president mr. trumpill be a confident letter. >> this as they mark the country's 70th anniversary. >> and will ripley is live in pyongyang covering it for us. kic kim jung-un has reportedly expressed unwavering trump in president trump. the question is do north koreans feel the same way and will this be a positive letter? i guess we won't know. >> reporter: if the white house releases its contents, maybe we'll get insight. but frankly north koreans haven't said anything about a letter and they often don't release information freely as mr. trump. trump has certainly tweeted positive things about kim jung-un and gotten a positive response. so things are very friendly between the north korean leader and the u.s. president. things have been much more tricky when they actually get down to the nitty get gritty of denuclearization talks. a lot of the posters targeting the united states with missiles, those are all down thousand. but when you talk to people deck aireds of hostility and mistrust, they say it can'

putin against mr. trump. >> presumably mr. to the meeting there was a chance the russians were recording it? >> i'm sure he was told that. whether he would have known that is something else. whether he accepts what he is told by the men and women of the cia and the intelligence community, i don't know. >> that could be used as compromising information. i understand as former cia director there's classified information you're not going to share with us on national television, but the question has to be asked based on what we saw yesterday and madeleine albright raised it a few minutes ago, does vladimir putin, does the russian government have something personally on donald trump? >> well, donald trump knows what he has done and he has known -- he knows what might the russians be aware of. so i think his actions towards mr. putin may reflect that concern in terms of what is in donald trump's past that the russians have and might use against him. >> is there anything you can characterize for us that perhaps russia might have on do

mr. trump meet with vladimir putin during the 2016 campaign. but according to court filing, quote, while some in the room rebuff george's offer, mr. trump nodded with approval and deferred to mr. sessions who appeared to like the idea and stated the campaign should look into it. george's giddiness over mr. trump's recognition was prominent during the days that followed. he requested probation instead of jail time for lying to investigators about his contacts with russians. this comes as the trump legal team is already preparing to rebut the mueller report, even though no one knows when the special counsel's office will wrap up that report or what will be in that report. we are also learning the man behind the steele dossier said russian officials thought they had donald trump over a barrel. our sarah murray explains. >> reporter: with little sign the russia probe is backing up, rudy guiliani is hatching a back-up plan, the president's lawyer telling dana bash the legal team is halfway through p

i can't say as, i hope almost. >> i hope mr. trumpbe in poland together. >> it's very special to me. sri lanka, it's a brave countries. i think one of my best moments was making that speech in poland. people liked me and i like them. they're very, very exceptional people. the security of poland is very important to me. it's very important to the our country. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ]? >> we will see, we want transparency. what i want is total transparency. this is a witch hunt. republicans are seeing it. the democrats know it's a witch hunt, too, they don't want to admit it. it's not good politics for them. it's a terrible witch hunt. it's hurt our country. the things we have found about text messages back and forth are a disgrace to our nation. i want transparency, so does everybody else. congressional committees came to me. they wanted this. i did it based on their q. i think it's a good thing. we should open it up for people to see. thank you very muchsh everybody. >> thank you, we're done, press, let's go, keep moving, l

this was succeeded by mr trump mr trump in the year before he became president he was talking about he wants to stroll the troops from syria and from iraq cetera but once he became president histone change it what what does this tell us is that that establishment the deep establishment in the united states has very much a strong. decision making. control over the policy of the united states so for the past yet and they have mr trump instead of. diminishing u.s. troops and was growing u.s. troops from both syria and iraq he has been increasing the number of particularly in syria the number of u.s. troops now in syria are about three thousand troops and that is better yet expressed by the trump administration mr bolton and other than mr bolton that they want to attack syria based on the claim is that the whole new claim is of chemical weapon this is a farce. and mr trump clearly is into it so despite all of the things he said that he doesn't want war it seems that the recent the policy of the united states is coming again to emphasize that the u.s. will stay in northern syria and this wa

another meeting is over running ok james will carry on a conversation just on the off chance that mr trump is in the lobby making his way into the auditorium i mean when we get this keynote speech from donald trump he gives three speeches over the period of two days mike pompei of the u.s. secretary of state will also be there as well might we see that relationship kicking into high gear that relationship between donald trump and whoever has been his us secretary of state because it occurs to me that the secretary of state sometimes find chuen what mr trump tells the world and he delivers it with big broad brush strokes of international intent and it goes down to his number two internationally his number two to tell us about the nitty gritty the details the facts of the policy and the direction of travel. well they knew they'd try to divide out all of the principals when president trump can't get to see someone president transactions here for a long time sunday right the way through until thursday morning in new york so he will be doing quite a few meetings i think of this occasion secreta

