united health which owns the nation's third largest p.b.m. said they welcome the trump plan and other drug and biotech stocks rose after the president's announcements according to wall street journal and an analyst from stanford c. bernstein and company said the proposal confirms that quote the administration was and will remain very pro pharma in. the face of the japanese shipping industry is changing as the three largest carriers are merging in to a bid to secure a market position against regional and global rivals the n y k line k line and mitsui o.s.k. lines began joint operations late last month as the ocean network express or one effectively creating the six largest shipping operator with seven percent of global market share mitsui is the de facto leader of the new formation the shipping industry has been consolidating for years across the board in recent years there's been a glut of low prices and in the past three years twenty of the biggest shipping or operators have consolidated to just seven companies. and checking back in o

now we're told by the doctor that mr. trump wrote the letter. we were told by president trump he fired james comey because of the russia investigation now we're told he was fired because he refused to say publicly this mr. trump was not a target of the investigation. we were told president trump knew nothing about the payment to stormy daniels. now we're told the president reimburse cohen through a retainer and the president didn't know how the money was being used. >> then we were told that giuliani will get his facts straight. the president couldn't tell us what those facts r. all presidents stretch the truth, some more than others. the economy is strong and the president has a faithful base. could it be by the time robert mueller issues his findings people are too num by the truth shadings that mr. president trump is sewing. >> the president trying to explain troubling statement from rudy giuliani. >> rudy is a great guy. he just started. he just started when he made statements. he just started yesterday. >> he actually started two weeks ago.

congress to say that mr trump has decided to pull the united states out of iraq. nuclear deal he's repeatedly criticized the agreement and accused the islamic republic of violating its terms president trump is required to reconfirm support for the deal which is intended to curb the country's nuclear ambitions and one hundred twenty days he's resisted lobbying from the seven other signature is insisting that it must be changed to keep the u.s. on board. but we will that bring you live coverage of that decision as soon as it is made right now that we bring you coverage from the united states europe and iran the w. corresponding to play richardson is in washington reagan is in brussels and the a.f.p. correspondent eric randall joins us from a tehran so welcome to you all let's start with you in tehran eric randolph this is been in the air for the last one hundred twenty days how has iran been reacting well i'd say the mood in tehran is pretty grim really depressed one person said to me today nothing iranians are just tired of all of this thought they heard a lot of th

it is more evidence of mr. trump trying to keep people in suspense and drive the news agenda, something he takes great pride in his ability to do. t laura: and he ing great pride in this piece of stagecraft, this meeting. niall: he is absolutely, and he takes pride in how his attitude towards north korea was mocked and divided by professed foreign policy experts and he feels it is approach has paid dividends. laura: niall stanage, thanks for joining s . niall: alwpleasure. speech weer that mentioned before, the national rifle association. presidentru embraced the organization today in the remarks. poour corrent gary o'donoghue send this report. grandma there he is, donaldum j -- >> there he is, donald j. trump. the nra convention ha become an animal pilgrimage for president trump. today the president remains staunch in his defense ofhem and their rights constitutionally to own a gun. president trump: yout second amendmghts are under siege, but they will never, ever be under siege as long as i am your president. ofy:

very early. you know, mr trump, then it wasn't mr president, it was mr trump. e never seen anything like it. it. said i have never seen anything like it. really early voting in tennessee. tennessee. if the rest of the country is like tennessee, right, jimmy? tennessee, right, jimmy? like tennessee, you are going to win this election very easily. this election very easily. all kept hearing, he can't get to 270. you need 270 in the electoral college. there is no way to 270. they were right. 306. where is no way to do so. way to do so. had to find one, because i believed the fake news that was wrong. the fake news that was wrong. there they are, right back there. they are fake. look how many of them. look how many. oh, boy. that's a lot of people back there. that's a lot of people. fake news. we're also very grateful to be joined by senator lamar alexander. joined by senator lamar alexander. and senator bob caulker. and she's going to win, marsha blackburn. marcia,, persecond. —— marsha, come up for a second. us republican marsha blackburn in her bid for the us sen

no—one is putting mr trump in the frame for this at the moment. ump is sometimes accused by his critics of being too friendly to russia. so what is he doing, apparently, helping ukraine? well, you have got to think back to the election campaign, and back then mr trump indeed was using a lot of rhetoric which the ukrainians, for one, thought was, in their view, worryingly pro—russia, it was at war with russia then as it is now, and according to our sources in kiev, poroshenko decided to intervene in the us election, and did so by leaking damaging in on paul manafort, as we heard in the package. if that is true, it was a disastrous miscalculation, because hillary clinton did not win, donald trump did, so what we're seeing here, if all our sources are giving us an here, if all our sources are giving us an accurate picture, is an attempt by the ukrainians to build bridges with mr trump, to do things will not offend him, and it is interesting, an interesting coincidence, some people might say it is more than a coincidence, that the ukrainians started to

