mr. sreenivasan: reuters joining us live. thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. >> sreenivasan: global sea level rise went up 50% between 1994 and 2014, according to a study published this week in the journal "nature climate change"" in 2014 alone, it went up an eighth of an inch. but if you want to see what those numbers actually mean, take a look at the increasing number of flooding events along the east coast of the united states. the nonprofit "climate central looked at 90 cities from massachusetts to florida. included in that list are atlantic city and other towns on the new jersey shore. i recently spoke to the reporter of that story, john upton. we think casinos. the trump tj et cetera >> they looked at hundreds of u.s. coastal cities and ask examined the increases. identified about 90 that face sharp increases in flooding risks. a lot tend to be built along bays and rivers. so they have a very low to that ohhinggraphy and the highest along the midatlantic and atlantic city showed up as being one of the cities that f

also familiar to television viewers remains on the team as sort of i>> sreenivasan: the individuals you mentioned, mrwd actually came out in the "wall street journal" and questioned this reporting that "the washington post" had done and said it's not true that president trump and his team were looking into the act of possibly pardoning his aides or himself. there are multiple lawyers, just the lawyers you spoke to with mr. dowd. >> we feel very comfortable in our sourcing for our story. when he said that this morning we did add those comments. they're on the record to our story to reflect his denial. we feel comfortable that our story was accurate and accurately reflecting conversations that have been going on amongst this large legal team. i would note mr. dowd gave an interview to the "wall street journal" in which he said that in fact the legal team is not at all interested in the topic of conflicts of interest. jay was quoted in that very same story as saying they are looking at conflict. that any reasonable lawyer would do so. so there was a conflict right there in the same story from two differ

sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. president donald trump is defending his constitutional power to grant pardons for crimes. as part of a series of statements on twitter today, mr. trump said: the word "complete" garners attention as only two days ago the "washington post" reported the president and his legal team have discussed his power to pardon aides, family members and possibly himself. the president also lambasted yesterday's "post" report that former russian ambassador sergey kislyak told his superiors in moscow he had discussed campaign related matters with attorney general jeff sessions last year, something mr. sessions has denied under oath. that article, based on electronic surveillance of kislyak's communications, said kislyak claimed he had" substantive" discussions with then-senator sessions about candidate trump's positions on russia-related issues. mr. trump said: a sessions spokeswoman declined to comment on what she called "" wholly uncorroborated intelligence intercept," but added sessions stands by his testimony that he: today, in norfolk, virginia, mr. trump helped commission a navy aircraft carrier honoring the only president to pardon ano

sreenivasan: president trump's lawyers are calling for the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against the president, dating back to his time hosting the reality television show, "the apprentice." in court papers filed last night, mr. trump's attorneys argue, a sitting president cannot be sued in a state court. the suit was filed in january in by summer zervos, a former "apprentice" contestant. she alleges mr. trump sexually harassed her in 2007, a year after she appeared on the show, and then defamed her during last year's campaign in tweets and public statements, saying her story was false. the supreme court ruled in 1997 that a president can be sued for private conduct while in office-- that was regarding the federal lawsuit against president bill clinton brought by paula jones which led to his impeachment. canada's far-western province of british columbia is battling hundreds of wildfires and has declared its first state of emergency in 14 years. 3,000 residents have been told to evacuate their homes. some have been destroyed, but no deaths are reported. almost 140 new fires broke out yesterday, fanned by strong winds and high temperatures expected to continue through the weekend. in kenya, police say suspecte