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The presidency of the g20 summit next month, where Energy Issues will be a Prominent Point on the agenda. Thats august 2013. Thats yourself calling yourself an informal adviser to the kremlin. You know, informal, having some conversations with people. I mean, this is really nothing and just an attempt to distract from the real crimes that are shown in this misleading document. You know, page 8, it says, it talks about disguised propaganda, including the planting of false or misleading articles. Which is exactly what this is. So, thats kind of the pot calling the kettle black. By mr. Comey and co. Reaction now pouring in, most along partisan lines. Republicans and democrats suggesting these newly released documents back up their personal views of Robert Muellers russia investigation. Lets get right to cnns senior washington correspondent, ryan nobles, near the trump golf resort in jersey, where the president is spending his weekend. Ryan, trump has been on a twitter tirade about this. Thats a great wait to put it. We havent seen the president. Hes had no public appearances the entire weekend. Our only glimpse into his thinking is his twitter feed. And hes been very active on twitter and on this particular topic, hes tweeted four different times about the release of this document. And in his mind, it is vindication for his longheld belief that Robert Muellers investigation is a witch hunt and this particular fisa application was done almost criminally. He dribs escribes it as a consp in many ways. So the president has been looking for more and more evidence to try to discredit the mueller investigation. This falls right in line with talking points from some members of the Republican House and the president continues to echo those claims. But as you accurately point out, ana, before you came to me, there is a wide range of opinions as to how to interpret this more than 400page document and not all of them are kind to the president. Ana . Including the opinions of lawmakers in his own party, what are not on the same page as the president. Yeah, thats right, ana. While there is no doubt a small group of republican members in the house, many of them on the House Intelligence Committee, that firmly believe that there was some sort of conspiracy involved with the acquisition of carter pages surveillance warrant, you know, there are many prominent republicans in the senate who think otherwise. Listen to what marco rubio had to say this morning on state of the union. Yeah, i dont think they did anything wrong. They went to the court and got the judges to approve it. They laid out all the information and a lot of reasons unrelated to the dossier as to why they wanted to look at carter page. And carter page was not a key members of the Trump Campaign, and the Trump Campaign has said that. So theres a couple of things to dissect from rubios comments there, ana. The first is that this whole idea for applying for the fisa warrant was the dossier. That there was the limpnchpin o the entire fbi investigation. And there have been numerous points that they were looking at carter page long before the dossier came out. And then the fisa law, this is something thats been very controversial for a long period of time, but the congress has had multiple opportunities to reign in the fisa law, to make it more difficult for the federal government to conduct surveillance on american citizens. And every time theyve continued to renew it, including as late as january of this year. And ana, it was President Trump himself whos been so critical of this process who signed that bill into law. Ryan nobles, thank you so much. Lets get straight to the two legal analysts that we have. Some experts, for their perspective, Glenn Kirchner is a former federal prosecutor and a former u. S. Assistant toeattorn for the district of columbia, and Kerry Cordero joins us as well. All right, guys. Before we had you on here, i asked you for three takeaways. They were very similar, so we combined them on one list. And i want to start with number one. You both said the warrant shows the fbi did follow protocol. So kerry, explain why you think that . The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has different requirements, the types of findings and information that needs to be contained in application. The senior officials who have to sign the applications. And everything about the redacted documents that have been released publicly now indicate that the Justice Department and the fbi followed the law, followed the procedures that are in place, took the case to a judge on the foreign intelligence court. And so nothing based in the documents that were released indicates that they abused the fisa system in any way. There were several pages redacted of this 400plus page application, glenn. So how can you be sure this was done by the book, as you put it . Well, ana, i think we can be sure it was done by the book, with notwithstanding the redactions, because four separate judges over time had an opportunity to review the materials and to weigh in and each and every one determined that there was reason, there was probable cause to issue this surveillance warrant. And ill tell you, as a career prosecutor, ive probably been involved in reviewing and helping agents prepare well over a thousand affidavits in support of search