The latest news from around the world with Victor Blackwell and Christi Paul. Remains of americans killed in the korean war, none of it is gaining tracks trump thinks it deserves because he is back in the position of being on defense when it comes to russia, and his legal team is going after Michael Cohen now, a man trump recently was defending because the narrative surrounding the Infamous Trump tower meeting with donald trump jr. Are now being shifted. Lynn, lets talk about the economy. There are some numbers coming in this week from some of the states, one michigan, one, minnesota talking about how much support he does or does not have. Michigan, 36 approval, 56 disapproval. Minnesota the same, mid to upper 30s for approval, disapproval at 50 or below or above i should say. When you look at the numbers, you look at the midwest and then look at the numbers that came in for the economy, theres no way
i should say anything i say here is not testimony. I used to represent mr. Gates. Looking at the witnesses, you can tell theyre daytoday operational people for the most part. Those kinds of witnesses are very much crucial to showing exactly how the transactions worked. For the productisecution there lot of transactions, they need to put on day to day people to show how the operation worked, to show how the transactions occurred. So this kind of detail, you pointed out this is a very complicated case, this would indicate then youre not going to have some tada moment, some grand reveal or could there be some . For the most part this is going to be a series of small
reveals. The prosecution wants to show generally how things worked. I think there are two exceptions to that. The first is rick gates himself because he was a higher level person and partner of manaforts, and the other exception would be all the immunized witnesses. Presumably the government is not going to offer immunity unless they think they have admissions of wrongdoing or guilt. Thats why they got the immunity. Similarly for rick, he was given a plea offer, already pled guilty, admitted to guilt. With those sorts of folks, you would expect more big reveal moments and possibly drama in the courtroom as well. It has been so long since this whole thing began. The outcome of the trial, does it have, could it impact the Ongoing Investigation looking at russia and the president s problems . I think it will impact the president s problems and the overall probe in this way. Its a really, really important case for muellers team. The first one out of the box. They really have to win it. If they dont, it will be a big problem for them. Will certainly add ammunition for the president s team. This is one of two cases. It is a must win. If he loses the first one, almost no point Going Forward with the second one. I cant resist the opportunity to talk about Michael Cohen. Wanted to try to get your insights into what exactly he is doing and the way he seems to be publicly retaliating against the man he said he would take a bullet for. He certainly seems to be sending a loud cry for attention and help. I think he does pose a great danger to trump because of the inside information. I think the latest tape we heard about is problematic in terms of the president s honesty, even
more problematic is cohens new claim that the president was aware of the Trump Tower Meeting previously and certainly the person with the bulls eye on them is don jr. , he testified under oath contrary to that. Right. He is the one that very much could be caught up for a lie if thats in fact what it turns out to be. Sham shan wu, thank you. No details have been shared how to improve election security, but politics reporter is with us and Cnn National Security analyst. Thank you for being here. Jeremy, i understand you would not want to give too much into a strategy because you toent wado to compromise information. Do we know if theres in fact a
solid plan to try to combat this . The concern we have been hearing from lawmakers for months is that there isnt one from the administration and that theres no one in charge of combatting russias Election Hacking, whatever theyre planning to do for 2018. Intelligence officials testified they expect russia and have seen russia undergoing measures we saw in 2016. We learned senator Claire Mccaskill was the victim of attempted phishing attempts. The question is who is in charge. The meeting was the first time we saw the white house bringing people together. For lawmakers, it is not enough, not soon enough. Do we know if theres an end date for which they hope to have something solidified, something crafted, and what might be the obstacles keeping them from doing so . It is a fair question. We havent heard theyre going to produce anything this concrete. It is democrats but also republicans that say this is an ongoing threat, that the time
to address this was already several months ago, that it is ongoing. There was a report in New York Times that russian hacker and election issues have been probing around with u. S. Power grids. It shows that despite what we heard from the president about how he doesnt necessarily believe russia was behind Election Hacking is that they still, Russian Hackers are still targeting the u. S. And will continue to do so. Sam, i wanted to ask you about a story on the front page of New York Times, really interesting, about Russian Hackers that are more interested they say in disrupting the american Electricity Utility Grid than addressing midterms. What does the u. S. Know, is there a sense of the capabilities russia has to infiltrate and disrupt a u. S. Grid system . Christi, we have historical precedent as you know. Russia hacked into ukraines