mr trump suspects that the chinese president had a hand in the about—face.o beijing. the chinese president is a world—class poker player and maybe doing the same thing i might do, but there was a somewhat different attitude after that meeting so i can't say that i'm happy about it. moon jae-in was very happy about it. moon jae-in was very happy about it. moon jae-in was very happy about the possibility of peace and hope the summit with kim jong—un would be a tampa late for mr trump's. he wants this to work for the sake of south korea but now people wonder if he has overstated the willingness of north korea to deal. kim jong—un has the willingness of north korea to deal. kimjong—un has played along with goodwill gestures like replacing north korean american hostages and the build—up to the summit has been shaped by an unusual degree of diplomatic showmanship by both leaders and the oval office seemed to see the latest round. he will be saved, he will be happy and his country will be rich. mr trump stressed it would be worth it for kim jong—un to take the risk

mr. trump's attorney, mr.iuliani also said cohen was paid $460,000, $470,000 from the president, also included money for incidental expenses. do we know more about that based upon this report? >> we don't know more based on this report at first blush. we have the different llcs. he has hundreds of llcs, and all we get to see is their income, their names and sort of what the underlying assets are. if there is any individual transactions between bank accounts. if, you know, petty cash is taken out to pay back someone in a lump sum nor a series of payments, we're not going to see that in here. >> the "new york times" seems to be reporting right now that his business businesses, based on this financial disclosure agreement, his businesses are suffering from a decline in revenue. the d.c. hotel, though, does appear to be booming. revenue, according to the "times" upwards of $40 million-plus. what thing that strikes me, we're going over the documents. no graphics prepared to show viewers. the latter capital finance.

while the south china morning post reports that mr trump hit out at a "hostile" kim, it headlines that eye" in their opposition to the us president's protectionist trade policies. la figaro in france leads on a justice department study of more than 200 convicted radical islamists that it says reveals the face ofjihadism in france. but it covers the summit cancellation with the headline declaring mr trump's strategy a failure. now, you know there's a prestigious musical career ahead of you when you win an internationally renowned music competition at the age of ii. last month, chloe chua won thejunior division of the menuhin competition in geneva. the competition attracts some of the greatest violin talents from all over the world and many of its prizewinners have gone on to successful international careers. earlier i spoke to chloe chua, a student at the nanyang academy of fine arts and her mum, eng lee. i began by asking chloe what it felt like being in the competition. i was really happy to join and when i heard that i got into the competition i was wheeping because i did not know th

now, remember, mrs. trump back in 2016 when parts of her speech at the rnc seemed to follow passages from a speech previously delivered by michelle obama. >>> a spokesperson for mrs. trump says the ftc approached her office to include the pamphlet, and they were, quote, happy to do. so still, mrs. trump's be best campaign, which urges children to exercise good behavior online and in person is sticking out for another reason. it is a direct contradiction to the tweeter in chief who often uses social media as a weapon against his own advocacies. since declaring for president, mr. trump has hurl in order than 450 twitter insults, according to "the new york times." >>> george zimmerman, the one-time neighborhood volunteer watch who was acquitted of shooting teenager trayvon martin in 2012 is in trouble with the law again. he threatened a private investigator who is working on a documentary about the trayvon martin case. the investigator received dozens of phone calls, text messages, voice mails and e-mails from zi

and mr trump drums everything. behind the scenes will there be urgent diplomacy going on with iran. already pretty much back president trump stay in the deal and now boris johnson back president trump stay in the deal and now borisjohnson will do the same, talking to mike pence today. will they be asking iran to offer something? i think they clearly are. they also know that they can't force iran into a position of accepting changes under duress. iran is also facing, the iranian regime is facing profound challenges at home, and they can't afford to be seen as making even more concessions. many people think they have already made too many concessions. many people think the regime led the country down the wrong path and was forced to retreat majorly and was forced to pay a heavy cost for it. and to make concessions, that does not take into consideration the dire nature of the situation in iraq. particularly the iranian economy. -- in priya lakhani. what impact would walking away from this deal have on the iranian economy —— iran. away from this deal have on the iranian economy -- iran.

she understood mr. trump signed the agreement. she only found out early this year that in fact, he had not signed the agreement. the agreement had never come to fruition. in fact, michael cohen then went and violated the confidentiality and began spreading lies about her and what happened. >> what have you learned about keith davidson? how did he end up becoming miss clifford's lawyer? >> well, i mean, we learned a lot about keith davidson. we continue to learn a lot. i don't think there's any question that the relationship between keith and michael cohen was not arm's length. it's unclear as to exactly how close they were. but that was not a traditional relationship among two adversaries. it appears they have had a long history together. they have a history that post-dates and pre-dates the involvement of my client. we're still trying to get to the bottom of exactly what happened there. >> do you believe that miss clifford was pitched his services under false pretensions? >> i don't want to offer an opinion on that right now. i w

