Weve only had three in the last month. The president , the white house, have a lot of questions to answer. We arent expecting a briefing today. The helsinki ranges from serious mistake to treasonous. Can he end all this with an apostrophe . The fallouts continuing today. Clearly the president s explanation given yesterday which seemed to fraction on one fraction of a word didnt really satisfy a lot of people who looked at the totality of what he said in that press conference an saw a president who continues to doubt the conclusions of the Intelligence Community that russia meddled in the 2016 election. Listen to what the president said on monday with Vladimir Putin standing right next to him. And then yesterday to press reporters at the white house. He just said its not russia. I will say this i dont see any reason why it would. The sentence should have been i dont see any reason why it wouldnt be russia. Sort of a double negative. You can put that in. I think it probably clarifies things pretty good by itself. Reporter in a telling moment yesterday as the president read from that piece of paper where he tried to walk back his comments, he added one point that it could be russia, but it could have been a lot of other people. That led a lot of people to believe that perhaps the president was reverting back to some of his past talking points in which sometimes he might say he agrees with the Intelligence Communitys assessment, but then question whether it was just russia or other countries. Poppy, this fallout is ricocheting not just in the United States but really around the world. The white house continues to have not a whole lot to say about this, but President Trump this morning on twitter has been sending out several tweets, framing the summit with putin as a wild success saying that russia would be helpful on issues like north korea and saying that the only people who denies that it was a success was the media, while a lot of other people, including his director of national intelligence, dan coats, disagreed. President trump will hear from him, as you just mentioned, within the next hour. Well see what more he has to say about that. That cabinet meeting. Thank you. President trump seeming also to waver on whether the United States is really committed to defending all fellow nato allies. Listen to this exchange with Tucker Carlson of fox news. They spoke on monday before the president left helsinki. Why should my son go to montenegro to deefend it from attack . I understand what youre saying. Ive asked the same question. Montenegro is a tiny country can very strong people. Albanias the same way. Theyre very strong people. Theyre very aggressive. And congratulations, youre in world war iii. Called article 5. Barbara starr, why is article 5 so important and why is what the president said so significant . Is. Article 5 is the part of the nato treaty that the u. S. Has signed up for nor nearly 70 years thats essentially a mutual defense pack, an attack against one member of nato is an attack against all. Nato get together and decides how to defend the country in the attack. It is vital that the u. S. Come to the aid of any and all nato countries because it is that perception that keeps adversaries at bay. They have to believe that the u. S. Would engage, that the u. S. Would respond under the nato treaty with other nato countries if some fashion. Why the president picked on montenegro, even given the question, why he responded about montenegro is getting a lot of speculation. Because of course, many countries have including montenegro, have long believed that russia was behind an attempt a few years ago to basically take out the mon monteneg montenegron government. Theyre a member of that i toe so t nato and the u. S. Is obligated under that treaty to defend montenegro. Its not that everybody thinks the u. S. Will pull out of the article 5 commitment. President s talked about being committed to article 5. The question is perception. Why is he saying this, what does he really mean, and is this giving any wiggle room to that commitment that adversaries may see, and may decide that they could take advantage of. Well said. Barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you very much. With me now, our republican strategist, columnist for the Washington Examiner and retired Major General james spider marks, our military analyst. Spider, let me begin with you. Barbara starr makes a very important point. Its not as though the u. S. Is setting up to pull out of article 5. Right . Or to say we are not committed to article 5. But the perception that it gives and perhaps the green light that it indicates to russia, go on, keep interfering, keep getting involved in montenegron politics, for example. How concerning is that . Its very concerning. Nato was set up primarily as a deterrent, it is a mutual defense pack. The existence of nato tells all potential adversaries, dont mess with this organization, we are here as a body coherent in what would be an attack against one, is an affront and an attack against all of us. Its also a calling card as weve seen since the fall of the wall, the collapse of the soviet union over the course of the last 20plus years. The number of nations we went from 12 nations in nato to 29 nations in nato. Montenegro is in the headlines, it is the very latest one to join just last year. Thats a calling card to all those other nations that if you want to be a part of something thats bigger than yourself, than youre going to ascribe to these values and, oh, by the way, theres cost of entry. Youve got to meet the requirements. Nato really provides a moderation and a measuring effect on all of its members so we dont have, as the president indicated, the onslaught of world war iii. Weve got 28 other members if one decided to be a little bit fris frisky. So the membership in nato really provides a tremendous bulwark to all of those forms of aggression that are out there, and it is an example of how to do it right. It seems as though he doesnt