The president showing a fair amount of restraint in recent days except last night when talking about ford. Why didnt somebody call the fbi 36 years ago . I mean, you could also say when did this all happen . Whats going on . Joining me now. So there was a call last night. Fords attorneys and Senate Staffers to lay out what shes looking for. I imagine begin something of a negotiation. What did we learn first of all from her side. Right. The negotiations are now on. They had this call. And then afterwards, cnn obtained this email that she went afterwards to sort of lay it out. And the one deal breaker is shes not prepared to testify on monday. And in this email she explained why. She said it is simply not possible for her to prepare. At the same time, she needs to take the appropriate security precautions in the face of the avalanche of threats that shes been receiving. Thats why monday is out of the question. She did say some things are on the table to be negotiated. First of all, she wants to talk about the safety of her client, safety of ford. She wants to say that ford should not be questioned by an outside lawyer. Its got to be the senators on the committee. Because there had been some discussion of the gop senators who happened to be all white men bring anything a female attorney to do the questioning. Exactly. She wants it done like the rest of the hearing was done and she doesnt want the outside counsel. She says she thinks that Brett Kavanaugh should go first and not second, and that might be a sticking point. Which, to be fair, is the way trials and this is not a trial but the way they work because it gives the accused a chance to respond to their accuser. Right. And thats going to be a sticking point. And then she also, as you said, she thinks there should be more witnesses. For instance, mark judge, the guy who was allegedly in the room should be subpoenaed. Thats what she is putting forward. Thats what she wants to talk to them about. Also she wants some clarification. What are the procedures going to be . How many rounds might there be of questioning . Whats the scope . Lastly think about, she doesnt want Brett Kavanaugh in the same room at the same time as her client. Thats what theyre talking about. Thats fords side here, her attorney. I have spoke ton a staffer a few moments ago that their two nonstarters, one, this idea of subpoenaing mark judge or other witnesses. The staffer makes a point that, listen, we dont take subpoena requests from witnesses. Thats just not one. On the issue of her testifying second, they call that a nonstarter as well. Whats interesting is on the date, though, it seems that thats still in discussion, which would seem to indicate some flexibility on the part of republicans about monday. Absolutely about monday. But they are very concerned about the timing of this. Brett kavanaugh wanted to get out right away and tell his story. They did not want this to go on too long. So maybe not monday, but they will be talking about it soon after. There is a political calendar to keep in mind. Thanks very much. The president tweeting about Brett Kavanaugh just moments ago. Abbie phillip has more from the white house. We heard his comments last night during the rally. What did he have to say on twitter just now . Reporter President Trump seems to be pivoting a little bit in how he is dealing with this issue. He is tweeting this morning and criticizing his political allies for the attack on Brett Kavanaugh. He says Brett Kavanaugh is a fine man under assault by radical left wing politicians who dont want to know the answers. They just want to destroy and delay. Facts dont matter. I go through this with them every single day in d. C. Now, this comes after President Trump spent much of the week trying conspicuously to avoid attacking Brett Kavanaughs accuser. Hes still doing a similar thing in this tweet, but is now pivoting towards the democrats, launching a political attack on his nominee. There is also a new Interesting Development happening both on white house staffers and allies of Brett Kavanaugh. This new theory this might be a case of mistaken identity and why ford is accusing Brett Kavanaugh. Were seeing a little bit of a change here in how the white house is positioning themselves on this issue. They are being a little bit more strongly focussed on questioning the motivations of the accuser and perhaps the motivation of democrats who support her in this endeavor to testify under her own terms next week. Jim . Yes. Certainly sounds less restrained. Thanks very much. Joining me now is a cnn political analyst, dana bash and Jeffrey Tubin. Looking at the president s tweets there, and his comments at the rally last night saying why didnt she go to the fbi all these years ago sounds like running out of patience, perhaps or a change in strategy. Both, both. Running out of patience so there is a change in strategy. Notice in that tweet that abbie just showed us that the president did not repeat that why didnt she come out 36 years ago. And the focus was and is now on the democrats, which is more of a political strategy for the president. I mean, that comment he made about why didnt she come out 36 years ago, that is going to have every woman who has even known somebody, never mind had an experience where