mr. trump's self-described fixer, michael cohen. the night before, also on fox, giuliani said mr. trump personally repaid cohen for the real. >> the president repaid it. >> reporter: today, cohen ignored reporters' questions. d have a good day, guys. s> reporter: giuliani's revelation contradicts what the president said on air force one april 5: >> reporter: in a series of tweets this morning, the president struck a decidedly different tone saying the nondisclosure agreement with daniels was common for celebrities and was used to "stop the false and extortionist oncusations made by her about an affair." michael avenatti is the lawyer representing daniels. >> it's an outrage, frankly, ntat the president of the united states would stand on air force one on videotape and blatantly lie to the american people. the president and his advisers are making this up as they go along. they realize they are in a heap-load of trouble. >> glor: major, i also want to ask you, there were reports today about a possible wiretap between the white house and mr. trump's attorney. what can you tell us abo

in fact, mr. trump knew nothing about it they claimed and despite coming as it did in the closing days of the campaign the payment supposedly had absolutely nothing to do with the election. nothing to do with skel change an embarrassing story 11 days before the election. on wednesday night rudy guiliani went on fox and said this to sean hannity about the daniels payoff. >> it's not campaign money. no campaign finance violation. >> they funneled it through a law firm. >> funneled through a law firm and the president repaid it. >> oh, i didn't know -- he did? >> yeah. >> the president repaid cohen, he said, so that that was the damage control. and it's a sign of how well it played that mr. guiliani was back on fox the very next morning to try to clean up his mess, except he didn't, he made an even bigger mess because he blew a hole in perhaps the most important claim that michael cohen had been making, that the original hush payment had nothing to do with the election. cue legal eagle, rudy guiliani. >> i

mr. trumpur second amendment rights are under siege, but they will never, ever be under siege as long as i am your president. [applause] mr. trump: all of us -- [applause] mr. trump: all of us are united by the same timeless values. we believe that our liberty is a gift from our creator, and that no government can ever take it away. we believe in the rule of -- [applause] mr. trump: and we support the men and women of the law enforcement. phil: washington, dc now where we are joined by the correspondent lee richardson. -- claire richardson. some big themes. claire: trump's message here was his administration is behind gun owners and any initiatives they would see as infringing on their second amendment constitutional rights to own guns. he called these people real patriots. it is a massive convention of 80,000, and the reason this was closely watched is because in many ways it was seen as a test of how much has really changed. there has been a big national conversation since the massacre at a h

in the same speech mr. trump angered britain saying they had a knife problem. said floor ws were covered i blood from knife attack victims. >>> speaking out about the hush money from stormy daniels. he announced president trump repaid for the $130,000 payment to keep daniels quiet about her alle alleged affair. giuliani repeated the argument that the payment did not break the law. >> the president of the united states did not in anyway the fa finance law. they will tell you if it were for another purpose of campaigns and even if it were for campaign purposes, if it was to save embarrassment it's not a campaign donation. second, even if it was the president reimbursed it fully with a payment of $35,000 a month that tasted that and other expenses. no need to go beyond that. case over. >> scott lucas is at the university of birmingham. thank you for being with us. we'll talk about giuliani in a moment. let's begin with the speech to the nra. he angered our closest allies this is as he supported strong gun rights in the u.s. he made no mistake about how strong he n

mr. trump on the tapes? mpblt a mpb >>> the president weighs in on the roseanne drama making it about him. the white house trying to explain mr. trump's failure to condemn roseanne barr's racist tweets. >>> dining with a spy. here in the united states tonight they meet. could their meal lock in a deal for a trump-kim summit? we want the welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following breaking news on the fate of cabinet member president trump loves to hate, his attorney general, jeff sessions. rudy giuliani is suggesting the president might fire sessions after he learns how robert mueller's investigation turns out. mr. trump has been unloading on sessions once again today for his decision to recuse himself from the russia probe saying he wishes he had hired someone else for the job. this hour i'll talk with congressman eric swalwell. our correspondents and analysts are standing by. let's go to our chief white h

there is a greater security risk in a region that has is already affected by conflict, but two of mr trump'sand saudi arabia, they don't like the deal, and they have been sending that message to president trump, reinforcing his own instincts on the deal. it's a mixed bag in the region. the message from europe is that this arrangement and this agreement is crucial for the security of the region and also europe because europe is much closer to the middle east than america and that is something that mrjohnson in his own way brought up in his interviews. earlier i spoke to mansour farhang — who's a professor of international relations at bennington college, vermont, and he was also revolutionary iran's first ambassador to the un. he told me that borisjohnson might not be able to sway president trump. the reality is his position which is identical with those of the majority of experts in the us has not influenced president trump simply because he is not open to fact—based and realistic arguments concerning this issue and he wants to be responsive to his base in the republican party and also a sen

an ominous new warning for mr. trump that he might use his executive authority to derail the russia investigation. what would be the trigger for him to intervene? >>> and trump's tv tapes. one of the president's accusers, former apprentice contestant summer zervos is looking for evidence on mr. trump on recordings of his longtime television show. what does she expect to find? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room". >>> tonight, dramatic new turnover in the president's legal team as mr. trump and the special counsel robert mueller may be headed for an ugly high-stakes showdown. the top white house lawyer is calling it quits and an attorney who represented m eed president clinton during the impeachment process is being hired. i'll get reaction from leon panetta, the former defense secretary to president obama, former chief of staff to president clinton. and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first, let's go to our chief w