and arrest warrants. And we all take our obligation very seriously. In fact, theres a Supreme Court case called the franks case, that says, you know, if a Law Enforcement agent misleads a judge by putting something in an affidavit, in support of a warrant that is either untruthful or if they leave something out that is incredibly important and could undercut probable cause, then they could be in legal jeopardy, the case could be in legal jeopardy. And ill tell you, all of these career fbi agents and doj prosecutors take their job and their oath extremely seriously. Carrie, i know you have some experience specifically with these fisa warrant applications. What types of things would be redacted . What is the American Public missing . Right, i did. I worked at the Justice Department in what is now the National Security division and presented many of these types of applications to the fisa court for a number of years. And so the information that i would presume is the redacted or the stillclassified information is information that relates to the intelligence, the counterintelligence investigation that the fbi and the Intelligence Community were conducting at the time. You know, this release of these dou documents publicly is very unusual. In fisas 40year history, these applications have never been released before. And so there has been a whole chain of events, starting with the president and the House Intelligence Committees statement statements about these carter page surveillances that have gotten us to this point. But really, the information contained in these documents is sensitive, its classified, its National Security information. S so that other information would have further supported the case that the government was making to the fisa judge. Glenn, one thing that is not redacted is what you mention in point number two. And that is that republican allegations about the dossier are not supported. In fact, republicans have said that the fbi failed to tell the courts that the steele dossier may be politically biassed and that is not true. The footnote reads, u. S. Based law firm had hired the person to conduct research regarding candidate number ones ties to russia. And the fbi speculates that the identified u. S. Person was likely looking for information that could be used to discredit candidate number ones campaign. So, glenn, were republicans who backed the nunes memo being less than truthful about this warrant . Well, let me say, ana, they were not being accurate. Because as we see, the people who participated in the drafting and the submission of this particular fisa application took their responsibilities very seriously. Because they did put in there information that could undercut the reliability of the information in the steele dossier, which is exactly the point i made a few minutes ago. So for example, if we have three witnesses that we want to rely on, in an affidavit seeking a warrant, and two of the witnesses have no bias, but the third witness, for example, has some beef or grudge with the target of the investigation, Law Enforcement puts that in the affidavit, so the judge has a complete picture on the evidence that he or she is relying on, before they determine if theres probable cause and if the warrant should issue. So i think that now that weve seen in black and white that all of the information, the good, the bad, and the ugly was in the affidavit, seeking the fisa warrant, we really have to reevaluate some of it will criticism we heard about how, you know, the judge unduly relied on the steele dossier and didnt have the complete picture. That doesnt seem to be bopprn t by the documents. Carrie, the other point i want to bring up is one that you just made a moment ago, and that is that the release of this warrant is unprecedented. Is that good that this came out . But do you think theres a bigger risk there . Well, i see risk. As a former National Security practitioner, i see risks. Because what it means is that these applications now in other National Security cases, so for example, other counterterrorism prosecutions or other future National Security prosecutions that involve information that was obtain eed under the foreig Intelligence Surveillance act, there is now a greater likelihood that judges in those cases might reveal the applications to defense council. Now, some might see that as a good thing, in terms of transparency. But the way in which this particular case became public was driven by, for political reasons. In other words, the allegations that the house intelligence chair and the president were making about this case were alleging abuse. And that is what set in course the chain of events that led to the release of these documents, which happened under appropriate ways. These documents were not leaked. They were released after foia, free of information act litigation. So i dont have a dispute with that. But i do think that the way in which attention was brought to these carter page surveillances was highly inappropriate for the House Intelligence Committee chair to be driving an effort to reveal classified information about an ongoing counterintelligence investigation. So, glenn, at the end of the day, do you agree that this warrant ultimately did have to be released because of those dueling memos . I dont know if it had to be released. I do i dont think the dueling memos is what