electricity grid several years ago and literally shut off the lights in the middle of winter. We know russia has the intent, they have the capability, and theres nothing off limits to the government of russia when it comes to u. S. Infrastructure. We have reporting from the u. S. Government and private Companies Like microsoft indicating that russia is targeting election infrastructure, electricity grids, hospitals, and private routers. Russia is not only in public infrastructure, theyre also in our homes. What this tells me is that Vladimir Putin has rightfully identified that cyber hackers are really efficient and Cost Effective way to create insecurity in the United States. I read something that said his entire Cyber Security budget is less than the cost of an f35 jet. It doesnt cost him a lot of money to penetrate all of our systems and theres not much cost associated with him doing so in the sense that when you look at how we responded, we responded with targeted
sanctions against the government of russia that really havent caused him a lot of pain, so i dont really see how he has been deterred. While we work on defense and shoring up the defenses of our infrastructure, educating the public on how russia is hacking us, Vladimir Putin is finding work arounds, and until the administration deters him from this action, i am not confident the attacks will stop. How do you deter him . You deter him hitting him where it hurts, through sanctions but not ones as targeted as the ones to date. You look at how he reacted when President Trump met with him in helsinki, he brought up michael mcfall, bill browder because he is so upset about the sanctions issued a few years ago that hit him where it hurts. I think we have to multi lateralize, have to raise the cost of him doing business around the world in places that matter to him like in europe, but thats going to be very difficult and will take
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the u. S. Governent cant locate their parents, that their parents have already been released from i. C. E. Custody. If that were the case in the rio grande valley, it is likely they would have passed through this bus terminal behind me onto the next destination. As more people are released from detention, were Hearing Stories not just of the trauma these children and adults have Speernls Speern experienced due to the separation, but conditions and abuse suffered by some children. It is documented in police logs and calls and it was uncovered in a report friday saying Police Responded to at least 125 calls in the past five years alleging sex offenses. This happening in 70 of the 100 hhs, thats federal government Run Facilities that are housing the migrant children. It is important to note calls and logs they looked at date back to the obama
administration, to 2014, very much predating President Trumps administration and Zero Tolerance Policy, but nevertheless disturbing to hear. At least 125 calls fielded alleging sex offenses. There were also allegations of fighting and missing children in the u. S. Run government Run Facilities. Now, hhs has responded to the claim saying, quote, our focus is always on safety and the best interest of each child. These are Vulnerable Children in difficult circumstances, hhs treats its responsibility for each child with the utmost care. The federal government saying they have a Zero Tolerance Policy for sex abuse of children. That being said in the statement, hhs wasnt saying what they did to prevent any such thing from happening, but that they have zero tolerance for it. As i said, this documented police logs and calls, were hearing about it from people released from the facilities, and a federal judge has heard about it, too, authorizing an
independent monitor to report back to her conditions. There seems to be a disconnect, martin, christi, what the government says is happening in the facilities and what the immigrants that have come to this country are saying is happening as well. Thanks to you, well stay on top of it, appreciate it greatly. Thanks. Immigration has been quite a focus for our next guest. Joining us on the phone, new york governor cuomo, thank you for being with us. Want to get your reaction to what you heard about this reporting from propublica, calls have come in in reports and logs of alleged sexual abuse of the children. Well, it is obviously very, very disturbing and going back five years i would like to see the information, but i have no doubt that whatever terrible conditions existed, theyve only
gotten worse because this was a mad scramble what this federal government did on the border. It was either gross incompetence or malicious. It was gross incompetence and the attorney general didnt tell the president of the United States that when you go to Zero Tolerance Policy and you arrest parents, by federal law you have to separate the children. If the attorney general didnt tell the president that, then the attorney general should be fired frankly. If Hhs Secretary did not tell the president we dont have the capacity to take thousands of children in just a mere matter of days, we have no place to place them, we cant do it responsibly. If the Hhs Secretary didnt say that, then the Hhs Secretary should be fired. So it was either gross incompetence, or, and im afraid