they have been afraid or for, you know, reasons didnt come out on time say really, mr. President . When it comes to the democrats, thats something that men and women because of their political persuasion can understand which is why that seems to be the focus this morning. If he repeats what he said last night, thats going to be a problem. Thats no question. The other somewhat alarming attack, not so vailed attack, frankly, on ford is this trope thats being distributed now that perhaps she has a case ofn. Im only bringing it up because kellyanne conway, Senior Adviser to the president , brought it up last night. Is it possible that theyre both right . Is it possible that something terrible happened to her . Its possible. Excuse me. I agreed with you. And that judge Brett Kavanaugh was not there. I just agreed with you. That is possible. Now, that actually is this clip there is a question, but part of this is coming from a conservative who tweeted out this idea that maybe it was this other guy in high school that they looked like. Now, when that gets repeated by advisers to the president , that becomes a more serious attack, does it not . Yeah, i agree. It is irresponsible for people to be repeating what is completely unverified, there is no evidence for this. It is essentially a product of the rumor mill and an acement to sew doubt based on nothing. If there is evidence all this week we have been wondering if there is going to be more evidence to come out, her calling for an fbi investigation, appearing to believe there could be evidence out there that would substantiate her claim. So far there has not been any new information and so to continue to speculate about, frankly, imaginary scenarios is just trying to, i think, cast doubt. Not to mention on twitter to accuse someone else to actually name a person when there is no evidence in the case. Lets talk a little bit now about what is a negotiation between ford and the senate gop. They had a phone call last night. Theyre communicating right now. Thats progress. She laid out some demands here. Cant do monday. Want to speak second after brett calf gna cavanaugh. Want to speak to witnesses. A couple of those theyre not going to do. You have to hear from her first, give him a chance to respond, et cetera. Do you see the two sides coming together so we will see this testimony next week . I do. I think this is dramatically different from the perspectives we heard just a few days ago, particularly from ms. Fords side that, you know, that the disagreements between the two sides seem well within the range that people can settle. I think the Judiciary Committee having kept a seat open for a year instead of giving Merrick Garland a vote could hardly be in the position of saying, well, well do it monday, but thursday is out of the question. I think a delay of a few days is in the rilealm of possibility. But i do think the committee is not going to call other witnesses and i think that will be a nonnegotiation demand on the part of the committee. But in terms of how the questioning works, who goes first, those strike me as points that the two sides can settle one way or the other. Right. It really does look at this point like we will hear testimony from ms. Ford next week. You of course speak to a number of lawmakers on the hill and youre in talks with the president s lawyers, for example, folks in the white house. What is your read on where they stand now . Do you see it they will come to an agreement next week. We will see what is a remarkable prospect of seeing a woman sit under the senate and share this account. I agree that it looks much more likely that there is going to be testimony. The email that the that ms. Fords attorney sent to the committee yesterday was clearly intended to get to yes and the fact that this Judiciary Committee has been receptive means that it is very likely they will get there and makes it even harder for the republicans on the committee to say no at this point. But lets just fast forward to that point. And i keep kind of bringing this up because when we get to that point, if we get to that point, you have one person saying one thing, presumably if theyre assuming that Brett Kavanaugh is not going to change his story, emphatically denying it and were still going to be in a place of he saidshe said and it will be up to these senators to decide who they believe. And its going to be tough. That, molly, still puts senators in a difficult position there because if you hear two credible people, right, make two contradictory accounts, what do senators do, right . You are not in their head, but its going to be tough. This idea that, yes, they come to agreement and she testifies, everything is settled. No, the bigger question is what you do after the testimony. Thats why you have the testimony because we dont know what theyre going to say. We dont know how theyre going to respond for both of them about the alleged incident in question. And, so, thats why this these senators feel that this testimony ought to take place. Its not just who looks credible, right, who sounds credible. It does somebody get caught in a lie . Does somebody Say Something that is or is not believable based on something concrete. We cant fast forward to after the testimony before the testimony has actually occurred because that means something. It does matter to have people actually come forward and answer questions. Okay. We will have to leave it there for now. I know you are coming back. Coming up, looking ahead, a stark reversal. The president suggesting that key allies might have a problem with him declassifying a slew of russia documents. Will he now hold some of those documents back . Plus, hours of interviews. The attorney for the president s former socalled fixer, Michael Cohen, says his client provided critical information to special counsel robert mueller. What this means for the investigation and for the president. 