caused the release. I think its more the foia request and i tend to agree that its not only unprecedented that these kind of documents are released potentially exposing sources and methods in ongoing investigations, but i think this may actually prompt the reevaluation of the fisa laws to make sure that it accounts for the possibility in the future that some of these documents may become matters of public record. All right. Well, well leave it there. Thank you, both. Glenn kirchner and kerrCarrie Cordero. Were bringing our viewers live pictures of the president and the first lady arriving norre i morristown, new jersey, as they make their way back to the white house following a weekend at one of the president s golf resorts in new jersey. And i have much more to talk about with you, glenn and carrie, when i come back. And well be covering the upcoming trial of the president s former Campaign Chairman, Paul Manafort. Its the first trial stemming from russias meddling or interference in the u. S. Election. 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Reporter Paul Manafort will soon emerge from his jail cell to face a judge and jury inside a virginia courtroom. He just won the primary process with a Record Number of votes. Reporter the man who served for five months as Donald Trumps Campaign Chairman now faces 25 criminal charges in two separate cases in virginia and washington, d. C. Amounting to a maximum of 305 years in prison if convicted on all counts. Manafort lost his fight to move this weeks trial awto roanoke, four hours outside the beltway. Manafort faces 18 counts of bank and tax fraud in virginia, where prosecutors f s from special col Robert Muellers team have laid out nearly 500 pieces of evidence they plan to present. Theyll include pictures of manaforts five homes, spanning from manhattan to virginia and other photos documenting his oncelavish lifestyle, filled with cars, highend clothing, and even a watch and other items from the selfproclaimed most Expensive Store in the world, bijan. Mr. Trump will be officially the nominee of the republican party, so were excited about that. Reporter one month after announcement and donald trump clinching the republican nomination, Paul Manafort was forced out. He left the campaign in august 2016 amid questions about his past lobbying work for the prorussian Ukrainian Government and the payments he received. More than a year later, in late october 2017, the special counsels team indicted manafort, charging him with hiding the money he made in ukraine to avoid paying taxes and then lying about his debt to secure new loans. Manaforts lawyers have been fighting the charges for months on two fronts. In addition to the virginia case, manafort is charged with seven other counts in washington, d. C. , including failing to register as a foreign agent. That trial is set to start in september. In june, the d. C. District judge revoke ed manaforts 10 millio bail, which included house arrest, and sent him to a jail two hours south of washington. The judge scolded manafort after prosecutors said he contacted witnesses in his case and asked them to lie. I have no foreign clients now. I have no clients. I have one client. Donald trump. Reporter the man who arguably ushered donald trump to the republican nomination is now more recognizable for his mug shot. The trial will be the first major spotlight for the special counsels team that has already secured ive guilty pleas, includie ing manaforts former deputy, rick gates, and former National Security adviser, michael flynn. So far, special Counsel Robert Mueller has brought 191 criminal charges against 32 people and three companies as part of his investigation into russian meddling and other matters that arise from that investigation. And muellers team is trying to compel five unnamed witnesses to testify in Paul Manaforts trial, offering them immunity from prosecution in exchange. It will be up to the judge if he decides to force those five to testify. A hearing in manaforts case is scheduled for monday. That will determine what evidence will be allowed in. And jury selection is expected to begin on wednesday, setting up a trial start for the end of the week. Jessica schneider, cnn, washington. Thanks, jessica. Glenn kirchner and Carrie Cordero are back with us again. This is a significant trial, guys, because it is the first trial stemming from muellers investigation into russias election sbeeminterference. So glenn, let me start with you, we are now three days out from this trial. If a paralegal were in the works, would it have happened by now . Yeah, it would have, ana. And i suspect that bob muellers team may not have even extended a plea offer to Paul Manafort. In part because, you know, not only did he commit this sort of parade of horribles, allegedly, you know, bank fraud, tax evasion, money laundering, but even almost more important than that, when we talk about the integrity of the criminal justice system, he committed witness tampering and has been indicted, albeit in another case, in witness tampering. So the problem is, if we as prosecutors bring, ana, a cooperating witness that has engaged in misconduct that sort of strikes at the very heart of the integrity of the criminal justice system, its very hard to make a plea offer to that witness, try to clean him up sufficiently, and put him on the stand without what we call