. >> reporter: mr. trump commended north korea for its willingness to negotiate a deal to denuclearize. >> i would like to thank chairman kim for his courage and the steps he has taken, though much work remains to be done. >> reporter: a stark contrast to what he said during last year's speech. >> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. >> reporter: during the liveliest part of his speech, he drew ridicule when he boasted about what he's done for the u.s. >> my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. america's so true. didn't expect that reaction, but that's okay. >> the president says he thinks his speech went great and that it was meant to get some laughter. he also got a few smirks from tr tp the germthe germae criticized them in russia. it was the only time the president mentioned russia by name. cbs news, new york. >>> well, some of president trump's allies in congress are threatening to enforce a vote on impeaching dep

on friday mr. trump says the u.s.ment should go after the unknown senior official who wrote mr. trump is unfit for office of the president of the united states. >> former u.s. presidents typically refrain from criticism who occupies the oval office after them, that changed on friday. >> it changed when we heard from former president barack obama warning democracy is in peril. he blamed the current president. cnn athena jones reports. >> the politics and paranoia unfortunately found a people e home in the republican party. >> reporter: president obama making his first foray into the political season, calling him out by name. >> it did not start with donald trump. he is a symptom, not the cause. he's just capitalizing on resentments that politicians have been fanning for years. >> reporter: the former president, who has not spoken with the current president since inauguration day, warning the country is the at a critical moment with america's democracy at stake and urging ordinary people to get involved. >> you need to

he's very good, very good for sleeping. >> reporter: the two leaders have been adversaries since mr. trump launched his political career by questioning whether president obama, the first african american president, was born in the u.s. a feud mr. obama revived today. >> the politics of division and resentment and paranoia has unfortunately found a home in the republican party. embraced wild conspiracy theories like those surrounding benghazi or my birth certificate. >> reporter: he excoriated mr. trump for his controversial response to last year's white nationalist rally in charlottesville. >> we're supposed to stand up to discrimination and we're sure as heck supposed to stand up clearly and unequivocal to nazi sympathizers, how hard can that be, saying nazis are bad? >> reporter: casting this election than re one man. >> the stakes really are higher. the consequences of any of us sitting on the sidelines are more dire. >> reporter: mr. trump making the midterms a referendum on his own future. >> they'll say, we want to impeach him, and you'll impeach him. it's so ridiculous, but we'll wo

mr. trump did not create conditions necessary to bring about the atmosphere conducive to a meeting. >> mr. president, you and of us witnessed the united states president, president trump travel to singapore and sit down with kim jong-un, a country that does have nuclear weapons. i'm curious how you view that meeting and if there is somewhere a model in there that might broach an opening for dialogue between iran and the united states. >> translator: north korean model cannot be a correct model because we cannot draw such comparisons. this is in the hands of the trump administration for it to cease its threatening behavior towards iran. >> the u.s. is reimposing sanctions it says are meant to force iran to stop its missile development, and end support for terror groups. the u.s. made it clear that it wants to bring your oil exports down to zero. do you think that will happen, and how will you respond if it does? >> translator: the united states is not capable of bringing our oil exports to zero.