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Introducing the wellconnected lincoln mkc. Welcome back. A possible concession by President Trump just four days after telling the department of justice to immediately declassify information related to the russia investigation. The president now says that hes hearing from worried u. S. Allies and suggests that he may reconsider. Were moving along. Were working along. Were also dealing with Foreign Countries that do have a problem. I must tell you. I got called today from two very good allies saying, please, can we talk. It is not as simple as all that. And we do have to respect their wishes. But it will all come out. Well have to see what that means from the president , respecting their wishes. Lets discuss with congressman from illinois. Thanks very much for joining us this morning. Good morning. Thank you. You heard the president there. We know that the Domestic Intelligence community was uncomfortable with the broad release of these documents. They have been demanding retractions. Now we know that u. S. Allies uncomfortable. When you heard the president say, im hearing them. Well see whats going to happen, is that a concession in your view . Do you consider that a good sign . I see it as a good sign. I dont know if the president makes concessions. Let me begin by saying, as a member of the House Committee on intelligence, a full review of the carter page application for a fisa warrant would let people know they did absolutely nothing wrong. And, in fact, the fbi and the department of justice would have been negligent pursuing the warrant on carter page to further investigate the possibility, the very real possibility that he was becoming an agent of a foreign power. But the president has disregarded the warnings, previous warnings that revealing these sources and methods is dangerous to those sources and the entire process and would hinder National Security. The fact that our allies are telling the president that this is a concern wakes the president up is indeed surprising. If it endangers u. S. Security and it is always America First for the president , why would the fact that our allies are concerned bring about these concerns. So, look, im happy that hes considering this. I think the damage has been done to a certain extent. I think that what the public should take from this in addition is we are all in this together. We share critical information with our allies. Our allies share info that keeps us safe and vice sversa. To be clear, the president has not said hes going to release none of the documents, just that perhaps hes going to make redactions to accommodate the u. S. Intelligence community is demanding. I wonder if you are concerned that the president s intention here is to release materials selectively to undermine an investigation in which he is involved and his allies are involved. Well, thats exactly what hes doing because its exactly what hes done. The first chapter in the president s mission here has always been to distract the American Public from an investigation that hurts him legally and politically. If we recall, it began with the wild accusation that president obama was wiretapping trump tower. Then there were allegations of spying in the Trump Campaign which worry dig you louse and unfounded. Then there is the nunez memo called reckless and dangerous in its release of classified information by the department of justice and the intel community. That memo was put together with the white house. So its clear that the president s intention was to be less concerned about National Security and more concerned with an investigation which is getting closer and closer to the oval office. Let me ask you now about a different topic. Of course, a major topic of the day, which is the testimony of Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, current negotiations underway, strong possibility now next week. The president in his rally in las vegas raised something that is effectively questioning the credibility and even the motivations of ford. He asked why didnt someone call the fbi 36 years ago . Whats your reaction to that comment . You know, i think it is hard for the president or anyone else on the outside of this incident to understand peoples motivations. We have learned a long time ago that a lot of people who are victims of such assaults suppress this information for a variety of reasons and dont come forward. I have no idea. And its not for me to judge. The fact of the matter, though, is that this is an extremely serious allegation and the fbi vets these applications. I think this is important for the fbi to allow be