the cooperator stink rubbing off on the prosecutors. Carrie, muellers team has indicated in court, at least, that manaforts trial will have a connection to the Trump Campaign, but does that necessarily mean the connection will have anything to do with russia or the election attack . Well, he was the chairman of the campaign for a number of months. So, i mean, theres a very direct connection, even though the president and his team have tried to distance themselves. The actual indictment doesnt include information regarding the russian influence efforts on the election and the intelligence activities that russia in their intelligence operations did. So whether or not that becomes a part of the case, we dont know. The charges that are brought against manafort pertain to all his business dealings and his work on behalf of the president of ukraine. Other than that, most of the charges that are against him pertain to the things that glenn just mentioned, tax evasion, fraud, all sorts of financial crimes. Glenn, you mentioned that the fact there hasnt been a plea deal may be because he wasnt offered some kind of a plea deal. But may it also indicate that he may not have any information important enough to trade . It could. Its a sliding scale, because the more valuable the information a cooperator can provide, the more likely he is to be able to strike a plea deal with the prosecutors. But again, in this case, i dont know that the mueller team wants or needs Paul Manaforts assistance. And ill tell you this case which will be a documentintensive case in the hands of an honest prosecutor could be a bit of snooze fest. But bob muellers team is not theyre not novice prosecutors. Soy suspect theyre going to keep the trial moving along and youre probably going to hear things like, you know, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, this case is going to take us all to a place where arrogance meets opulence. And theyre going to show lots of pictures of Paul Manaforts custommade waterfall ponds and putting greens and milliondollar wardrobes that he just had to have with what lets call it what it is stolen money. Got to leave it there, Carrie Cordero and Glenn Kirchner, thank you so much for your time today. Meanwhile, it is a big week for tariffs and how they might affect your bottom line. Christine romans takes a look in this weeks before the bell. Hi, ana. Corporate earnings are likely to drive trading on wall street this week. Some of the biggest names in tech deliver their Quarterly Report cards. Google parent alphabet, facebook, amazon and twitter are among the heavy hitters. Tech stocks have been on fire lately. Nasdaq hit a record high last week, but tariffs and trade tensions remain an overhang for the stock market. And the issue is back this week as European Commission leaders visit the white house on wednesday to talk trade. President trump wants the eu to drop what he calls unfair trade barriers. We said if we dont negotiate something fair, then we have tremendous retribution, which we dont want do use, but we have tremendous powers. We have to, including cars. Cars is the big one. 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That means that every endangered animal and plant that is still on the road to recovery, that road just got a lot harder. Have any of these species rebounded enough, though, that they no longer need such stringent protections . Well, sure. Many endangered species are on their way back. The grizzly bear is a great example. And its getting closer to recovery. But if you take away the protections before recovery has been achieved, and in a sense, you move the goalpost, with as well, it becomes harder to maintain those successes over time. So its really like pulling the lucy pulling the football out from Charlie Brown type of situation here. If you take away these protections, you undo a lot of good work thats been done. Theres also this. That the policy that they are suggesting would end the practice of providing future protected species or threatened species, that is, with the same protections as endangered species automatically. What do you see as the impact of that . Right. So for 45 years, almost since the beginning of the endangered species act, threatened species, which is the Second Lowest level of protection below endangered receive basically the same protections as endangered species. And it helped them recover much faster. The Trump Administration is proposing that threatened species will get almost no protections, which means you can actually kill them or injure them and that would be a legal act. So, for example, the Monarch Butterfly is being considered as a threatened species in the next year. If the Monarch Butterfly were protected, basically, all of the things that harm that butterfly would still be allowed. Now, it would be good to get it protected, but it would make their ultimate recovery much harder. It makes it more expensive and puts them at greater risk. So its really pennywise, pound foolish to take this approach. This administration also says Economic Impact should be a consideration when youre evaluating the endangered species act and implementation of it. Should that be a consideration . Well, no. And congress was very clear back in 1982 and during the reagan era that costs should have no bearing on whether or not an endangered species should be protected. Because