have a full understanding of how or t article 5 and collective defense works. Its collective defense. Its not saying if one of the members went out and started a confrontation or war the u. S. Would have to come to their assistance. Thats correct. Article 5, the time it was invoked was to defend the United States after 9 11. It is something thats important, it is valuable, it is something the United States needs to be strong in affirming its commitment to. Whats been so frustrating for a lot of republicans on the hill around these sorts of issues is that Foreign Policy is one of the areas where donald trump seems to diverge the most from sort of republican and conservative orthodoxy. On fiscal policy with the exception of trade, hes pretty much in line with. Reporter republicans are, on social policy, picking judges. But it is Foreign Policy where he really goes off the rails. I think thats why you saw a lot of republicans, even those who tend to support the president a lot, coming out and criticizing him over the last day or two about things he said in helsinki and the things he says about nato. Heres the thing. I just had a republican senator on with me last hour. He just got named to the senate Nato Committee that basically acts as a liaison to nato. I asked him about this and played that exchange the president had with Tucker Carlson. He said i dont see that as the president wavering. What do you make of that . I think a lot of republican policymakers who are in roles where they feel they have the opportunity to influence the president , try to be very careful in their public remarks not to criticize him because by doing so, do you get yourself on the president s bad list and therefore lose the ability to influence him all together . I think the other thing that a lot of republican lawmakers think through when they hear the president say things these is, are these words going to be backed up by actions. As long as it is just words, is that okay. In Foreign Policy, words matter a lot. Words often are the policy. But i think thats the other kind of hairsplitting that you are seeing done, where some folks who may be really critical of the words are still hoping that they wont be followed by detrimental actions. General, to you about the president s attempt to clarify with an n and t and apostrophe. It was stunning listening to that if real time yesterday. Where does that leave us and what do you think Vladimir Putins thinking right now. I think president putin is on his own agenda. He has his strategy. He often marches irrespective of what external pressures he might receive or he might perceive are out there. So i think hes in a very good place. I would suggest that when he left helsinki, those boys were highfiving on the aircraft heading back to moscow thinking this was a tremendous victory on their part. The fact that the president of the United States now comes back the next day and feels like he has to walk back or at least describe what it is he really meant to say doesnt necessarily affect the activities and ongoing measures that are in place, both within the state department and within our Broader National Security apparatus, specifically dod. We have obligations, we have alliances, we have exercises, we have deployments, we have engagements at multiple levels. Those continue. I think what we have is gaffes that are occurring at the very top level which are always terribly unfortunate. Now we have a potential resolution in our congress to say the Intelligence Community, we love you we stand with you. Right. We should completely stay away from that. The message is to our friends, look, we produce intelligence, we have work to do, we want to share that with you, we want this alliance to be tight. That happens at the level below the president of the United States. General marks, thank you. Kristin, thanks. Still to come, following new details regarding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Latest for you. Also a Russian National indicted for acting as a Foreign Agent is set to appear today in court. This as we get reaction from the kremlin over her arrest. It was a miracle. 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This is bound to get new scrutiny in his confirmation hearings for the high skort especial court especially since hes raised questions in the past over whether a sitting president can be indicted. Morrison v. Olson from 1988 upheld the constitutionality of a law known as the ethics in government act. Thats the same act that governed the work of ken starr who kavanaugh worked with for four years in the 90s. Because of his previous skepticism about whether a president can be indicted, but also whether kavanaugh views the Mueller Appointment as constitutional. Theres a distinction between bob mueller or ken starr. Theyre governed under a different set of regulations. However, because of this morrison ruling that kavanaugh had concerns with, special Counsel Robert Mueller cannot be removed without good cause. If it were overturned, presumably he could be removed for any or no reason whatsoever. In 2016 judge kavanaugh said this when speaking to a conservative group here in washington. I think justices of all stripes agree that stare decisis is important but not an inexorable command. If it were, wed still have horrible decisions still on the books. Can you think of a case that deserves to be overturned . Yes. Would you volunteer one . No. Pending confirmation hearings, yes, sir, right here. Thank you very much. I was going to say one, morrison v. Olson. Thats the independent counsel statute case. Its been effectively overruled but i would put the final nail in. Again the ultimate question is how that what that means about the Mueller Investigation. How he views a special counsel and whether or not he views that as constitutional given the special counsel is different than an independent counsel but undoubtedly, members of congress are going to ask that question, especially since he did write a 2009 minnesota law review