this is the case, it was a purposeful manipulation that would make mack i dont see develop ee blush. The president said i want the wall at the border. When he didnt get the wall, he said fine, i will set up a gauntlet, put out a message to people if you come into this country, youre going to be subjected to all sorts of inhumane treatment. Were going to separate you from your children, were going to send the children all over the country. We wont even be in a position to relocate them. This position that they have 700 children that they now cant reunify either because they deported the parents without reunifying the child first or the federal government made a decision that the parents are not good custodians of their children. On what basis did you take children from their parents . And thats why new york has a lawsuit. You cant just take the child from a parent and declare the parent is not a good custodian. They have due process rights, the children who are in new york are protected by new york law. You have to prove before a judge that a child is being abused or neglected before you can rip them from their mothers arms. So it is illegal, it is unconstitutional and unconscionable. Governor cuomo, according to this report it goes back five years. Youre right, theres a lot to see in terms of validity of all of it, with that said, we cant change the past. What is the remedy moving forward . What specifically is the state of new york doing to make sure this doesnt happen there . Well, the way this has worked is the federal government has taken control of these children,
placed them in a haphazard, chaotic way in care facilities across the country. Some of the Foster Care Facilities are in new york. Theyre then put under a gag order where the Foster Care Facility cant even tell the state which regulates the Foster Care Facility how many children they have or what the circumstances are. I said to the secretary of hhs let us help. Let us help with the reunification, let us help Getting Services to these children. How can new york help . Well, they have Foster Care Facilities in this state. I could be providing services, counseling, et cetera. These are children traumatized. I could help with reunification. Why wouldnt you let the states help if you actually cared about the children . Why would you put these Foster Care Facilities under a gag
order . Thats why i say it is either gross incompetence and the president should fire the lot of them or it is purposeful and theyre trying to send a signal dont even think of crossing the border. Theres no wall but there may as well be a wall because it is worse. If you come in here, youre going to be subjected to all sorts of inhumane abuse. I want to ask you about the news of the day. President trumps former fixer, Michael Cohen, has gone very public on his campaign to distance himself from the president. We know that cohen has some legal issues of his own in your state of course in the Southern District court there, any concerns that what happens with cohen now with the Mueller Investigation will impact the case there in new york for him . Well, i think mr. Cohen is worried about mr. Cohen right now, and what hes doing is saying to the prosecutors i want
to play ball, whatever game of ball they want to play. I think the white house is losing sleep because when you have a person like mr. Cohen who has been so close to the president for so long and who has made it clear that he is willing to allege anything, basically alleging perjury against don trump jr. , they have to be going back and now wonder how many emails are there, how many pieces of paper does mr. Cohen have, how many situations can he corroborate because its not going to be just about the check or the cash, and that discussion on the tape. There are years of na fair yus acts that he performed for the president. Theyre saying he is hostile to the white house and proMichael Cohen, and looking to make a
deal with prosecutors. Let me ask you this. We had Rudy GuilianiOn Abc May 6th talking about mr. Cohen saying the man is an honest, honorable lawyer. This past week on cnn he said i expected Something Like this from cohen, he has been lying all week or has been lying for years. Who has more credence, guiliani or cohen . Look, cohen, it may be very possible that cohen has been lying, yes. We know the president has been lying. What their fear has to be is not just credibility versus credibility but what does cohen have that is evidentiary, what email does he have, what contract did he execute, what meeting can he corroborate with another witness. And these are years and years of
transactions. And everyone believes that mr. Cohen was the dirty deed player for the president. And who knows what he has that can be corroborated. It is not just going tobac b be cohens credibility versus the president s, it is what evidence can Cohen Produce or corroborate, and i think it is a very, very bad sign for the white house. All right. Governor andrew cuomo, appreciate you taking time to talk with us today. Thank you so much. Thank you for having me on your show. Im still waiting for invitation from one of your other shows. Who might that be. Well see what we can do. Thank you so much, governor. Thank you. Sure. Well be back in a moment. Chicken . chicken. Chicken thats right, candace new Chicken Creations from starkist. Buffalo Style Chicken in a pouch bold choice, charlie just tear, eat. Mmmmm. And go try all of my Chicken Creations chicken