at its core, its really a scientific question whether or not an endangered species needs protection. Once they are protected, the endangered species act provides many flexible tools that have always accommodated reasonable business, since the beginning. By incorporating economic concerns right now at theo outset, you risk injecting a lot of improper Political Economic pressure into that scientific process. And weve seen, unfortunately, in the bush era, in the past, that when you do that, whenn economic pressure comes in, the animals and plants that need protection often dont get it, and we have to go to court then to ultimately get them protected. So what do you say to those who say, animals just arent as important as jobs and Cheaper Energy . Well, i think its a really false choice. We have over 1,800 endangered species in this country and for decades, weve known how to get them on the road to recovery and have jobs and energy at the same time. Theyre not incompatible. What you have is a lot of hyperbole and really unfortunate rhetoric that tends to demonize species and that doesnt help anyone. The reality is that having a healthy environment and having healthy and vibrant wildlife population provides an enormous benefit to all americans who deeply support the act and we can do this together, it has always worked. And this is really an unfortunate step in the wrong direction. 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A relative whocoleman, says no one ever instructed them to grab life jackets. President trumps controversial summit with Vladimir Putin sparked a backlash on capitol hill. And its getting mixed review from everyday americans. Just 33 surveyed in a New Washington post abc news sppo approve of trumps performance in helsinki. Exactly half disapprove. But lets focus on republican voters, specifically, trump voters. What do they think about his controversial comments a about the putin summit . Cnns gary tuchman went to a wellknown Retirement Community in florida to find out. Reporter the villages florida is a popular place for republicans to retire. Making it easy to find people who voted for donald trump for president. But for some trump voters, things went south this week. Especially following President Trumps presentation as he stood next to russian president Vladimir Putin. Hes an embarrassment to me. And, as a republican, i still feel that, you know, i just wish he would just learn to say things properly and maybe he wouldnt get himself into so much trouble. Reporter on this day, hundreds of republicans in the villages showed up at a forum, attended by florida candidates for governor, which was a good place to ask trump voters about what happened in finland. When donald trump said, theres blame for the United States as well as russia, put blame on this country, does that trouble you . Um, its donald trump. You know, you sort of expect that. Reporter but does that trouble you . Do you think the United States should be blamed . No, i dont think the United States should be blamed. Reporter so should donald trump not have said that about his country . He says a lot of stuff he should not say. Reporter but then there are trump voters like dick hoffman. I think hes doing a wonderful job. I love the fact that he just plays the press like a stradivarius. Reporter voters who say the president has nothing to apologize for. Are you a little uncomfortable with how comfortable he was with Vladimir Putin . Didnt bother me a bit. Reporter you didnt think he was deferential to him . I dont know what went on in his meeting before that. Reporter well, no one doues. Okay, i have faith with him. Reporter what he said, regarding meddling, he says, i will tell you, president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. What does that mean to you . Strong and powerful . What did he say that was so powerful that convinced donald trump hes strong and powerful in the way he said it. Reporter but does that sound a bit creepy to you for donald trump to be talking about the russian leader as strong and powerful . The way youre questioning me with that, youre questioning me in a very strong and powerful way. I dont see that as a big deal. Reporter many of the republicans here have been alive for 13 president s. Theyve seen a lot, and some, while continuing to support their president and their party, are a bit wistful. Reporter you were born when fdr was president. Youve seen fdr, youve seen truman, eisenhower, kennedy, johnson, nixon, up until donald trump today. You said you love donald trump. But would you be more comfortable if Ronald Reagan or Dwight Eisenhower were president today . If Ronald Reagan would have run again, yeah. Reporter after spending the day here in the villages, which happens to be the largest Retirement Community in the United States, we talked to many Trump Supporters who are very disappointed with President Trump in the way that he handled the summit with Vladimir Putin. But none of the Trump Supporters we talked to said they wished they voted for Hillary Clinton instead. Our thanks to gary tuchman for that report. Heads up if you eat ritz crackers. There is a nationwide recall you need to know about. Well explain, live in the cnn newsroom, next. 