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Had treated putin and even some republicans who typically withhold their criticism of trump when he breaks with them on issues of gop orthodoxy like trade and immigration had slammed trumps approach to the summit. The white house has revealed few details about what trump and putin discussed five days after the helsinki meeting and republicans and democrats alike are apprehensive to say the least about moving forward with plans for a second summit before they even know results of the first and perhaps in a sign of that apprehension, gop congressional leaders have already made clear that putin will not be receiving an invitation to visit the hospital when hes here in washington next year or later this year, fred. All right. Sarah westwood, thanks so much. Now for a look at how the Trump Administration is handling the news of a second summit, cnns Global Affairs correspondent joining me with more on that. What message are you hearing from the world of diplomacy and those circles . Well, fred, i would say theres a lot of confusion and frustration on the part of Administration Officials who dont know what went on at the summit. Theres been no instructions from the trump white house, theres been kind of no coordinated messaging strategy. Usually theres more of a Strategic Campaign to lay out the benefits of the summit and what was agreed to and what the next policy steps are. Theres really been none of it here. Secretary of state mike pompeo may be one of the only people that, you know, in addition to maybe some of President Trumps other top aides who know what went on. Secretary pompeo had lunch with President Trump yesterday and take a listen, excuse me, take a listen to what secretary pompeo said yesterday at the United Nations about talk about a possible second summit with Vladimir Putin. Im happy that the two leaders of two very important countries are continuing to meet. Those conversationings are incredibly important. We have our Senior Leaders meeting all across the world where we have deep disagreements with. It is incredibly valuable to the people of the United States of america, president putin and President Trump continued to engage in dialogue to resolve the difficult issues that our countries face between each other. I think this makes enormous sense and im very hopeful that meeting will take place this fall. Now, a lot flowery words about the summit but nothing in terms of what its building on from the first summit. I think thats what confounding not just the Administration Officials but the american public. Its hard to see why there should be a second summit when nobody knows what happened to the first. Of course, everybody realizes that the u. S. And russia need to talk. Theres a lot of important issues like ukraine, like syria, like nuclear proliferation. But at the same time, you havent really heard anything from President Trump himself. Only the russians who are shaping the narrative here about how wonderful it was and what was agreed to. All right, thanks. I want to bring in congressman john garamendi, a democrat from california, a member of the House Armed Services committee. Congressman, good to see you. Good afternoon. You are, right, you are still one of those lawmakers who does want to see the interpreters, you know, questioned by your committee. Well, i dont think were ever going to hear from the interpreter but what we have to hear from is the president. What did he agree to . I think all of our heads are spinning. This is the most incredible week i guess actually following on previous incredible weeks. The president of the United States sat down with an adversary who is actively engaged today in trying to disrupt the 2018 elections and also continues to engage today in hacking into our vital infrastructures. The electrical grid and on and on. There is a cyber war going on. And we have heard zero, nothing, from the president about this, other than would or wouldnt. I mean this is just not right. This is a very dangerous situation. And to invite putin back to the United States, to sit him down in the white house and literally kowtow to him is unacceptable. It is simply unacceptable. So were hearing on the global stage dribblings coming from russia. Theyre leading the narrative on what may have been discussed. What may have been agreed upon. Is it your feeling that the white house is now putting its energies into an upcoming, a part two meeting in the fall somewhere around midterm elections and we may never hear anything concrete. We may never hear details coming from the white house about what happened last week. Well, what we have heard from the russians is deeply disturbing. Theres talk about the american continuation of pulling out. What exactly was agreed to in syria. Theres talk about some sort of a referendum in ukraine. All of these things are terribly important and, frankly, very disturbing. Ill give you one more example. The secretary of state says its good that they had dialogue, but then through the spokesperson with the white house, that nothing was concretely agreed upon. What do you worry about with all of that language . Everything. Everything. Ill give you a specific example. The republicans in the senate and the house are pushing to complete the National Defense authorization act. This is the annual 700 billion legislation that tells the military what equipment it has what it needs for everything from Eastern Europe