allowed to investigate this situation, as well as the testimony to go forward. We know that these justices wield incredible power. The most important decisions of our lifetime now seem to be decided in 54 decisions. Right . The fact that one person is elected president of the United States over another one, the fact that this one justice can make the decision on whether or not a law is found unconstitutional. There is too much at stake. Let the investigation go forward. Let the testimony go forward. Let me ask you this. Lets say that the testimony does go forward next week under conditions acceptable to both sides if perhaps both sides dont get everything they want. Still at that point, senators will then have to vote. Likely hearing contradictory accounts of what happened those 36 years ago. If you, if democrats in the house are not satisfied with what they see and Brett Kavanaugh it goes forward and he is confirmed, would you consider a congressional investigation of Brett Kavanaugh in the next term, presumably this would be if democrats take the house. Would you investigate a sitting justice if you are not satisfied . Look, it really depends on a whole variety of things. Not the least of which is if the fbi is allowed to complete their investigation. On this and any other investigation that goes forward, including the russia investigation as part offer t t what role the gsa and the white house played on the role in the fbi building and clearly this investigation. We decide what gaps are there, what needs to be done. I dont want the American Public to think our job is to go in there in a manner in which the republicans did their investigations we would go forward. Were going to do the right thing. Were going to investigate what needs to be investigated and were going to do it the right now. Thanks very much for taking the time. Any time. Thank you much. Well, as we were just speaking there, the president has tweeted again and maybe fair to say gloves are off as far as dr. Ford is concerned. He said the following, tweeted the following, i have no doubt that if the attack on dr. Ford is as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement authorities by either her or her loving parents. I ask that she bring those filings forward so that we can learn date, time and place, exclamation point. We have Jeffrey Tubin back now. Jeffrey, the president showing some restraint, even reveling in the reviews of the restraint he showed. Lets keep in mind that this woman was this woman. This girl was 15 years old at the time of this alleged incident. So what hes saying is this 15yearold girl should have made this report. I mean, the fact that he is assuming that that is what any normal person would have done shows a complete lack of understanding about how these events are experienced by young women. The fact that there is a tremendous amount of shame, uncertainty, fear about reporting incidents like this, especially by someone as young as 15, you know, this just shows that they are going to go after her and attack her and attack her behavior and her motives and her behavior in the same way they went after anita hill, that this is getting closer and closer to what happened in 1991. We have Abbie Phillip at the white house as well. A marked change in tact from the president , a remarkable one here. What happened . Reporter yeah, jim. A change that was foreshadowed last night when he appeared at a rally and spoke with fox newss Shawn Hannity and questioned why the fbi wasnt alerted to this 36 years ago. Jim, this is exactly what the white house has been dreading for days now. They have been surprised, according to our sources, by the president s restraint up until this point. But now hes doing exactly what they had hoped that he wouldnt do by suggesting that perhaps as jeffrey just mentioned a 15yearold girl should have gone to the fbi about something that happened to her at a party that according to her she never told anybody about for a long time until he was she was in counseling. I think the president is opening the door to a new kind of attack on this accuser that questions her motivations for coming forward, that perhaps suggests that maybe the that shes lying, that the incident doesnt happen. Up until this point, the president was saying he wants to hear her side of the story, that he wants to hear what she has to say. Hes not saying that anymore. Frankly, the white house hoped he wouldnt go there and left it up to the senate to adjudicate the claims out there. It is what you see so often, which is attacking the accuser in cases such as this. Thanks very much. Critical information. 