. >>> president trump tweeted the official news this morning. the highly anticipated meeting between kim jong-un and myself will take place in singapore on june 12th. we will both try to make it a very special moment for world peace. meanwhile, the president began his day early welcoming home three americans just released from a north korean prison. reporter mola lenghi has the very latest from joint base andrews. >> reporter: the former detainees raised their hands in celebration as they walked across the tarmac with president trump after landing overnight at joint base andrews. >> these are great people. they have been through a lot. >> reporter: the president first met tony kim, kim hak- song and kim dong chul on board the plane. he thanked north korea's leader, kim jong-un, for letting them go after more than a year in north korean prisons. secretary of state mike pompeo helped secure the freedom of the u.s. citizens during a meeting with kim jong-un. it was pompeo's second trip to north korea to negotiate the details of president trump's upc

the highly anticipated sit-down between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un. president trump tweeted, quote, the failing "new york times" quotes a senior white house official who doesn't exist, as

trump totally contradicts what he said in the past with what he's doing now. here's what donald trump tweeted in 2014. ebola has been confirmed in new york city with officials frantically trying to find all of the people and things he had contact with. obama's fault. well, does he now say that it's trump's fault? what mind bending hypocrisy. now that he's president, donald trump proposes rescinding the same funding congress passed to help handle the ebola crisis in 2014 and that continues to keep america safe. god for bid this funding is rescinded and ebola outbreaks reemerge. it would actually be president trump's fault. the president should withdraw his recision request for this funding. as senator leahy and his colleagues on the state and foreign appropriations subcommittee asked in a letter this week, that funding should be free for usaid to use it as congress intended. and donald trump ought to learn from his past statements if he can blame obama for not fully going after the ebola outbreak in 2014, why is he cutting money for ebola now? finally, mr. president, on a solemn note. before the memorial day weekend, i want to express my deep and abiding gra

trump lashing out after nbc news reported exclusively his chief of staff john kelly made disparaging comments about the president behind his back. even calling him an idiot, according to multiple administration officials. mr. trump tweeting the fake news is going crazy, making up false stories and using only unnamed sources who don't exist. >> we spoke to a number of administration officials who said kelly repeatedly questions the president's grasp on policy issues and the functions of government and will often say i'm the one here saving the country. >> new claims iran has lied about nuclear weapons as president trump faces a deadline to decide the fate of the iran nuclear deal. >>> netanyahu documenting iran's past nuclear program and claiming iran remains a nuclear threat and doing it in english for an audience of one, president trump. >> the nuclear deal is based on lies. it's based on iranian lies and iranian deception. 100,000 files right here prove that they lied. >> what we've learned has really shown that i've been 100 % right. >> breaking overnight, major developments in the showdown at the border we've been following closely. some of the migrants from that caravan of asylum seekers to be allowed into the u.s.

trump lashing out after nbc news reported his chief of staff john kelly made disparaging comments about the president behind his back. even calling him an idiot, according to multiple administration officials. mr. trump tweeting, the fake news is going crazy, making up false stories and using only unnamed sources who don't exist. white house is rung very smoothly. despite phony witch hunts. kelly calling the report b.s. saying he and the president have an incredibly candid and strong relationship, adding it is a pathetic attempt to smear the president and those close to him. but four administration officials tell nbc news, they witnessed kelly calling the president an idiot, including in january after discussion of an immigration reform bill which fell apart. >> this should be a bipartisan bill, a bill of love, truly should be a bill of love. >> reporter: at the time, it was widely reported that kelly upset the president when he said this about mr. trump's immigration views on fox news. >> i told him, there has been an evolutionary process that this president has gone through -- >> adding to the turmoil, kelly has irritated some female staffers, telling aides on multiple occasions that women are more emotiona

the trump administration full swing to save the summit with north korea. a top official heading to new york city to prepare for the talks. president trump tweeting we have put a great team together for our talks with north korea. talks are taking place regarding summit and more. kim young chol, the new vice chairman of north korea heading now to new york. and dave chang. dave, i have got to be honest. i never thought the summit was off. i thought even that june 12 date was possible. should our hopes also barrel back a bubble to the top that maybe something historic is going to happen? >> something historic might happen. but it's sort of like the line, it's not over until it's over. there won't be a summit until there is a summit. a lot of folks are hoping for a summit but i wouldn't bet the rent money on it. charles: it seems to me again over the weekend we see another meeting between the leaders of the korean peninsula at the dmz. it feels like every party involved wants something to happen. >> the momentum is huge. kim young chol is a military commander and personal friend of the kim family. his arrival in the united states means we are gettin