to the war in syria and iraq and afghanistan, as well as dealing with the terrorism organizations around the nation. Our National Defense. The issues of missile defense. The issues of nuclear armaments. All of those things are in there and presumably, at least from the russians, all these things were discussed. Do we need to modify in any way the National Defense authorization act to pull back or increase our presence in any one of these areas . We do not know. And yet the republicans want to wrap all of this up. It is not right. It is not the way congress should act. And we must and we should have information. The president and pompeo has given us zero, nothing. Only the russians. So the u. S. Senate has unanimously put in protections in place to make sure former u. S. Ambassador or any u. S. Diplomat would not be handed over to the russians, you know, for grilling, questioning, et cetera. What other questions do you believe could be legislated at this juncture, not knowing about what details did take place what agreements may have transpired during that meeting. Can there be any other protections legislated . Well, thats precisely what im saying with regard to the defense. The National Defense authorization act. We may need to write into it. Not just a resolution by the senate, but write into actual law a bill that the president will absolutely have to sign. But do you see that happening is that something that can happen immediately or long term . Yes, it can happen this next week because the Conference Committee is in process, at least according to the republicans finalizing it and putting it on the house floor this coming week. We dont need to have this thing done tomorrow. It doesnt have to be done until october the 1st. We absolutely need to know. Yes, maybe we do need to write into it that no, mr. President , you cannot turn over our diplomats to russia. And no, were not going to allow the russians to come here and question mueller. Were not going to do that. If it takes a law, then we can do it in the National Defense authorization act along with dozens, it not hundreds of other things that are apparently in process of being discussed between putin and the president. We dont know. What does your gut say about why the white house would commit, would publicly say, by way of the secretary of state, that theres an upcoming meeting between putin and trump without details of what happened in helsinki and this meeting would happen at the white house last fall. Whats your answer as to why . For pompeo, he is trying to deal with a very erratic unstable and unpredictable boss, the president of the United States, mr. Trump. So hes doing his very best to be a good soldier, as he was and, okay, i understand that, but that is not a good reason for america and for the congress to simply acquiesce. It is inexplicable why the president , on the face of the terrible turnout or terrible results of the helsinki summit, that the president would march right back into that field in the face of the fact that russia is continuing at this moment, according to the National Defense director, mr. Coats, continuing to interfere in the american election, which is just 3 1 2 months or 4 months away. And that the president is sitting down with the man that is doing that . It makes no sense whatsoever. We were concerned going into the helsinki summit and, keep in mind, it is not clear that the president fully supports nato. Montenegro. A member of nato. The president literally threw montenegro under the bus, and then having to extract montenegro from that terrible situation, what did the president say, well, maybe we wouldnt defend montenegro. Seemed like at the did make it clear where he stood on that, only to then make it unclear by trying to clarify. Precisely the problem. All right, congressman, thank you so much for your time. A day of fun on the water turned to tragedy. Coming up, the latest as investigators piece together the moment that a duck boat capsized killing more than a dozen on board. Later, a doctor for former president george h. W. 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All 17 victims ranging from the age of 1 to 76 have been identified. A mother who lost nine family members including her own three children is speaking out. And when the wave swept over, the last thing i heard my sisterinlaw yell was grab the baby. I said, jesus, please, keep me, keep me, so i can get to my children. Keep me and i can swim and i was swimming as fast as i could. And i couldnt reach i could not reach the life jackets. My gosh. Cnn correspondent kayleigh h hartung join us live from branson, missouri. What is the latest on the investigation . Four of the 14 survivors are hospitalized including tea coleman who ju just heard from. Investigators speaking with her other survivors, First Responders, as well as any eyewitnesses will be key to that investigation Going Forward but this is going to be a long process. The ntsb leading this investigation, one their officials telling us it could be so long as a year before theyre ready to release a report, plaining how and why that boat c capsized and sank and what led to the deaths of those 17 people. Tia coleman, as you just heard her shed some light on the question that will be asked, what about the life jackets . As she explains it, she said the crew on that duck boat told them where the life jackets are but told them not to worry about it because they wouldnt need them. Then