article but it was chinese propaganda directed at the state which voted for mr trump, so trying to depleteis voting base. senior administration officials who gave a briefing shortly after mr drug's accusations said there were other signs of attempted chinese influence. for example, in dealing with businessmen and journalists or others, they would either punish or reward them based on what they said felt about mr trump. these are the kinds of things the administration is putting forward. whether or not thatis is putting forward. whether or not that is part of a calculated strategy to influence the elections oi’ strategy to influence the elections or whether these are tactics in a trade war by other means is not clear. obviously very much on the region's mind in asia are these trade wars. we've seen how the indian stock market in particular has been reacting to this in the last few days. what are you hearing about this war of words between trump and china and the leaders and how the impact is being had on the conversation in new york? well, there hasn't been anything directly said in terms o

secretary mattis saying that see it i'm fed up we're going to restart military exercises here and mr trump saying no that's not going to happen we've also seen the state department taking a hard line but mr pompeo himself seems to be kind of caught in between his own ministry and his boss was mr trump so lots of conflicting messages which make it very difficult but i think at this point in time what the south korean government is looking to is mr trump blue house has said time and again trump has faith in us trump has called our president and chief negotiator in all this nuclear writing process so. they want to make sure this can happen while mr trump still has his man the still has his political capital and as we watch are still pictures of kim jong un being greeted by the crowd what. role would you say is moon j in playing here is he the staunch ally of the united states still sticking very much with. the likes of the united states and tokyo in maximum pressure or is he now far more the mediator well i think he's always tried to present himself as a mediator he said he wants south korea

mr. trump's senior advisers and there are concerns about mr. trump's behavior. late yesterday on twitter the president denied one claim that he called attorney general jeff sessions mentally retarded and a dumb southerner. david martin has more. >> reporter: white house chief of staff john kelly said of president trump, he's an idiot. it's pointless to try to convince him of anything. he's gone off the rails. we're in crazy town. defense secretary james mattis told close associates his commander in chief acted like and had the understanding of a fifth or sixth grader. kelly and mattis denied the comments, but the book is filled with derogatory descriptions of the president by senior advisers. woodward's devastating account is called "fear: trump in the white house." it hasn't been published yet, but the white house said it's nothing more than fabricated stories told to make the president look bad. woodward tried but was not granted an interview with the president. in a brief phone conversation last month woodward warned him what was coming. >> it's a tough look

mr. trump said he would prefer to let rosenstein finish up. and president trump says he has evidence china is attempting to interfere with the upcoming midterm elections. the president says he can't disclose what evidence he has, but that it will come out. >> they do not want me or us to win because i am the first president ever to challenge china on trade. and we are winning on trade. >> china denies the charge. the administration says china is attempting to stifle free speech and punish those who support mr. trump's tough trade stance. >>> the father of a young north carolina boy who vanished saturday says he did not harm his son, nor did anyone he knows. mr. ritch spoke publicly for the first time. he said they were walking at a park when maddox took off. >> a jogger passed by, and as he was jogging past us, that's when maddox started to jog out behind him. so i usually just give him a little space and let him to do his thing. and once we got so far, he took off from me running. and i just never could catch up with him. >> he says that is h

mr. trump has been bragging about the way he's handled his latest supreme court pick. the senate judiciary committee is weighing its next pick. jim acosta, cnn, the white house. >> let's talk more about it with amy coats. she joins us from london. a senior fellow with atlantic countal and a former member with the national security counsel in the obama administration. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. i'm glad to be here. >> thank you. we just heard jim report on mrs. ford receiving death threats. we want to report the kavanaugh family has also received death threats. this has certainly turned ugly. what is the hesitation on capitol hill to order an investigation into professor ford's accusation? why not check all the boxes? >> i think this is political first and foremost. they are conscious the clock is ticking before the mid-terms. they're conscious there could be a shift in the numbers. if that were to happen all of a sudden we're in a whole new ball game. they want to move forward a

if he talks about iran is the iranian leader if he talks about mr trump and the claim and counterclaim surrounding that attack recently one hundred fifty kilometers from the iranian border with iraq. oh. absolutely and i think you're going to see those speeches coming twenty four hours from now in fact at about this time we will have heard from president trump or perhaps he'll still be speaking in twenty four hours time for his speech remember last year focusing on north korea totally destroyed north korea was his threat now he's got better relations with north korea we really believe iran will be in his sights this general assembly after pulling out of the iran nuclear deal and it's not just the speeches of the general assembly from trump and rouhani watch on wednesday the u.n. security council meeting the u.s. just happens it rotates to have the monthly presidency of the security council they've decided to have a meeting they will be presiding and that means that president trump will be in the chair they'll be prime ministers presidents and foreign ministers instead of ambassadors in