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And in tonights brandnew episode, we take a look at how comedy powerhouses from Carol Burnett to Dave Chappelle and saturday night live use improv and sketch comedy to make audiences laugh. Our Anderson Cooper talked with actor and comedian sean hayes, the executive producer of history of comedy, about his series. So, welcome, its great to see you again. Thank you, its very, very good to see you. Last time we spoke, i couldnt see you, it was just a plaqblac box. And i think you were on your phone a lot last time i tried to interview you. One second. No, im talking to him now. No, this is him. Yeah, im on right now. No, its really its gray. Its really silver gray. Byebye. Go ahead. Yeah. Um, i what was the question now . Did were you always funny growing up . No. Im still not, still searching for acceptance in any form. Well, i didnt want to say, but no, no, thats my job. Yeah. So, no, i you know, i think i come from an Irish Catholic family, very loud, you know, laugh through the pain. Father left when i was very young, that whole story, blah blah blah. S so i learned to cope with tragedy through comedy a long time ago and i think most people who are in the pbusiness of trying to be funny probably can relate to that. Thats interesting. In this show, you also look at how comedy has allowed groups you know, women, gay people, people of color to assert their sexuality. To have a voice in ways that society has not allowed them to previously . Yeah, well thats the great thing about comedy, isnt it . Everybodys a fan of comedy. And i think its not to pontificate too much about comedy, because the second you dissect it, its not funny anymore. But i think we need comedy for our souls, you know. It provides us levity and balance in our lives and in our souls. And to me, you know, the history of comedy is a fun ride, but if you look a little deeper for me, its also, everything i do is informed by the people who came before me, and thats what i love about the show. You know, you were telling me a story before we went on about you shooting here in new york a couple of weeks ago, which i find odd, because i got no notification, no email or text or anything. Thats weird i went through your ten people to get to you. Did that ninth person not deliver on their job . Maybe it was them, yeah . Blame the staptassistants. Yeah, well, its hard to see you. Sometimes people cant see you in your office with your 19 emmys on the wall. The glare. They might open the door and not see you right away. I also blend into the white wall. Like casper the friendly ghost. I really look forward to this. I love the first series. Do you think therell be another . Yeah, with wel well, i thi so. Because theres so many more topics that we want to cover that fall on the umbrella of certain specific areas of comedy. You know, this season, like i said, theres those all those topics, animation, comedy and animation and sketch comedy and comedy legends. You know, theres so many we havent done yet. You can do ten episodes on females in comedy. It is interesting how much comedy changes over time. I mean, you look back at stuff that well, actually, maybe thats too long and boring uhoh. Did you just have a brain farthfart . Yeah, no. Always good to talk to you, sean . You too, anderson. Hopefully that made you smile. Dont forget to tune in. An allnew episode of history of comedy airs tonight at 10 00 eastern. Within the last hour, President Trump is now tweeting again about the Russian Election investigation. Hes calling it all a big hoax. More on that, coming up in the cnn newsroom. When you combine ancestrys with its historical records. 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The president has changed his mind yet again and is once again attacking the findings of his own Intelligence Community. On the issue of elections russias election interference. Lets put up the tweet. So president obama knew about russia before the election, why didnt he do something about it . Why didnt he tell our campaign . Because it is all a big hoax. Thats why. And he thought crooked hillary was going to win. So lets put this into context. Days ago the president was forced to issue a clarification after appearing to side with russian president putin at that summit in helsinki. Here he is. In a key sentence in my remarks, i said the word would instead of wouldnt. The sentence should have been, i dont see any reason why i wouldnt or why it wouldnt be russia. So just to repeat it, i said the word would instead of wouldnt. Now this comes as the Trump Administration releases previously secret documents detailing why the fbi believed a Trump Campaign aide was working with the russians. And now in an exclusive interview with cnn, carter page is denying he ever cut a deal with the kremlin. This is so ridiculous. Its just beyond words. You know . You are talking about misleading the courts. Its just so misleading going through the 400 plus page documents. Where do you even begin . Did you ever advise the kremlin on anything . Look, jake, i no. I have never been an agent of the foreign power in any stretch of the imagination. I may have back in the g20 when they were getting ready to do that in st. Petersburg, i may have participated in a few meetings. But you did advise the kremlin . You did advise the kremlin back in 2013 or 2012, somewhere in there . Jake, thats its really spin. I mean, i i sat in on some meetings. But, you know, to call me an adviser i think is way over the