when the swells began to come into the boat, they were all instructed to keep their seats. She says when that boat is found, she believes all of the life jackets will still be on board. That boat still at the bottom of Table Rock Lake behind me, 80 feet deep. Initially sank in 40 foot waters and then landed on its wheels and rolled down to a depth of 80 feet. That process, too, of safely getting the boat out of the water preserved in condition necessary for the investigation, for it to be useful in the investigation, will take a little bit of time. Those discussions under way now. It could happen as soon as monday. Fred, the story that tia coleman shares with us is just its so stunning to hear. That she and her family, 11 members of the coleman family, traveled here from indianapolis, like so many people do, this is a popular vacation destination in the ozarks, but only two of them will return home. And kaylee, it is a very comprehensive investigation, but why is it that investigators, you know, picked that earmark of one year, that it might take them a year in order to get answers . It was unclear. We asked. They said she hoped they would be able to give a preliminary report in the coming weeks, maybe in a month. Investigators from the ntsb will be here in branson at least for the next week, conducting those interviews with survivors and eyewitnesses and First Responders and collecting any of the perishable evidence, but then they told us it will just take time and at this point, they said it is true eoo early give a better time line. There are so many questions that need to be answered. The question for lawmakers now is what will they be doing in the meantime . If its going to take the ntsb one year to determine how and why, what will lawmakers do in the meantime to ensure Something Like this never happens again. Kaylee hartung, thank you so much. Secret recordings, Michael Cohen says he has proof President Trump knew about alleged payments to an alleged mistress. On the tapes. Im a fighter. Always have been. When i found out i had agerelated macular degeneration, amd, i wanted to fight back. My doctor and i came up with a plan. It includes preservision. 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Cnn National Correspondent athena jones has the story. Reporter the stunning revelation that Michael Cohen, President Trumps former personal attorney, secretly recorded conversations between them and not just once, a source familiar telling cnn when informed of one of the tapes, trump said, quote, i cant believe michael would do this to me. Trumps current attorney Rudy Giuliani tells cnn one of the conversations, which took place two months before the 2016 president ial election, in the then candidate trumps office, was about payments to former playboy model Karen Mcdougal who says she had an affair with trump in 2006, an affair trump denies. We saw each other frequently. Dozens of times . Many dozens of times, yes. Reporter giuliani told the New York Times in the tape trump advises cohen to pay mcdougal by check, if he does pay her, so theres a record. Giuliani said the payment was ultimately never made and the tape shows trump did nothing wrong. In the end, mcdougal reached a separate 150,000 deal for her story with American Media inc. , the Parent Company of the national inquirer, before the election. Ami, whose chief, is a close friend of trumps, never ran the story. Mcdougal has accused cohen of secretly taking part in the ami deal. Trumps campaign denied any knowledge of the ami deal. In a wall street journal report on the agreement. The fbi seized this tape and others during the raid of cohens office, part of the criminal investigation into his business dealings, including the 130,000 payment he made to porn star Stormy Daniels days before the 2016 election to keep her quiet about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with trump that trump also denies. And you had sex with him . Yes. You were 27, he was 60. Were you physically attracted to him . No. Reporter prosecutors are looking into whether those activities violated federal Campaign Finance laws. Among other things. The closer it gets to the election, that raises a bigger question about whether it was some type of loan to the campaign to help effect his chances in the election. Reporter the secret recordings may provide an answer to one of the biggest questions facing the president. Just what does cohen have on him . Trumps former fixer i protect mr. Trump. Reporter has sent signals in recent weeks hes willing to cooperate with special counsel muellers russia investigation, although it is not clear what kind of evidence cohen will be able to provide in that probe. According to giuliani, the mcdougal tape is the only one of true substance. Mr. President , did Michael Cohen betray you, sir . Reporter and trumps attorneys do not believe it is a problem for the president. All right, thanks, athena. Joining me right now, alice stewart, who is a cnn political commentator and republican strategist. Matt bennett is a democratic strategist, also with me, larry noble, who is a cnn contributor and former general counsel of the federal election commission. Thanks to all of you. Good to see you. Hi, fred. Good to be here. Larry, you know, the president s attorney waiving privilege on that secretly regarded conversation between trump and cohen. Its a conversation that did occur, you know, just two months before the election, raising