and mr trump does like to talk about trade.t the start of this press conference, he said, we are doing well, we've got a new trade deal with south korea, we are in trade talks with japan, and we are going to get this done right, and of course japan is looking nervously at this trade war between, trade dispute, between china and the united states, wondering how that will affect its position, so it does have knock—on effects. it makes especially asian allies question where the us is headed and how they will be placed in terms of their relationship with china and how their economies will be affected, because it affects them as well. there is very much a backdrop of this kind of trade dispute and protectionist language here that is impacting mr trump's conversations with his guests. our other top story: president trump has said he "could change his mind" and withdraw his nomination ofjudge kavanaugh to the us supreme court. a new claim, which is being investigated by the senate, alleges judge kavanaugh committed serious sexual assa

evil was the world which was used to describe the country and now yeah and now i think you heard mr trump thing several times a year so what happened to the city. not north korea has changed nothing like that happened but united states changed their position then their policy toward north korea probably the they can use a similar approach to iran and the things will go better but donald trump also surprisingly thanked russia syria and iran for putting us he puts the offensive on hold he says that it's his personal achievement is it really that moscow tehran and damascus are following and obeying warnings from mr trump i'm not sure that we should use words like i think you or i want to think. not think another country for that u.n. security council international community is for the ration we have to cooperate to resolve problems probably when the problem is. we can agree to relate to each other but actually this is a right time to call great and to join all our efforts to make all we can together and i think syria is not bad example for t.q. i mean my. particular pieces we cood theory for

before you know it they're having a summit in singapore i'd like to think that will happen between mr trump and mr rouhani at some point a future i don't think so i think unfortunately we have not only have the group around mr trump all of his advisors like john bolton in my pump am and so forth but we also have israel saudi arabia the united arab emirates and other countries in the region that are really steering this policy and that they they have their own agenda and even though mr trump promised us that america first agenda we're getting an israel or saudi arabia or emirates first policy so israel's binyamin netanyahu showed photos of an alleged storage facility for nuclear weapons for the united nations general assembly what is he trying to achieve i mean he's pulled tricks like this instance like this in the past there. and in fact we've even seen from the the some some reports today that people in the american intelligence community are even questioning some of the evidence he said he was presenting look as far as i'm concerned you can take that evidence and put it right next to the

several issues today for mr. trump. he wants attorney general jeff sessions to investigate who wrote that anonymous "new york times" op-ed that was very critical of the trump administration. the president says that the author has high security clearance and could be a national security concern. he added he's considering taking legal action against "the new york times" for publishing that piece. president obama doesn't agree with how mr. trump is handling the situation. >> we do not pressure the attorney general or the fbi to use the criminal justice system to punish our political opponents. >> president obama made a speech urging people to vote in the upcoming midterm election. coming up on nightly news, the dueling presidents. how mr. trump is pushing back against mr. obama. lester joins us in about 20 minutes. >>> the flu season is fast approaching. there is a lot of concern travelers coming into the u.s. are showing up sick. what do they say, christie? >> health official we spoke with here in oakland say they are not

yesterday mr. trump said that he expects to hold a second summit with north korean leader kim jong-un whom he called terrific. last year, you may recall, during his u.n. speech, mr. trump called kim little rocket man. he's expected to call on member states to join the u.s. in isolating iran and emphasizing the importance of sovereignty and mutual respect. >>> the governor of puerto rico says mr. trump's latest comments concerning possible statehood for the island are insensitive and disrespectful. during a radio interview that aired yesterday, mr. trump declared himself an absolute no on statehood for puerto rico as long as the current mayor of san juan remains in office. carmen cruz has been a vocal critic of president trump's response to hurricane maria. the president blasted cruz saying puerto rico shouldn't be talking about statehood until they can get some people who really know what they're doing. >>> bill cosby is expected to be sentenced today. during a hearing yesterday outside philadelphia, pro