article expressing some significant concerns and skepticism about whether a sitting president can be indicted. Poppy, if issues like the subpoena to force the president to testify before the Mueller Investigation get before the Supreme Court in which kavanaugh, if you wehe were a j and is confirmed, how would he view the constitutionality and how does he do that special counsel protection legislation thats pending in the senate and does he view that as constitutional. Because of his skepticism of that ruling, perhaps he doesnt view that as constitutional as well. Another key question. If you believe history ever since justice bork was up for confirmation, youre not going to get as candid an answer in these confirmation hearings as he gave at that q a session. Not anywhere close to it. Manu, thanks. A Russian National indicted on two charges of conspiracy and acting as a Foreign Agent set to appear in federal court in a few hours. Prosecutors claim she was part of a plot to influence u. S. Politics by immersing her selves in conservative circles, including directly through the nra. With me now, our crime and justice reporter. We talked a little bit about her yesterday. Now the kremlins weighing in on all of this and what happens when shes in front of the federal judge in a few hours . We expect to learn more information just about how she went about in her conduct here where the United States government is accusing her of being a Foreign Agent. She was indicted. Shell have a presentment. Probably see some sort of not guilty plea. We could probably hear more facts. Theres going to be a bail argument, we would expect. Shes been kept in jail and her attorneys wants her released. The u. S. Attorney here in d. C. Does not want her released. Obviously there is concern she may flee the United States because she is not a citizen. They could argue thats a reason why the judge should keep her in jail and we could learn more about how she went about making friends here in the United States to try and influence, try and peddle russian government theory, feelings about what the russians wanted. Really what she did in this case, the u. S. Government says, is quite simple. She just made friends. Spent a good couple of years here making flendz, peopriends,h the nra, and she was able to learn information, able to perhaps shall withe government influence some ideas and thoughts to those people who had connections to the republican party. Let me ask you about what robert mueller, the special counsel in the russia probe signed off on, he asked a judge yesterday to sign off on. Hes asking for immunity for five witnesses. Not saying who they are, unidentified witnesses, that are slated to testify in the manafort bank fraud trial. What can you tell us about it . Its significant because we are five witnesses that they say we have not been made public. Theyre perhaps cooperating with the special counsel in some capacity. Whats important here is that these individuals are probably could probably be charged with crimes. And so they could come in to court and say were not going to testify on behalf of the prosecution because anything we say could be used against us. So what theyre trying to do is prevent these witnesses from coming in and taking the fifth amendment. Therefore, if a judge signs off on this immunity deal, then therefore they cant be prosecuted for it. Thats important because its clear that the mueller team wants their information, wants them to come in and be able to testify without the fear of being prosecuted. Shimon, thank you for that. President trump is trying to stop all of the backlash over his comments on election interference with Vladimir Putin. My next guest says, you dont get doovers on the world stage. 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That congressman joins me now. Do you believe the president misspoke when he said would instead of wouldnt . No, i dont believe that. You dont get doovers. If the president really meant to change the record, he would have said, i didnt mean to attack our friends in the eu and call them a foe. I would have praised them. I didnt mean to question our commitment to article 5, i would have reaffirmed it. I didnt intend for everyone in the world watching that press conference to think that i was on the same side of Vladimir Putin. I would have worked hard to stand up for American Security and american values. He didnt do any of those things. You say you dont get doovers on the world stage. Are you at least glad that you did try to clean this part up instead just leaving it out there . It is not a question of cleaning up one word. By the way, cleaning it up, the stories that have come out of the white house all make clear that the president issued that statement, he read it it looked like he was forced to read that statement about one word. Thats not what this is about. Its about the president s alarming performance, the horrifying performance in front of the world stage with Vladimir Putin next to him that leaves open the question, who is the president working for . Is he working for our own National Security or is he working with Vladimir Putin and for him . Yes or no then well move on. Yes or no having a Good Relationship with russia is a good thing . Having yes, having a good, open relationship with anyone is a good thing. Yes or no let me follow up with you. Because i get the rhetoric. We all hear how the president sort of appeases Vladimir Putin. We dont hear him criticize Vladimir Putin. But would you concede that his administrations actions against russia, be it the sanctions, be it the selling of antitank missiles to ukraine, are actually tougher than the Obama Administration . If we i clarify, of course having Good Relationship with a country is always if our interest. But its not in our interest to go on the world stage and to suggest that were rolling over for a country that hacked our election, that commits cyber warfare, that interferes in governments all throughout the world, and to do so next to