questions about possible Campaign Violations. So as a lawyer what do you make of the decision to waive this Attorney Client privilege . Well, first, i have to say, with anything were hearing out of the Trump Organization from giuliani, were not sure if its true. Exactly what went on. So lets assume for a moment they did waive privilege. Im not sure why they would. If the privilege attached, then the prosecutors could not see it. It is possible privilege did not attach. If this was a discussion of a furtherance of a crime or a fraud, then the privilege would not attach. So, you know, they say they waived privilege. Maybe they thought they were on shaky ground. But eye not sure why they would waive privilege. This does not show, what weve heard about it from giuliani, does not necessarily show the president did anything wrong and also shows the president lied when he had hope hicks say right before the election he knew nothing about ami making any deals with Karen Mcdougal and they also denied he had an affair with Karen Mcdougal. So its not clear why they would do this. But i have to say, sometimes i think theyre playing 12 dimensional chess. So its really hard to tell exactly what theyre doing. May not show he did anything wrong but it does show there was knowledge when he said there wasnt knowledge, which then raises the and also said, you know, use a check and not cash. I mean, it shows that there was some kind of cooperation about this payment. Right. I dont mean to say that it doesnt that it shows he didnt do anything wrong. In fact it does raise the potential. For one, ami, by the time of the tape apparently, ami has already bought the story from Karen Mcdougal. If ami knew about this or had been in touch with the Campaign Prior to buying the story, then they may have committed Campaign Violation and the Trump Campaign may have committed a Campaign Violation by accepting the help from ami. Ami, if ami is now offering to sell it, to trump, and i think the way giuliani put it, they were reimbursing ami for it. That may suggest there was a loan and there was an understanding of what would go on. Thats why its hard to understand why they would waive Attorney Client privilege on this. There may be a Campaign Violation. It also kind of, you know, puts the magnifying glass on trust but then in your tweet yesterday, you say at the end of the day, sex, lies and audiotapes only matter to a spouse and the opposition party. Further explain that. Because youre inferring, you know, the electorate really doesnt care about the whole issue of trust or possible Campaign Finance violations. Well, sadly, fred, its true. Look at the popularity amongst its base. Its in the 80 and 90 among Republican Base voters. He knew about his private life while he ran for office. He was the nominee and eventually became the president. This is clearly something that has not detracted from his base. And the reality is sex, lies and audiotapes are exciting to talk about but as larry mentioned, the key focus here is on whether or not he and Michael Cohen were involved in some kind of Campaign Finance violation and thats what we really need to get to the bottom of. But a lot of this we probably already knew. And from a communications standpoint, the best way to avoid having this come out there, first and foremost, dont cheat on your spouse. Second, dont pay off important stars and playmates. Third, when you know theres evidence, and there was evidence months ago when this first came out, tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, but now were still talking about something that could have been cleaned up quite a long time ago. And while i believe there are many more tapes, i do believe this is probably the only one that has some significant information. Maggie harborman reported yesterday this is, as far as she snows, one that has concrete information or information that can be used against them. A lot of the other ones are probably mundane. So matt, is that the issue, that it really just doesnt matter especially among the base or at least among republicans, where his Approval Rating remains high . Yes, i think thats exactly the issue. To larrys question about why do this now, i think the answers pretty clear. This is the worst week of the trump presidency. The summit was on monday. Theyre calling it the treason summit. There are republicans in congress who for the first time are willing to break with him. Meanwhile, we still have kids essentially being tortured after being removed from their parents and we have a trade war thats going to drive up prices, a trade war were fighting for no reason whatsoever with our allies and china. Trump is very skilled at changing the subject. I think the giuliani tweet, while giuliani has not proven himself to be a strategic genius, that tweet, the tweet from trump this morning about the nfl, these are all efforts not to talk about russia and family separation and the trade war. Its a piling on. Its a lot more to talk about because people are perplexed about helsinki and especially as were looking ahead to the fall of another meeting this time in the white house, so, you know, this issue of the tapes, how worrisome should it be for the white house . Well, i think they have to worry about it. Matt may very well be right. This may well be to an extent you can find the strategy of lets get this out there and get people to talk about sex, lies and i have videotape and that way they wont talk about