trump lashing out after nbc news reported exclusively his chief of staff john kelly made disparaging comments about the president behind his back. even calling him an idiot according to multiple administration officials. mr. trump tweeting the fake news is going crazy making up false stories and using only unnamed sources who don't exist. the white house is running very smoothly despite phony witch hunts. kelly calling the report b.s. saying he and the president have a candid and strong relationship. adding, it's a pathetic attempt to smear the president and those close to him. but four administration officials tell nbc news they witnessed kelly calling the president an idiot including in january during discussions about an immigration reform bill which ultimately fell apart. >> this should be a bipartisan bill. this should be a bill of love, truly. it should be a bill of love. >> reporter: at the time, it was widely reported that kelly upset the president when he said this about mr. trump's immigration views on fox news. >> i told him, you know, there's been an evolutionary process this president has gone through. >> reporter: adding to the turmoil, kelly has irritated some female staffers telling aides that women are

trump, pushback. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. president trump has suggested in a tweet that three americans held in north korea could be on the brink of being released. us officials that the detainees have been moved from a labour camp to a hotel near pyongyang, ahead of the planned summit between mr trump and the north korean leader. the un secretary general is urging the united states not to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. antonio guterres has warned the middle east faces a dangerous situation and there is a risk of yet more war. the 2015 agreement between tehran and six world powers is aimed at limiting iran's nuclear capability. the extremist group that calls itself islamic state is claiming it carried out one of the bloodiest attacks in the libyan capital in several years. suicide bombers stormed the headquarters of the electoral commission in tripoli, exchanging fire with security forces, killing at least twelve people and wounding more. two african—american men, arrested while they were waiting in a starbucks coffee shop they were falsely accused of trespassing have settled a legal case against the city of philadelphia. city authorities are paying don

trump and north korea's kim jong-un, the fate of three u.s. hostages are in the news tonight. president trump raising hopes that north korea will release them soon, tweeting, "stay tuned." but tonight here, no official word that they're about to come home, and here's abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz. >> reporter: anticipation that the three remaining american hostages would be released imminently, as president trump is preparing to meet with kim jong-un, fueled by the president's new lawyer, just this morning. >> we got kim jong-un impressed enough to be releasing three prisoners today. >> reporter: and president trump tweeting, "the past administration has long been asking for three hostages to be released from a north korean labor camp, but to no avail. stay tuned." but only one of the detainees was taken under obama, the other two american citizens who were both teaching in pyongyang, were arrested just last year. >> we try to focus on, maybe today he's going to be released. >> reporter: the state department would not confirm anything about the release of the prisoners, but a local activist is reporting that the men have been moved from a labor camp to a medical facility. i

the doubly news life from north korea releases three american detainee u.s. president donald trump tweets of the man on their way home along with secretary of state mike pompei oh u.s. officials been pressing for their release is a show of goodwill ahead of a planned summit between the u.s. and north korean leaders also on the program. and here in teheran as the country reacts to america's decision to withdraw from the twenty fifteen nuclear deal and re-impose sanctions obsolete is an act questioning deals future despite european assurances that it can't be saved. until gallo welcome to the program north korea has released a three american prisoners in the run up to the historic summit with the united states the prisoners left the country immediately accompanied by u.s. secretary of state mike pompei one landed in japan a short time later on their way home the trio includes a missionary and two men who were arrested while teaching at a foreign funded film young university of science and technology all three were accused of taking part in the state's activities us president donald trump described the news as very exciting. to washington that i am d.w. our correspondent claridg

the highly anticipated sit-down between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un. president trump tweeted, quote, the failing "new york times" quotes a senior white house official who doesn't exist, as saying even if the meeting with reinstated, holding it on june 12 would be impossible. in the latest twist, the north and south korean leaders are holding a surprise second meeting today in hopes of saving that u.s. summit. cnn's matt rivers is live for us out of seoul now. so, matt, new overnight meeting, and those pictures showing a very chummy meeting between the south and north korean leaders. >> reporter: yeah, very chummy meeting, fred, and a very unexpected one. this news came as quite a shock to most people here in south korea who had spent the last couple of days being extremely disappointed after what they viewed as a major setback with the united states canceling that planned summit between president trump and kim jong-un. but here's what we know happened. it was around 3:00 p.m. local seoul time, that would have been 2:00 a.m. eastern, that south korean president moon jae-in went to the demilitarized zone, crossed onto the north korean side and he met wit

the doubly news live from lane north korea releases three american detainee u.s. president donald trump tweets of the man on their way home along with secretary of state mike home pio u.s. officials have been pressing for their release is a show of goodwill ahead of a planned summit between the u.s. and north korean leaders also on the program. and your intention.