stay in the states mr trump is again hissing at rising fuel prices the u.s. president's comments calmness the world's top oil producers consider boosting production by a million barrels per day the increase would make up for falling oil supply from iran because of u.s. sanctions ahead of sunday's opec meeting in algeria mr trump said we protect the countries of the middle east. it would not be safe for very long without us and yet they continue to push for higher and higher oil prices we will remember the opec monopoly must get prices down now he said well the price of brant crude oil is close to a four year high trading at just under eighty dollars per barrel and that's still well short of the two thousand and eight peak of one hundred forty seven dollars oil prices have risen by run forty percent in the past twelve months when you should talk in as an international oil and energy consultant and formerly a researcher with opec he says the opec countries will be united in their decision i think overall the opec countries will keep their cohesion they have don

trump the u.s. president just arrived there you can see him camera right as he gets ready to deliver this opening speech written by his close aides stephen miller mr miller of course so very well plugged in to the trump thinking we'll go back to zain this rob in just a second we'll stay with these pictures and we'll talk to james bays again diplomatic editor so it's probably james going to be quite a robust speech necessarily mr trump maybe feeling a little bit isolated because all these issues he's on the of the sides of where other countries of the presidents of the prime minister's think he should they believe he should be in reality. yes absolutely interestingly the u.s. president has stopped to speak to reporters there's a group of reporters at that door i spend a lot of time at that door and very rarely do world leaders stop there i don't know if we're able to listen in and hear what he's saying. or. that much about it over. here. i don't think the sound is clear there from president trump with nikki haley the u.s. ambassador beside him there speaking to reporters though as he came into the united nations i think probably because he is late

mr trump said beijing was trying to interfere in the crucial u.s. midterm elections this coming november without providing any evidence he said china did not want republicans to win the chinese foreign minister promptly rejected those claims calling them unwarranted accusations as some of what mr trump had to say regrettably we found that china has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming twenty eight teen election. coming up in november against my administration they do not want me or us to win because i am the first president ever to challenge china on trade and we are winning on trade we are winning at every level. tristram go to marriage or try to china has all along full of the principle of noninterference in other countries domestic affairs this is a tradition of chinese foreign policy observance that this principle has received acclaim from the international community we did not and will not interfere in any country's domestic affairs if we refuse to accept any unwarranted accusations against china and we call upon other countries to also

two officials tell cnn mr. trump is pleased with chief of staff john kelly and james mattis. josh rogin reports that white house officials are actively discussing who will replace mattis at the pentagon when he steps down. on wednesday, the president declared mattis will stay in his job. josh will join us next hour. >>> no shortage of fireworks on day two of the brett kavanaugh hearings. kavanaugh declaring no one is above the law during a 12-hour session of the senate judiciary committee. he did not want to answer explosive questions from democrats about the man who nominated him. >> can a sitting president be required to respond to a subpoena? >> so that's a hypothetical question. s>> president trump claims he hs an absolute right to pardon himself. does he? >> that's a hypothetical question that i can't begin to answer in this context as a sitting judge. >> it is common practice for judicial nominees to say they cannot answer questions about cases that may come before them. this is a critical issue with the robert mueller investigation. judge kavanaugh tried to clarify his

when barack obama was president, mr. trumpweeted, we need a president who isn't a laughing stock to the entire world. we need a truly great leader. during the president's u.n. speech, german officials could be seen chuckling when mr. trump accused them of being dependent on russian energy. >> germany will become totally dependent on russian energy if it does not immediately change course. >> reporter: the president later insisted he didn't mind the laughter. >> it was meant to get some laughter, but it was great. >> reporter: and the trump administration is ramping up the rhetoric on iran's. the national security adviser earlier today, john bolton, said the iranians would have hell to pay if it crosses the u.s. that came after iranian president essentially accused the president of having what he called a, quote, nazi disposition. wolf, i think it can be argued those were not the most shocking comments of the day as the president once again in this brett kavanaugh saga stood with the accused and not the accusers. wolf. >> all r