possible treason. A strange but necessary strategy for this administration to see what is the least offensive thing we can talk about. One thing i do want to point out is that it was reported back in april Michael Cohen had these tapes. Some people suggested trump knew he was recording other people at least and trump heard tapes from other people. It is interesting to find out what other tapes are out there. I dont necessarily trust giuliani when he says oh, this is the only bad one or this is exculpatory. Hes been wrong almost every time hes come out the gate with a statement about whats gone on and later he has to retract it and say oh, its just the facts. I think theres more to be seen. Alice, if this is a potential distraction, you know, the issue of the tapes, you know, from what did or didnt happen in helsinki, it seems it will be really difficult to overlook what still isnt known about helsinki as the white house puts its energy into planning for the fall around midterms by the way with a continued at va sea ed d. What should be different . First, i hope we get a better readout of what happened in that private meeting. And what was agreed to and what kind of action items were outlined. And i hope that more of our Intel Community is read in on that. I do see some progress, some verifiable accomplishments from that first meeting before we move into the second one. Im not 100 convinced the second meeting will happen. If we can show there has been a tough line on pushing back on russian interference in our election and being firm on the sanctions and talk about crimea and these other issues that are important for them to have this conversation on and show we are moving the ball down the field, i think it will be important and it will be hopeful if we can get all of those things lined up in advance of this next meeting. I see it being important to the president in midterm elections and those supportive of his policies. I think alice is right. If we can do those thing that would be terrific. There is zero evidence that that is in any way possible. The president came out and kowtowed to putin at every turn in that press conference. There is no evidence hes confronting him on anything. On interference in our elections. On syria. On ukraine. Nothing. And so if there is no pushback to this tyrant and this foe and theres just this continued effort to suck up to Vladimir Putin, this summit shouldnt, and probably wont, happen. Does trump end up looking like the strong man in this meeting or does he end up as a consequence of this summit looking like the weaker man that hes always criticizing . I think he again ends up looking like the weaker man. We keep hearing trump is going to become normal at some point. He did not do it in helsinki. I think if this does go forward, this is going to be another disaster. Hell come away from it looking worse. One of the problems he has is the republicans are turning on him now over this. I think another really bad showing, meeting with putin, i think hes going to be a lot more trouble with the republicans. I dont think this is going to work out for him. I dont think hes capable of really traveling down the normal road on these things. His ego gets in the way. I think hes going to have more secret meetings and hes going to be saying other things that were not going to be able to leave so im not confident. All right, thanks, appreciate it. He was the cardiologist for president george h. W. Bush. So why was he shot right near his houston hospital . The mystery police are trying to unravel next. Who would have thought, who would have guessed . An Energy Company helping cars emit less. Making cars lighter, its a good place to start, advanced oils for those hardworking parts. Fuels that go further so drivers pump less. Improving efficiency is what we do best. Energy lives here. Improving efficiency is what we do best. Essential for the cactus, but maybe not for people with rheumatoid arthritis. Because there are options. Like an unjection™. Xeljanz xr. A oncedaily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. Xeljanz xr can reduce pain, swelling and further joint damage, even without methotrexate. 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Dr. Mark houseconnect was george h. W. Bushs former heart doctor. According to police, the cardiologist was fatally shot by a passing bike rider. Cnns Polo Sandoval has more. Reporter the doctor had been practicing for nearly four decades. Somebody who many people described as a very well respected, a pillar in the medical community in houston, texas. This afternoon, detectives are trying to finded killer and a motive. Police in houston searching an area near the Texas Medical Center for a murder suspect. After cardiologist mark houseconnect was gunned down friday while riding his bicycle to work. Police say the doctor was riding north when he passed the shooter also on a bike going the other direction. The suspect was on a bicycle as well. Drove past the doctor, rode past the doctor, turned and fired two shots. The doctor immediately went down. Reporter a private ambulance passed by the scene and emts stopped to help before the Houston Fire Department arrived. I seen somebody flagging us down. I said, you know, somethings wrong. I drove up a little further and i seen a gentleman sprawled out with blood all over. We stopped, rendered aid. Reporter Authorities Say investigators dont know if the shooting was targeted, random or