the president trump and north korea's kim jong-un may take place after all. the president tweeting a short time ago, however, the failing "new york times" quotes a senior white house officialying even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on june 12th would be impossible given the lack of time and the amount of planning needed. wrong again. use real people, not phony sources. but according to cnn reporting, this official, a real perpendiculperson, a real source, said this in a background briefing on thursday. in the meantime, the white house says its advance team is heading to singapore as previously scheduled. i want to bring in jack kingston, a former georgia congressman and senior advisor to the trump campaign. he is now a cnn political commentator. nina turner is a former state senator from ohio and cnn political commentator. good to see you both. >> good to be here. >> jack, you first. with this summit still up in the air, perhaps it's on again. do you think president trump and kim jong-un will be able to come to some kind of agreement at least to meet? >> i think they will. you know, the president has been focused on north korea not just in the last several mont

trump is spinning a wild new conspiracy theory about the fbi implanting a spy in the trump campaign. and he wants the government to look into it. trump tweeted on sunday, "i hereby demand, and will do so officiallyw, that the department of justice look into whether or not the fbi or doj infiltrated or surveilled the trump campaign for political purposes." well, i've heard donald trump say a lot of things but i never thought one of those things would be hereby. [ light laughter ] i hereby demand an investigation, albeit heretofore, unheard of, nonetheless, i demand one, forthwith. now the fbi did have an informant working with them, but that's not a spy. i mean seriously, do you think they needed a spy to catch you colluding with russia? all they needed was a microphone. you literally looked into the camera on tv and said, russia, if you're listening. [ laughter ] that's like coming out of the bathroom with white powder under your nose and saying i am ready to party because i just did cocaine. [ laughter ] this has been "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with olivia munn, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: for more of seth's "closer looks" be sure to su

administration official said there's no way that june 12th is realistic for a summit between kim jong-un and president trump. check out what president trump tweets over the weekend. he says, "the failing "newk times" quotes a senior official who doesn't exist. use real people, not phony sources. he's done this dozens of times before. in this case, that phony nonexistent source was an official white house briefer. there were dozens of reporters who used that exact quote, which shows you not only president trump is not always right when he does his tweets, he doesn't do a whole lot of fact- checking. veteran said the basketball is overshadowing the stanley cup. it just shows you the bubbles we live in here in washington, where the washington capitals are in the stop signally cup for the first time in 2 decades. there's an awful lot of screaming fans who haven't paid much attention to steph curry. >> cavs fans haven't lifted that stanley cup trophy in quite some time. thank you so much. >>> while the state senate will vote on three disaster prevention bills this week, the legislation is part of wildfire reaction bills. one bill would require utilities to develop emergency shut-off policies if

new details about president trump's late es swipe at the media. he tweeted yesterday the failing "new york times" quotes a senior white house official who doesn't exist as saying even if the meeting were restated, holding on june 12 would be impossible. wrong again, use real people. not phony sources. well, "the new york times" responded with a new article that falsely says trump's made up source. maggie tweeted the president's claim was one of two demonstrable falsehoods he made that morning when his own aide gave those comments in a background briefing. let's bring in john callaway and conservative columnist, kristen tate. good morning. ladies first. this "new york times" article says it's not clear whether the president was simply unaware of the actions of his own staff of ignores the truth. >> it seems clear and trump was unware, but this highlights a major problem in this white house. trump supporters love his unconventional style, however, it seems clear this administration needs a good dose of coordination and trump needs to be sit iting down with his staff and making sure everybody is on the same page so that consistent facts are presented to

the first time in 18 years. i north korean official will be coming to america on the way to new york. >> sandra: president trump tweeting earlier "we have put a great team together for talks with north korea. meetings are currently taking place concerning the summit and more." the vice chairman of north korea heading now to new york. solid response to my letter, thank you." vice chairman who used to be the head of north korea's by agency and landed in beijing today ahead of his trip to the united states. this follows a phone call between president trump and japanese prime minister yesterday. the two agreed to meet in advance of the expected meeting between president trump and kim jong un. we now learning they will meet june 7th. on saturday, met with the president of south korea. kim reiterated his commitment to participating in a summit with the u.s. in the trump administration reportedly going to hold off on applying major new sanctions against north korea. live from the state department, things continue to change. because at top north korean official on his way to new york right now. this would be the highest level o

the situation room". >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news. president trump meeting with the fbi director and top intelligence officials after demanding in a tweet that the justice department look into his claims that the fbi planted a spy in his 2016 campaign. that demand threatens the spiral potentially into a constitutional crisis. even as the president appeals to supporters to back him in a petition. our correspondents are standing by with full coverage, but right to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. the president is taking on his own justice department. >> reporter: he certainly is and the president just wrapped up a meeting with the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and chris wray. rod rosenstein called for an internal justice department investigation into the president's suspicion he was spied on during the 2016 campaign and coming out of the meeting, we should point out in the last several minutes, the white house issued a statement on what transpired in the meeting. very important, wolf. the white house said that the justice department has agreed to expand its probe in that the administration will be setting up -- and