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The government has promised him nothing. His lawyer last night after all these stories published admitted, yes, Michael Cohen is cooperating here, has met with the special counsel. He said good for Michael Cohen in providing critical information to the Mueller Investigation without a cooperation agreement. No one should question dishonesty, veracity or loyalty to his family and country over the president , essentially. In abcs reporting, the topics he was asked about included both obstruction of justice issues, the idea of a pardon, et cetera, but also still the question of collusion. Yeah. Well, thats obviously still ongoing, right . The special counsel is still looking at any potential brush with collusion. The president has said hes welcome. He wants to answer questions about collusion. He doesnt want to answer questions about obstruction. We also know from what the stories say that Michael Cohen is also playing a factor in that part of the investigation. If its true that, as abc is reporting that the special counsel is asking Michael Cohen questions about whether anyone promised him a pardon, thats important to the obstruction investigation. In the end whats going to happen, well see. It could be that his information is fruitful, helpful to the special counsel, to other parts of this investigation. Down the line, he could get a letter from the u. S. Attorney in new york or from the special counsel that gets sent to the judge to say this guy is colorac cooperatin cooperating. Were hoping you can show some leniency in his jail sentence. The president has to be concerned. I would be, yeah. Thanks very much. Just weeks before the midterm elections, new questions this morning about the security of the u. S. Election system. Google saying foreign hackers tried to break into the emails of senators and their staffers. What makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever . Great tasting, hearthealthy california walnuts. So simple, so good. 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We are in washington following this story. How serious . Reporter thats a very Important Note because a vast majority of the serious attacks have been against democratic infrastructure, most notably the dnc in the Hillary Clinton campaign. This was against democrats and republicans in the senate. This came to light with a senator from oregon who announced yesterday that there had been this attempted breach. He didnt provide too many details. Did not say who the foreign actor was who might have been behind this. Of course, we assume that it could have been russia, but there are plenty of other actors that might have been involved. China, iran, north korea. We reached out to google. They did confirm it was their platform that this foreign actor had gone after, their platform gmail, the personal accounts of these senators and their staffers. Google said this does not mean the account has been compromi d compromised. A government backed attacker has likely attempted to use the users account or computer. We should note, jim, that he also said in his letter to Senate Leadership that he was disturbed that the senate started an arm, which is currently a controlled security of senate email does not also take care of the personal devices and personal emails, email accounts of senators. They are big targets. Just to be clear, are these phishing attacks . Yes. One year after Hurricane Maria slammed into puerto rico, we speak with two cnn correspondents who covered the storm extensively over two months. Their take on the Recovery Efforts in the year since then. Waze integration seamlessly connecting the world inside. With the world outside. Making life a little. Easier. Introducing the wellconnected lincoln mkc. Is time you make for yourself. Aveeno® daily moisturizing lotion with active naturals® oat. Locks in moisture to improve skin wellness in just one day. Aveeno® naturally beautiful results® it has been one year since Hurricane Maria devastated puerto rico, but the wounds still far from healed. Cnn takes a deeper look at rebuilding efforts on the island, how the Government Agencies handled the crisis, as well as the ongoing human toll. All part of a cnn special report, storm of controversy, what really happened in puerto rico. Heres a preview. As soon as i got off the chopper, a gentleman came forward me, and he said, hey, who are you. I said im cnn. My colleague has been providing relentless Award Winning coverage since day one. He was so angry. I mean, he was mad. Because you werent fema. Because i didnt have any help with me. I had questions. And, so, he was angry. He walked away. Within seconds, a woman came out of nowhere and just hugged me. She had no idea who i was. But i was the first outsider she had seen in days. These poor people. Were joined now by part of cnns special report. It is powerful stuff and you were on the ground earlier and more extensively than really anyone. As you met with the people of puerto rico on this most recent trip, how were they doing a year later . I think a lot of people feel forgotten. And i got to be honest, yesterday was the one year mark. As you look on facebook and twitter, it was a big day. I mean, people are sort of still feeling anxious over the fact that were still in the Hurricane Season and what could be coming. I myself took some time today scrolling over old photos on my phone and sort of reliving the day that changed everything, the day that changed the island, the day that changed our families, the day that changed everything. And, so, one year later, so many people feel forgotten. I mean, it took 11 months for the Power Authority to say Mission Complete and still today there are communities on generators. Still today there are, according to the governors office, at least 45,000 homes with tarps on them. Yes, i think everyone feels that progress has been made. But i think even more people