caused by road rage. A few people may have witnessed the attack and police are looking at Surveillance Video. Our homicide investigators are interviewing people. Another good thing about our medical center, as you know, theres a lot of cameras so were hoping we can get some footage of this. Reporter the doctor was a wellknown cardiologist. One of his patients, former president george h. W. Bush whose spokesman issued this statement. Mark was a fantastic cardiologist and a good man. President bush said in a statement, i will always be grateful for his exceptional, compassionate care. Houston Methodist Hospital spokesman said not only was he revered by his patients but mark was highly regarded among his peers and colleagues. He was recently recognized as a super doctor. So where are detectives when it comes to their suspect . They havent said much, only saying they have been able to describe him as either a white or hispanic male in his 30s at the time of the shooting yesterday, he was writing a light colored mountain bike, also wearing the hoodie. Of course, much of that likely has changed now, fred. What theyre doing at this hour, detectives are in houston pouring over Surveillance Video and hoping somebody will call them with that potential case solving tip. The shooting did, after all, happen after rush hour yesterday morning. Wow, potentially a lot of eyewitnesses and that surveillance tape. Polo sandoval, thank you so much. Her charges read like a spy novel but prosecutors say shes a real russian secret agent sent to win influence in the u. S. 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The Russian Foreign Ministry Says her arrest is unacceptable and demands her early release. Prosecutors say butina conspired with a russian official in a plan spanning several years. The charges appear to be part of a wideranging russian attempt to influence u. S. Politics prior to the 2016 election. But how did it all get to this point for butina . Cnns sarah murray has more. Reporter the young russian gun lover twice applied for visas to attend the National Rifle associations glitzy annual meeting. Twice she says she was denied. Maria, thank you. Reporter the nra came to moscow. Butina hosted a gun conference and charmed nra board member david keen and his associate political operative Paul Erickson. By april 2014, visa in hand, butina was on her way to indianapolis for the nras 2014 annual meeting. There, she snapped a pick with nra chief executive wayne la pierre and began blazing a path within u. S. Political circles in what authorities allege was a covert operation. Her relationship with erickson turned romantic. Whether he was duped by his young lover who used him for political connections or lured into a spy operation to influence politics ahead of the 2016 election is unclear. Erickson is nearly twice butinas age. If you want poushwer, if you want influence, you see a candidate you like, show up and work for them. Reporter after growing up in south dakota and graduating from yale, he sought to make a name for himself in gop politics. He crossed pathings with now disgraced lobbyist jack abramhoff. Erickson also launched investment schemes and faced lawsuits because of them. Hes currently under investigation for fraud by the u. S. Attorneys office in south dakota. Butinas upbringing, starkly different. My story is simple. My father is a hunter. I was born in siberia. For such places of siberia, this is a question of survival. Everyone has a gun. Reporter after graduating from a local university and dabbling in the furniture business, she set out to moscow to pursue political ambitions. There, she linked up with Prominent Russian official alexander torsion who became a staunch ally. By fall 2014, she was trading emails with her lover erickson about how to obtain longterm visas. Her russian handlers wanted her to have a more permanent u. S. Foothold prosecutors said. By the summer of 2016, butina was enrolled in graduate school at American University on a student visa, all part of her cover story according to prosecutors. By then, pbutina had already become a fixture at nra events. And worked with torsion and erickson to try to establish back Channel Communications between candidate donald trump and russia president Vladimir Putin. Ericksons involvement in the alleged russian operation is murky. Authorities found a note in his handwriting that read how to respond to fsb offer of employment. But its unclear if the russian intelligence offer was for him, butina or Something Else entirely. Recently, she grew despondent, lamenting it wasnt safe for her to return to russia. She graduated from American University in may 2018. But a friend didnt spot her at any connectionment celebrations. With school behind her, she was planning a move to sioux city with erickson, a man prosecutors say she expressed disdain for living with. A day after buying moving boxes, she was arrested. Now, u. S. Authorities did not explicitly name Paul Erickson in the indictment surrounding butina, nor he has been charged with a crime in relation to the butina case. He did not respond to cnns request for comment. Sarah murray, cnn, washington. The white house says another meeting between President Trump and Vladimir Putin is, quoting now, all to the good. But not everyone is ready to roll out the red carpet for the russian president in washington. What a new meeting could mean coming up. 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