news. president trump's anger on the russia investigation boiling over on twitter. his latest tweet saying this. i hereby demand and will do so officially tomorrow that the department of justice look into whether or not the fbi/doj look into whether the trump campaign for political purposes, and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the obama administration. that's just one of many tweets the president fired off today releasing the frustration with the quote, witch hunt, russia probe just after the investigation hits its one-year mark. we have ryan noble standing by. let's get straight to ryan noble at the white house to put into context all these tweets for us. >> fred, there is no doubt that president trump has frustrated, even downright annoyed with the mueller investigation since it launched. but that level of frustration has seemed to have reached a new lel over the weekend, in part because mr. trump seems particularly frustrated with this idea that there was an informant attempting to gain some sort of information during the campaign. thf this was someone working for the fbi attempting to make connections with

the price of drugs. california values senator dianne feinstein >> earlier this morning, president trump confirmed in a tweet that a top north korean official is heading to newn. the president also said, quote, we have put a great team together for our talks with north korea. that north korean official had been spotted walking through the airport in beijing. he is one of kim jong-un's closest advisors. all of this comes as a team of diplomats from the u.s. and north korea is meeting behind the scenes to try to resurrect the summit that was canceled last thursday but the president says could still happen. it is not sure if north korea is ready to give up the nuclear program. >> we want the north koreans to dismantle their program immediately. they want to dismantle their nuclear program never. >> the leaders of the two koreas met on saturday. >>> the man accused of being the golden state killer is scheduled to be in a sacramento courtroom in a few minutes. the hearing was delayed so his public defender could have more time to prepare and unseal search warrants. so far deangelo has been charged with eight murders in four different counties. he is suspected of

to put this tweet up for you, president trump tweeting out against the "new york times" saying the failing "new york times" quotes a senior white house official doesn't exist as saying even if the meeting were reinstated holding it on june 12th would be impossible given the lack of time and the amount of planning needed. wrong again. use real people. not phony sources. here's what's so troubling. the president of the united states did not even know that the white house held an off-the-record background briefing with a member of his administration who gave that information to reporters and the "new york times" and other media outlets based on that so the president seems he's unaware of what other members of his administration are officially doing in an official capacity. >> well, and that's one. issues with him tweeting at all. is he getting the information? is he being briefed and that's disconcerting when you hear tweets that unfortunately if he's not getting the information he's the president of the united states so think before you tweet i guess should be the m.o. but it also goes back to the modus modus operandi that you were speaking abo

the highly anticipated sit-down between president trump and north korean leader king jong uu un. the president tweeted moments ago, quote, the failing "new york times" quotes a senior white house official who doesn't exist as saying even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on june 12 would be impossible, given the lack of time and the amount of planning needed. wrong again, use real people, not phony sources. now to the latest twist, north and south korean leaders holding a surprise second meeting in hopes of saving the summit. kim jong-un and moon jae-in sharing a warm welcome at the dmz overnight. cnn's boris sanchez is live at the white house with more. boris, things are changing moment to moment. give us the latest. >> reporter: that's right, fred. a rapidly changing and developing story, similar to what you would expect from the season finale of a reality tv show. look, even days before president trump sent out this letter pulling the united states out of a summit with north korea, there were some skeptics within the adm administration doubting the meeting would take place. beyond that, you had the north koreans essentially standing up u.s. officials that were set for a mee

president trump confirmed a top north korean official is flying to new york for talks on the upcoming summit meeting with north korean leader kim jong un and president trump. the president tweeted quote, we have put a great team together for our talks with north korea. diplomats from the two countries have been working behind the scenes to provide the summit on june 12 in singapore. doug luzader is joining us live with details on the recent developments. >> reporter: members of the team that the president referenced in his tweet are meeting with their counterparts right now between north and south korea to try to work out some of these issues ahead of this proposed summit. it is a couple of weeks away. this top north korean official is on his way, apparently, to new york city. >> reporter: this is what it has come to, following this guy in a white shirt through a beijing airport. this is a top north korean official, possibly on his way to the united states. he was just sitting at kim jong un's side on saturday during a meeting with south korean president moon jae-in the same day president trump indicated a summit may still happen. >> it is moving along nicely. >> reporter: movi