a murderous dictator like Vladimir Putin, no, that is absolutely not in our interest at all. Sfli think everyone wan. I think Everyone Wants to know what was discussed behind closed doors with just their translator. Democratic congressman joe kennedy this morning on new day talked about his desire to have the u. S. Translator, for example, potentially subpoenaed in front of congress to talk about that. Would you be supportive of that . I would love to know what happened. And i would love to get that information however we could. I think that my republican colleagues should join me and should join all of us who are clearly following up on the president s own statements from four months ago that he wants to testify under oath before robert mueller. Instead of relying on the translator, i think we should give the president that opportunity. He should come to mueller. He should raise his right hand and then tell the truth about what he said in that meeting, about how it impacted our National Security, about whose side he is on, and let him try to justify that horrifying and alarming display that we saw just the other day, one that well be talking about for decades to come. It is very Clear Correct me if im wrong you are very concerned about russia attack on our democracy and interfering in the 2016 election. Yes . Of course. So given that, on may 22nd, few months ago, there was this classified briefing for all house members to talk about ways to protect our Election Integrity heading into the 2018 midterms. The people that ran it, big important names on that front. Dhs secretary kirstjen nielsen, fbi director Christopher Wray, dni coats. It was lightly attended by members of the house. 40 to 50 showed up. Were you there . Right. Ive had meetings with government with all of the government officials across throughout the administration who are working on these issues through the work that we do on the judiciary committee. I hear you, congressman. Let me just ask you, did you attend that meeting . The meeting that which meeting . The meeting with may 22nd meeting with kirstjen nielsen, Christopher Wray and dan coats. I was not at the meeting with nielsen. I have had repeated meetings with officials about securing our election. The concern that we have i understand that. But this was a classified briefing. This was a classified briefing for all house members on election protection. Do you wish you had gone . We have had other classified briefings as well. What i wish, poppy ive been very clear about this. What i wish is that the House Judiciary Committee took seriously the attack against our last election and against our democracy. What i wish is that we saw from the Justice Department and had an opportunity to question the attorney general again about steps that have been taken to secure our elections the next time. And most importantly, i wish that the president of the United States this is what i think all of us would like to see. I wish that the president of the United States would acknowledge that we were attacked by russia in the last election, that we have to understand what happened in order for us to fully prepare for what happens and what they try to do in the next election. Thats how we can address this. We get briefed all the time. Im confident of the information i receive. I just need a fbi didnt. The head of the dni and Homeland Security secretary isnt something that happened every day. Shouldnt more than 50 members of Congress Show up at that . We actually have had briefings with those officials before. But what we really need to do is see some commitment from this administration after that horrifying and alarming display by the president , poppy, where he stood next to Vladimir Putin and talked about that closely. We watched it. I know. Im sure that im sure that you were as troubled as so many of the rest of us who look i am out of time. At it and need to know what side the president s on. Thats really what we have to figure out. We owe it to the American People and our own National Security. We welcome him on this network any hour of the day to answer those questions. Congressman ted deutch, thanks so much. 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So the president is facing fierce backlash over his summit with Vladimir Putin. But what do voters think in socalled Trump Country . Our kyung lah traveled to Kenosha County, wisconsin, a county that went for trump bigtime in 2016. This is the dan odonnell show. So has trump been arrested for treason yet . Has he returned to the United States in the brig of air force one . Welcome to the show. Reporter the swing state of wisconsin. The conservative base circling the wagons around trump. The reactions from the left yesterday were ridiculous. Reporter but amid the outrage, callers werent moved by the president s press conference with putin. The man is an embarrassment. I voted for him. I will not again. Really really. Swing voters are notoriously difficult to predict. So there might be an issue like this that is all anyone talks about for the better part of a week. I dont believe that there is going to be any lasting impact. Reporter wisconsins swing voters, many of them white, workingclass voters, swung to trump in 2016 in Kenosha County, just south of milwaukee. Trump won here by just 255 votes. A county that hadnt voted for a republican president since richard nixon. Like other parts of wisconsin Kenosha County has seen jobs leave. This was the chrysler plant. Spankys bar is a couple of blocks from that torndown plant. Since trump took office, the economy has only gotten better in kenosha, says anna stewart. She voted for trump in 2016. Do you think trump will be reelected by this county . I do. I think hes got the steam going. Hes done a great job so far. As president he a he shown us that he continues to persevere beyond the criticism and do whats right anyways. Youre going to vote for him again . Oh, yeah. Yes. Reporter conversations over the bar rarely focus on russia. Do people here