this after mr. trumppent a week attacking the justice department and the attorney general. >> all i can say, our justice department and our fbi at the top of it, because inside they have incredible people, but our justice department and our fbi have to start doing their job and doing it right and doing it now. >> reporter: the attack hes on sessions raising new questions about whether the president is preparing to fire him. >> will you fire sessions? >> as i've said, i wanted to stay uninvolved. >> reporter: the president now telling bloomberg that he won't act against sessions before the november midterm elections. >> i'd just like to have jeff sessions do his job. and if he did, i'd be very happy. but the job entails two sides, not one side. >> reporter: and president trump's willingness to leave jeff sessions in the job at least until november could be a sign of concern about the upcoming midterm elections. president trump actually announced that he would be going to texas to campaign for senator ted c

but mr. trump said that speech was the biggest mistake i've made. the next day the president went back to blaming both sides for the violence. >> excuse me. you had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. >> reporter: woodward says the president complained he wasn't asked for an interview. woodward reminds the president he made multiple requests. >> nobody told me about it and i would've loved to have spoken to you. >> senator graham said he had talked to you about talking to me, now is that not true? >> senator graham actually mention it had quickly on one meeting and, you know, that is true. >> reporter: president trump sat down with the conservative daily caller website to call the woodward book a bad book and to accuse the author of having credibility problems. the president's former outside lawyer john dowd pushed back on parts of the book saying, quote, that there was no so-called practice session of a mock interview at the special counsel's office saying he did not refer to the pr

the anonymous author said mr trump is facing a test unlike any experienced by a modern american leader. president trump responded saying the editorial was gutless. our washington correspondent chris buckler reports. each day seems to bring new claims

president donald trump for mr trump's party showed up late missed his speaking slot and then said this and i presented a vision to achieve a brighter future. for all of humanity. today i stand before the united nations general assembly. to share the extraordinary progress we've made he then went on to brag and boast about himself and his accomplishments in less than two years my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country america's economy is booming like never before since my election we have added ten trillion dollars in well the stock market is at an all time high in history and jobless claims are at a fifty year low. he also said quote americans policy of principled relisten means he will not be will not be held hostage to all dogmas discredited ideologies and so-called experts who have been proven wrong over the years time and time again this is true not only in matters of peace but in matters of prosperity we believe that trade must be fair and reciprocal the united states will not be taken advantage of any longer he said whil

rosenstein after he allegedly offered to secretly record mr. trump. >> i'm meeting with rod rosenstein on thursday. today i'm doing other things. as you probably know. >> reporter: at the u.n., there

mr. trump's wild rides" a rollicking and insightful read. congratulations on that. >> thank you very much, jake. >> based on what you know of president trump, do you think rod rosenstein's job is in jeopardy, and separate question. do you think the russia probe is in jeopardy? >> i don't sense the russia probe is in jeopardy. i sense rod rosenstein wants a resolution of this, thought there would be one today. i write in the book about an episode involving the attorney general last year when he did resign, tried to resign. gave the letter to the president. and he didn't accept it. or he sort of held it in advance and the chief of staff intervened, then reince priebus, to dramatically stop that from happening. why? because jeff sessions wanted to resign on the day robert mueller was appointed special counsel. kind of a chaotic political environment that the chief of staff quite understandably wanted to avoid. we're sort of on that same vortex right now. one of the things i write in the book is the dichotomy between that's not possible and it ju

mr trump was doing the same thing.ews to announce in the coming weeks, or years, he good news to announce in the coming weeks, oryears, he said. he said he has got to know and like kim jong—un. there is a lot of diplomacy but it is more difficult to keep up the maximum pressure on north korea. the united states wants sanctions to stay in place and mr trump alluded to that and mike pompeo is going to hold a security council meeting tomorrow urging members to hold the nine on sanctions. he said that they we re nine on sanctions. he said that they were going to make sure what agreement they got was very viable. talking about the idea that they wa nt to talking about the idea that they want to put maximum pressure on iran to get a deal but is there a split between mike pompeo and donald trump who would like a deal and john bolton national security adviser who might wanta bolton national security adviser who might want a more hawkish position which might include regime change in iran gesture at i have to say that the admini