the highest ranking north korean official to visit the u.s. in almost 20 years. president trump referenced the vice chairman in a tweet this morning confirming he is traveling to new york. trump also said the meetings are, quote, solid response to the letter he had sent offering to reopen the talks that he himself had shut down last thursday. here's the big question, are we back on track for june 12th? kellyanne conway says either way the president is making history. >> as the president said, it doesn't happen june is 12th, it could happen thereafter. what he's been able to do is nothing short of historic and remarkable. >> she's right, historic and remarkable. doesn't mean it's good or bad but he certainly is making history. i want to bring in nbc's bill neely in seoul, south korea. bill, there's a lot of movement going on. tell us what actually is getting done here. >> good morning, stephanie. it's that delegation negotiating inside north korea at the dmz that's the real critical work horse here. ambassador kim, the current ambassador to the philippines, is meeting north korea's vice foreign minister. she's a very senior figure as well. they are working, we're t

while ago, president trump confirmed that a top north korean official is heading to new york for talks on the upcoming summit with north korean leader, kim jong un. the president tweeted quote, we have put together a great team for our talks with north korea. the north korean official have been spotted walking through the airport in beijing. he is one of kim jong un's closest advisors. some reports say he will be meeting with secretary of state, mike pompeo. all this comes as a team of diplomats from the u. s. and north korea are meeting behind- the-scenes in hopes of resurrecting that june 12 summit in singapore that president trump had canceled last thursday but then say could still happen. >> the u. s. is trying to engage north korea's interest in denuclearization what that might mean and how far they are willing to go. >> the renewed momentum for the summit followed a surprise meeting between the leaders of the two koreas. they met for more than two hours on saturday on the north korean side of the dmz. >>> a couple from utah is back home after spending almost 2 years in a venezuelan pears and. josh holt and his wife -- prison. josh holt and his wife arrived in th

the analysis. >> on another front, cnn has learned that national security officials and some republicans are preparing contingency plans in case cia nominee falters. president trump defending his pick in a new tweet that also represents the problem for haskel. my highly respected nominee has come under fire because she is too tough on terrorists. think of that in these very dangerous times we have the most qualified person, a woman who democrats want out because she is too tough on terror. win gina. barbara starr live with the details. >> there is plan b in place by all accounts. not clear how formal it is but sources are telling cnn that there are plans to potentially tap another person to be the nominee if haspel falters that would be sue gordon, deputy director of intelligence. she could be the nominee if haspel falters. she has decades of experience and support on both sides of the aisle. she was involved in the so-called enhanced interrogation, call it torture program during the george w. bush administration. she ran a black site in thailand where some techniques were used. at the confirmation hearing on wednesday if haspel is asked about the so-called torture techniques it will drag a lot o

abc7 news reporter richard cantu has the latest >> reporter: president trump wants answers the fbi had an informant in his campaign. tweeting, i here by demand and will officially do so tomorrow that the department of justice look into whether or not the fbi/doj infiltrated or surveilled the trump campaign for political purposes. the president insisting he has the right to intervene. >> you look at the corruption at the top of the fbi, it's a disgrace. and our justice department, which i try and stay away from, but at some point i won't. >> reporter: the issue, published reports during the 2016 campaign they summoned a professor to talk with several trump advisors. after those advisors had been flagged for contact with russians. the fbi director citing national security concerns has not revealed any further detail. >> the day that we can't protect human sources is the day the american people start becoming less safe. >> reporter: the justice department saying it will investigate and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein vowing to take appropriate action if anyone did surveil or infiltrate the trump campaign. there is also a published report about a meeting at

the news. president trump tweeted yesterday, quote, "i hereby demand and will do so officially tomorrow that the

the hour unfolds. >>> we also want to touch on this, because a top north korean official is on his way to new york as we speak. president trump tweeted quote, we have put a great team together for our talks with north korea. meetings are currently taking place concerning the summit and more. the vice chairman of north korea heading to new york. solid response to my letter. thank you. we are in seoul, south korea with the latest. janice, put this into context for us. what does it signal? >> reporter: the introduction is a sign the north koreans are serious about moving this forward. it doesn't mean a guarantee of success. at the dmz tomorrow, officials will meet again with north korean officials as they try to hammer out an agenda. what is it they can talk about at this summit that can produce a workable agreement. at the same time, there is another u.s. team working with north korean officials in singapore as they try to work out the logistics for this summit to see if it can even come together in such a short period of time. trust remains a central issue. this what is kim jong-un told south korean president moon jae-in when they had