care . I dont know. The moneys the economys good. Money seems to be flowing pretty well. House prices are coming up. Interest rates are going up. I think people are pretty happy with it. But the press conference with putin did have an effect on pam anderson. For him kind of push it off to the side and say like he doesnt believe it, i think hes really mocking the whole system. Reporter a swing voter now pushed away from trump. I had voted for obama. And this time around i went ahead and voted for donald trump. And i really regret that decision now. Whats going to happen next time around . Youve already decided . Ive already decided. Reporter pam anderson says this about trumps backpedaling, the would versus wouldnt. Her quote thats total bs. Her view of the president has not changed one bit. Kenosha, wisconsin. Important voices to hear from. Thank you. President trump continues to say that, quote, nobody has been tougher on russia than his administration. He continues to take jabs at his predecessor in the process. As you know, president obama was given information just prior to the election. Last election, 2016. And they decided not to do anything about it. The reason they decided that was pretty obvious to all. They thought Hillary Clinton was going to win the election. Lets fact check all of this with our Senior National correspondent, alex. Alex, begin with what the administration actually did when it came to countering russian aggressi aggression. When president obama came into office, firone of the firs trips he made was to moscow. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton even famously presented her russian counterpart with a reset button. But remember, obama was dealing with thenpresident dmitry medvedev, not yet putin. It was relatively smooth sailing until president putin was reelected in 2012. Whats when obama signed the magnitsky act after Sergei Magnits magnitsky was killed in prison in russia. That cracked down on people accused of human rights violations, including some of the most senior people in russia and Vladimir Putin. In 2414 t014, the year russia ad crimea, Obama Administration sanctioned banks, and defense companies. Fast forward to 2016 right before the 2016 election. Obama famously confronted putin on the sidelines of the g20 summit about russias meddling in the election. You might remember that famous picture of him staring putin down. After the election, once President Trump won in one of president obamas final acts, the administration ordered 35 diplomats to leave the country. They shut down two diplomatic compounds and four more russians were sanctioned, as well. By the time president obama left office, u. S. russia relations were at their lowest point since the cold war. And there was that october 7th rose garden announcement from the president that russia was interfering in the election. Trump supporters and a lot of republicans say, you didnt go far enough. The democrats say, but mcconnell couldnt get on board and put out this joint statement. Thats that and thats politics. What about the facts of actions the Trump Administration has actually taken against russia . Well, while were comparing these two sides, were comparing obamas eight years in office with President Trumps 18 months in office. In that yearandahalf, there is no doubt the Trump Administration has cracked down on russia in response to their actions. This past december the Trump Administration decided to arm ukraine with lethal weapons, including antitank weapons which can be used against those russian tanks in eastern ukra e ukraine. In february the doj indicted 13 russians and three entities for alleged interference in the 2016. The next month in march after former russian agent was poisoned in the uk was a nerve agent that is being blamed on moscow, the administration ordered the expulsion of 60 Russian Diplomats believed to be intelligence agents. They also closed the seattle consulate. Then a month later in april the Treasury Department sanctioned seven russian oligarchs with ties to putin, along with 12 companies that they either owned or controlled. And that was alongside 17 senior russian ohfficials who were als targeted. Poppy, we have to note that an Administration Stance is not just about its actions but about its theitus ths theituds att. In the case of the Trump Administration, it is so often the case that the president s soft language is really at odds with the actions that his government is taking resulting in what can really often feel like two totally different russian strategies. Yeah. Look, arcsctions are important. Words are important. Many conservatives would point to that hot mic moment, things will get easier on me after the election. Alex, thanks for Fact Checking that for us. Baseballs best gathering in the nations capital. Well show you the allstars that made history. I was on the fence about changing from a manual to an electric toothbrush. 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They were trapped underground in a flooded kacave for two weeks with no food and just water dripping from rocks to drink. But today the 12 young members of thailands Wild Boar Soccer Team and their coach are all smiles as they left the hospital and theyre telling the world for the first time what they went through and what they thought when they first saw those divers who found them deep inside the cave. Translator when they got up from the water i was a little surprised so i just greeted them. I thought this is really a miracle and i didnt know how to respond to them. Pretty incredible. The team also paid tribute to the thai diver who died trying to rescue them and bring them oxygen canisters as part of this entire operation. You see that right there. Thank you so much for being with me today. Im poppy harlow in new york. At this hour with kate bolduan begins right now. Hello, everyone. In just moments, the president will face cameras, and we may see another president ial cleanup. 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