feel that there is a long way to go here. And that needs to be acknowledged. Yeah. It bears repeating. Some americans amazingly still arent aware this is part of america. This is part of america in the year 2018. As you travel the island, laicallay lpower got up just a month ago. Where do Recovery Efforts stand . Are homes being rebuilt, roads, hospitals . What did you see . Its a slow motion, slow rolling disaster that were just now beginning to see the full implications of. 300 schools have closed. A lot have had to do with the death crisis before. But there has been this exodus. They dont know when theyre going to go back. But plenty of people stayed because they want their fellow americans to know that theyre alive and well. Most of the hotels are back and theyd love to have you down and see how far theyve come and how hard theyre fighting. But the infrastructure is what you would see in the most primitive parts of the developing world. Some of roads in the center are so still so dangerous. People are wet beds under leaky rooves a year later. So these are tough people, used to austerity,ulesed to blackouts, used to an island thats been neglected for a half century, but its really taken a human toll thats hard to tell in terms of ptsd, suicide attempts are up. The kids, the maria generation will be haunted by this for a long time. Those wounds, they last. Leyla, you are aware President Trump has repeatedly questioned the death toll. What is the official death toll for the hurricane in the aftermath of the hurricane, 2,975 people. I had the opportunity with poppy yesterday to speak to the governor of puerto rico. He said that he treats that as the official death toll. 2,975. Did you ask people about this . Do they have a reaction to that when their president questions that toll . Well, one of the things i noticed quickly in the weeks we were there, everyone mentioned just about everybody they knew somebody or knew somebody who knew somebody that lost somebody from Hurricane Maria. The death to him wibeing in the thousands is very real of them. Everybody knows of a case of someone who died not only in the hurricane, but maybe somebody who died months later because of the condition, because of not having power. Because of not having dialysis centers, because of not having hospitals. I mean the conditions that followed. The response that didnt make up for that. So, of course, there are questions to be asked of every single level of government. That includes central, the president the government of puerto rico and every single one of those municipalities. What we see and i have noticed, when i comes to municipalities or the governor of puerto rico, there is stomach knowledgement of we could do better. We can change things. We can make a difference. Thats why that death toll is so important, to understand how you can prevent this from happening in the future were not really seeing that from the president of the United States. He calls this an unsung success. And jim, let me point out, leyla will be too humble to say so. It wasnt until leyla and her team sued the Puerto Rican Department of health for data to see exactly what was happening to under cover waterborne illnesses they should have known about. So tonight im proud to present her incredible reporting that really blew up some answers, so important for people to absorb now. You want to say, this is required watching. These are our fellow americans going through this. Leyla santiago, bill weir, thank you very much for this, for your work. Be sure to watch the cnn equipment storm of controversy it is tonight on cnn. Well be right back. Happening right now, carolina residents continuing to brace for more flooding in the aftermath of hurricane florenceful half of the counties in South Carolina could still be impacted by flood waters all these days later. Cnns nick valencia joins me from conway, South Carolina, tell me what you are seeing there. Reporter jim, this has been described by residents as a slow motion disaster. The water is slowly creeping into the neighborhoods and the residents here. At wa waccamaw river, the flash flooding from floerns the first time around. The local Management Team here tells me it is getting progressively worth. They are doing the worse they can to prepare. There is giant sandbags here as well as pumps to get out that water that eventually is going to come in. They are particularly concerned about a coal ash pond, which is just a few hundred yards away from where we are standing. They brought in an inflatable dam easy mentioned now, it is a wait and see game this river the waccamaw is not officially expected to crest until monday. Jim. That coal ash can be dangerous. Nick valencia, thanks very much. Im jim scuitto in washington. The restraint is over. President trump is on a tear this morning defending Brett Kavanaugh and going after his accuser Christine Blaseyford saying his Supreme Court pick is under attack by democrats. If it is as bad as she said, charges would have been filed by her or her loving parents. I ask she bring those filings forward. He adds, the radical left lawyers want the fbi to get involved now. Why didnt someone call the fbi 36 years ago. The lawyers claims kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school are now