trump often tweets what he's feeling. sometimes the best thing is to real the analysis of what he wrote. >> he tweeted about "the new york times" saying, quote, a nonexistent senior white house official, when, in fact, the paper had an audio exposure. dud he intentionally try to misinform? >> i would be shocked if the president was trying to is inform the public. he's a person who really doesn't seem to know his administration. >> with all the tweets, they just seem to overshadow the release of the american prisoners in venezuela. help can't stand to let the moment stand on its own. so he has to promise more to come. how did this release come about? >> you know, i think the -- the americans detained overseas are being brought back home. that's something he clearly thinks about. that's not only the right thing to do, but a good photo-op policy. it's interesting that he decided to sort of jump on his own way. i can't tangle with that. but taking folks detand over yeahs for what we believe to be improper reasons and bringing them home. >> ozzie, should we expect more or is this part of the president's inclination to overhype and sell the moments? >> the inclination is to oversell. but t

officials telling abc news not a single asylum seeker has been processed. >> president trump is tweeting about that bombshell from his lawyer rudy giuliani. >> the president'sney revealing the president repaid his personal attorney, michael cohen for facilitating that $130,000 payment to stormy daniels. >> it's not campaign money. >> the justice department and the federal election commission already looking into how the payment was handled. >> kanye west and the backlash over his comments on slavery. >> when you hear about slavery for 400 years. for 400 years? that sounds like a choice. >> facing immediate backlash from tmz staffers. and getting near unanimous outrage on social media, one person tweeting, to say slavery is a choice is not only deluded but insensitive. >> it is may 3rd. we have finished. >> da, da, da, da. >> we are done with the cold. so it's a party. thank you, paul. it's been great. thanks. >> excuse me? excuse me? >> yes. >> you all are experts when it comes to journalism. but let's try to leave the forecasting to the pros. >> he's fightin'. >> oh, and he fought back. but again, it's an emotional day here as we say good-bye to our friend

briefing that nbc news took part in and recorded on the agreement that the official would not be named and the audio would not be broadcast. >> all right. so, president trump sent nine tweets over the weekend to attack special counsel robert mueller and the fbi's investigation of his campaign, including this odd tweet on sunday morning. quote, who is going to give back the young and beautiful lives and others that have been devastated and destroyed by the phony russia collusion witch hunt? they journeyed down to washington, d.c. with stars in their eyes and wanting to help our nation. they went back home in tatters. the president's chief surrogate rudy giuliani continued the trump's mission to discredit the special counsel. >> we're more convinced as we see it that this is a rigged investigation. now we have this whole new spygate thing thrown on top of it. an investigation we thought was rigged was rigged from the very beginning. it never should have started. i'm not saying mueller is illegitimate. i'm saying the basis on which he was a pointed was ill legitimate. >> you think the mueller probe is legitimate? >> not any more, i don't. we're defending here -- it is for pub

officials. it's probably why he's arranged an appearance on the fox and friends programme, which is the morning news programme that donald trump regularly watches and tweets. and it might well be that that is borisjohnson‘s best chance to speak directly to the president. the truth is that donald trump has made clear, time and time again, that he regards this as a bad deal. now, historically, barack 0bama regarded this as being one of the high points of foreign policy in his presidency, managing to get this agreement arranged. but president trump simply feels it is too lenient, and there's a whole range of issues for that. first of all, there's a sunset clause, for 2025, which basically lifts some of the restrictions. also, he's got concerns about the fact that it doesn't place some restrictions on missiles, and he also has worries about the inspections regime. what the uk, germany, and france are trying to do at the moment is to try to come up with an alternative, something that wouldn't see them walk away from this deal, but rather try to improve the deal. it has to be said, though, you played that interview of kim darroch, the british ambassador to the

officials. it is probably why he has arranged an appearance on the box and friends,, that programme, the morning news programme that donald trump regular watchers and tweetsut. it might be boris johnson's watchers and tweets about. it might be borisjohnson‘s best chance to speak directly to the president. what can change the mind of donald trump? that is a very good question. i think if we knew the answer to that we would end up being paid an awful lot of money. the truth is that donald trump has made clear, time and time again, that he regards this as a bad deal. historically, barack obama this as a bad deal. historically, ba rack obama regarded this as a bad deal. historically, barack obama regarded this as being one of the high points of foreign policy in his presidency, managing to get this agreement arranged. but president trump simply feels it is too lenient and there are a range of issues for that. as well, there is sunset clause, for 2025, which basically lists some of the restrictions. also he has concerns about the fact that it does not place restrictions on missiles, and he worries about the inspection regime. what the uk, germany, and friends

trump and north korea's kim jung-un. the president confirming in a tweet that a high ranking north korean official now heading to new york. solid response to my let everte added. it makes you wonder if china will have president trump's back when any talks with north korea inevitably hit a snag. the white house this morning announcing plans to impose a 25% tariff on $50 billion woerth of imports and also vowing to pursue litigation against china and to impose new restrictions on investment in u.s. technology. with me ahead to share their insights, jackie kucinich, jeff zeleny, rachel bay. let's start with the coming to washington of someone most want though. he is the former spy chief in north korea. you see his resume. he is on the way to new york. mike pompeo will travel to new york to meet with the guy who if there will be progress on the substance, not just let's have a s meeting, the white house neats to know that those most invested in the military program are board. >> and after being stood up in singapore, this is a sign, the white house is looking for a sign of seriousness. is kim jung-un serious about this meeti