the transatlantic relationship which i know was important to you has been under strain ever since mr trump took office his poor treatment of u.s. allies it was even mentioned in this letter in the new york times just a few months ago the german foreign minister mr michael moss he was quoted by and we can show that he was quoted by the foreign ministry on twitter as saying that america is more than the white house now the message there is that the u.s. congress is just as important for german foreign policy i mean your colleagues in the bundestag you know they have told me at this table many times that part of the strategy for dealing with the trump presidency is to talk with members of congress and to talk with people who are close to mr trump who don't share his in a very disturbing sometimes views when it comes to the transatlantic alliance. what does this anonymous letter mean for that strategy. well the strategy is simply spoken talk to america so whatever america is and that is the president but not only the president it's the guys around him the men and women around him and the minis

this morning mr. trump used a pair of statistics to describe what he calle the continued strong economic growth in the united states. however, council of economic advisor kevin hasset says he doesn't know how mr. trump came up with that false information. at the same time hasset strongly defended the trump administration's economic accomplishments. >> let me say the history of thought of how errors happen is not something that i can engage in because like from the initial fact to what the president said, i don't know the whole chain of command. what is true is it's the highest in 10 years. >> mr. trump tweeted the gross domestic product rate is higher than the unemployment rate for the first time in over 100 years. several news organizations immediately published reports stating that was simply not true. >>> the latest book bywoodward . it looks at the inner workings the book'sp white house explosive claim that john mattis and kelly made disparaging remarks about the president. the two white house officials

avenatti tells me he is not letting the president off the hook for his treatment of his client even as mr. trumpaid he's ready to walk away from his legal battle with the porn star. let's bring in cnn's national correspondent athena jones. you are following developments in two lawsuits against the president. tell us about that. >> reporter: that's right. in the daniels case president trump and michael cohen say they agree with her that the hush agreement she signed is not valid. daniels' lawyer sees that as a

mr. trump's supreme court nominee following a labor day tweetth storm fro president targeting organized labor and his own attorney general. >> a new nike just do it campaign featuring controversik quarterbac colin kaepernick is getting a lot of push back this morning. >> then to the mom who dunked her son's head in a toilet, and the backlasht followed. >> plu the uconn men's basketball teams epic end of

tonight mr. trumps refusing to confirm or deny whether he's getting ready to oust the man who oversees robert mueller's russia probe. >>> also breaking, embattled supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh speaking out tonight. he's vowing to keep fighting allegations by professor christine blasey ford as well as a second woman who's now come forward. as kavanaugh and ford prepare to thursday, ford says she has only one motivation, to tell the truth. i'll talk with a ranking member of the house intelligence committee, congressman adam schiff. and with senate judiciary committee member richard blumenthal. our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, you are with the president in new york as the fate of the deputy attorney general is now very much up in the air. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. the white house is pushing back on reports that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein is on his way out the door, at least for now. rosenstein we'

according to a legal document filed by the president's lawyer saturday, mr. trumpld not contest stormy daniels' assertion that trump's name isn't on the deal thus invalidating it. that means she should not have to keep quiet and the lawsuit against the president will be dropped. all of this as michael cohen, the trump lawyer who provided daniels with the money filed suit to get the money back. daniels' lawyer calls all the filing shenanigans. >>> venezuela often accuses the u.s. of plotting against it. and new reports are adding fuel to that flame. sources confirm to cnn the u.s. met with venezuelan military officers plotting a coup against the country's president nicolas maduro. cnn's elise labott has the story from washington. >> reporter: cnn has confirmed that u.s. officials met secretly with the venezuelan military officers plotting a coup against venezuelan president nicolas maduro according to a current and former u.s. official. american officials met with renegade venezuelan military officials after the sources made contact. sources told us washington ultim