new tweet from president trump. i hereby demand and will do so officially tomorrow that the department of justice looking into whether or not the fbi doj infiltrated or surveilled the trump campaign for political purposes and any such demands or requests were made from people within the obama administration, this latest tweet following reporting by the "washington post" and "new york times" that the fbi used an inform aeant to investigate allegations to russian ties to trump's 2016 presidential campaign. according to people familiar with the matter, neither outlet is reporting the name of that informant, citing safety concerns and nbc news has also not confirmed the informant's identity. i want to bring in jeff bennett, two former u.s. attorneys for the southern district of new york and jeff mcintosh, executive editor of share blue and former clinton campaign adviser, jeff i'll start with you. you're standing in front of the source what's driving the news today. that being the white house. talk about what you're hearing from washington right now, jeff? j j. >> i can tell you rudy giuliani says he and the president sp

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news. president trump's anger on the russia investigation boiling over on twitter. his latest tweet saying this. i hereby demand and will do so officiallynto whether the trump campaign for political purposes, and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the obama administration. that's just one of many tweets the president fired off today releasing the frustration with the quote, witch hunt, russia probe just after the investigation hits its one-year mark. we have ryan noble standing by. let's get straight to ryan noble at the white house to put into context all these tweets for us. >> fred, there is no doubt that president trump has frustrated, even do

we're following breaking news, president trump's anger over the russia investigation boiling over now on twitter, his latest tweet saying i here demand and will do so officially tomorrow that the department of justice look into whether or not the fbi, doj infiltrated or surveilled the trump campaign for political purposes and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the obama administration. and that's just one of the many tweets the president fired off today unleashing his frustration with the, quote, witch hunt russia probe just after the investigation hits its one-year mark now. let's get to cnn's ryan nobles to put this into context, ryan? >> reporter: we don't know what the president is going to ask for when he says he's going to officially demand that the -- but this does show a new level of frustration by president trump as it relates to the robert mueller investigation, which has now been going on for more than a year, of course from what we understand, there was an informant that was working with the fbi, that was attempting to make connections with people from the trump campaign but it is important to point out that our reporting w

trump today sent out a tweet accusing the new york times of inventing a source, but turns out it was wrong. his tweet read: s tweet read: >> well, in fact here the source was actually a white house officialor reporters, and the white house in is the someone who actually asked the source not to be named. no comment yet from the president or the white house about this. >> president trump and china's president striking a deal to help zte smooth trade relations, but now president trump's critics are striking at the loyalty to the country. >> reporter: president trump has struck a deal with chinese 9:00 xi that eases sanctions on telecom giant zte. he reached out to president trump directly. zte had been penalized by the u.s. congress department for doing business with both iran and north korea, a major violation of international sanctions. the president indicating two days ago, he believes that china's bad behavior was the united states fault. >> we had massive theft of the intellectual property. i don't blame they in a. i blame the united states for allowing this to happen. >> now lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are slamming the move. they caution that fidelity to the rule of law is wh

tweet attacking the "new york times" for what the president calls phony sources. the photothe president called phony was spoken in the white house briefing room by a senior trump administration official who was introduced to a room full of reporters by a deputy white house press secretary. here is the announcement that that briefing would take place. here is the transcript including the quote the president says is phony and fabricated right here on paper. why? why? why? >> the president read the art of the deal recently just to get a better sense of this president. he talks about the art of truthful hyperbole going back to the speech. >> is that a fancy way of saying lyi lying? >> it is a fancy way of saying lying. when he says this is the first time that service member troops have gotten a raise in ten years that is not true. he wants to show he is doing what other people haven't done and he strays from the facts almost daily. he talked about how the past administration doesn't do x, y, z. it's just part of the showmanship of this president that he wants to show that he is greater than he is. >> i want to point to what the president reportedly told lesley stahl when she asked. the m

trump tweeted "stay tuned." rudy giuliani, the president's new legal adviser, but not government employee, made a bold promise. >> we got kim jong-un impressed enough to be releasing three prisoners today. >> other officialsfy the three would be released imminently. >> we can't confirm the validity of any of the reports currently out about their release. >> some administration officials tell cnn they were frustrated that guilliani was saying too much too soon. one u.s. official said they were confident of a release, but officials are working to verify reports that the three americans were moved from labor camps to a hotel in pyongyang. >> what they do is before they release hostages, give them good food, put them in hotel, move them from prisons. those are good signs but they were unjustly apprehended. >> teachers at a science university arrested spring of last year, accused of hostile acts against north korea. the longest held was arrested in october, 2015, charged with spying for south korea. when cnn interviewed him, he seemed to be aware of north koreans were monitoring the situation. >> i committed an act of espionage against north korea. i gathered information about its nuclear program and military

trump started out by falsely accusing "the new york times" of making up a source in reporting on north korea. he tweeted the failing "new york times" quotes a senior white house officialn if the meet were reinstated holding it june 12th would be impable given the lack of time and amount of planning needed. wrong again. the times responded saying the source of that sentence was a white house official who held a briefing on thursday afternoon in the white house briefing room that was attended by about 50 reporters with about 200 or so more on a conference call. the president made it up. that wasn't the only time this weekend he distorted facts. early this month, attorney general jeff sessions announced a trump administration policy to prosecute anyone who crosses the border illegal even if it involves separating children from their parents. watch him. >> i have put in place a zero tolerance policy for illegal entry on our southwest border. if you cross the border unlawfully, then we will prosecute you. it's that simple. if you smuggle illegal aliens across our border, then we will prosecute you. if you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you. and that child ma

tweet likening an african-american obama administration official to an ape. we're standing by to hear president trump weighs in on the fate of program which he claimed credit. >>> meddling with mueller. the president is floating a newrobe will interfere with the november election. >>> seeking the summit. kim jong-un's meeting with mr. president trump appears closer to being on again and a shadowy spy master is coming to the united states. how far will both sides to go to make the summit happen. >>> lava to the sea. the red hot flow from hawaii's exploding volcano is oozing into the ocean creating a new level of danger. we're getting a new level on this spreading disaster. we want to 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 cancellation of roseanne barr's highly rated tv series. the abc network taking a clear stand against the star's racist tweets as barr plays

trump tweets that the. u.s. officials have been pressing for their release as a show of goodwill ahead of a between the u.s. and north korea and also on the program. to the new.

korean official left pyongyang and headed to new york to talk about a summit between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un. the president is optimistic that talks will happen, tweeting this morning, meetings are currently taking place concerning summit. a u.s. teamworked over the weekend with north korean official to revive a june 12th summit. a date the president canceled days ago but now intent on keeping. experts are guardedly optimistic. >> this is seven years in the making and getting to a solution will not happen with a one day meeting. >> exceskeptics see the two rem unresolved, whether kim would give up nuclear ambition and what the u.s. would offer in return. some lawmakers doubt kim jong-un's intentions. >> i have concerns that the north koreans are not serious when they talk about denuclearization. it's a show. >> but south korea is serious about the talks. leader moon jae-in pushed for the summit at the surprise meeting with jim congrekim jonfd the idea of making it a three-way summit. >> at 5:05, al up rock, some teachers and parents and students rallied to show support for bower around noon today. they claim there have been attempts to oust her. distri

news. president trump claiming a government informant, who he has called a spy, infiltrated his campaign. the president tweeting just moments ago -- i hereby demand, and will do so officiallyorrow, that the department of justice look into whether or not the fbi/doj infiltrated or surveilled the trump campaign for political purposes, and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the obama administration. peter nichols has been following this story for the "wall street journal." covers the white house. you interviewed rudy giuliani, the president's attorney. we'll get to that in a moment but i want your reaction from one of a string of tweets from the president this morning. you're sfaem with tfamiliar wit status. what do you make of what the president's typed into twitter this morning? >> i think the president's raising the stakes. he's saying this investigation is tainted. he is suggesting that it is corrupt. and it's part of a larger strategy to discredit it. and to put pressure on bob mueller to bring it to an end. it is unclear though what he's going to do, what steps he's going to take. he's clearly seizing on the issue of this informant and his lawyer

news when the media was reporting things that were said just this week by his own staff. >> last question to you here, jeff. you mentioned that tweet from president trump about the senior administration official. i think it's worth pointing out here, you guys know this from your line of work that many times it's the white house press staff telling you to quote somebody as a senior official. i think that's worth noting. i wonder what you made that president trump said in that tweet "use real people, not phony sources." it is not reporters electing to do that. it's the white house office telling people like the three of you that's how they're going to be quoted in a piece or radio story. >> and that white house official is a real person. peter baker in the "new york times" captured it best saying a president who so often decries fake news is now decrying fake news and is expressing outraj at the the "new york times" for reporting on a press briefing according to the white house rules. whether or not the president knew that briefing occurred, who knows, but that tweet is off the mark. >> gmy thanks to the three of you. i really appreciate it. we got some video just a few moments ago of josh holt