a book that youre ready to share with the world . Get published now, call for your free publisher kit today the news that dominated much of the week, the president denying knowledge of the 2016 Trump Tower Meeting that promised dirt on hillary clinton. But sources say the former fixer Michael Cohen now says that trump is lying. A major flip for one of his biggest supporters. He is hanging on to economy to keep people preoccupied for the polls this fall. Will it work for the republicans . Will it work for democrats . We have two excellent guests to talk about that. Brian robinson, strategist, and scott bolden, chair of national
bar association. Former dnc chairman. Good morning. I dont know where to start. Let me ask both of you what you think the prominence and impact is. Scott, ill start with you. Cohen himself hasnt said it, we have information that tells us he is ready to tell the Mueller Probe that trump knew about the meeting in 2016. How big a deal . Huge deal. As former prosecutor. I expect you to say that. Despite my experience, right . I think it is a huge deal. He is an insider. He is a firsthand witness. Prosecutors look for those people when theyre prosecuting the mafia or anyone else. Thats the first thing. Second thing is, he has a ton of credibility because he is a firsthand witness, despite what Rudy Guiliani says. A week or two before the tape came out and cohen started to publicly say the president knew about this meeting and that meeting and the russian meeting, called him truthful and honorable. Now he is a pathological liar. One thing i thought when i watched it on tv, said takes one to know one. Corroboration is a big issue in regard to credibility with the government with mueller. We have to see. I expect democrats think it is a huge deal. I would think republicans dont. Right. Look, cohen had a tape before, that was explosive news last week, showed there was a difference between the public story and what was on the tape. You could hear the president s voice. You could hear the voice. This is different. There is no tape of him talking to Michael Cohen about any meeting with a russian representative. So i think theyre going to have to if thats where the bar is, republicans didnt react too negatively to what they heard on the tape. The idea being that this lawyer who has gone rogue and is publicly saying he is going to defend himself, protect his own family, watch out for his own skin, his opinions, his story is
going to be discounted by republican voters. Let me tell you this real quick. Before you do, i want to show you a poll. Plays into clearly theres a difference of opinion, not just you two, we have seen it in how people are thinking about voting. Heres a poll that shows you approval of the Mueller Probe has gone from 48 in march to 41 last month. So essentially it looks like a lot of people are saying they want this probe done or theyre just over it themselves, and theres a danger here, especially for democrats if they keep forcing the issue because people just may get turned off, and that includes when they go to the polls. I dont think the democrats are forcing the issue, Mueller Is Run by republicans. The republican doj, white house is cooperating, house and senate investigated this issue, several of these issues already. It is not that the dems are pushing the Mueller Investigation, theyre pushing for it to be done and to not be
attacked. The numbers reflect that donald trump and his followers in the gop continue to attack an investigation that has not been completed. But we have 30 some indictments that have come down the pike from the Mueller Investigation. This is no witch hunt. Those numbers reflect what donald trump and the gop has been saying, and thats not credible. When you say that, what do you mean, the president has been criticized and the General Public is buying into it . The General Public bought into some of it. The gop has driven the narrative. Theyre driving the investigation. They had to approve it and the doj is a republican administration, driving the attack as a witch hunt. Lets not forget. What is the Mueller Probe about . It is about proving collusion with russia. Yet theres and protecting our elections. Theres a steady drip drip drip of unsavory tidbits coming
out of it. What has happened, Paul Manafort being indicted, has nothing to do with russia collusion, Michael Cohen talking about payments to a porn star, nothing to do with russian collusion. It is a slow, steady drip drip drip, but not backing up the original argument that the Trump Campaign colluded with the russians. This ties in a little more closely, talking about whether or not trump knew about the meeting. All of this is becoming noise because it has nothing to do with what started it. Back to the witch hunt argument. No, it doesnt. Let me tell you what the real deal is. It is not about collusion, it is about our being attacked by russia in regard to elections. And 30 indictments im talking about are against russian oligarchs, 17 cia agents that said they attacked our demonstration, and another 12 or 13 of government russian officials who attacked our system and indicted as well. The gop rather or donald trump and his people, they have Something Like 50 plus, and many of them have lied which is why you have other pleas of guilty. Theres a lot of smoke here. If there is a witch hunt, we caught a lot. The fire was during obama and they did nothing. Thank you both for joining us this morning. Good to see you again. Thank you. Also i should say police are looking for a man they believe murdered a houston doctor. Now theyre asking local Construction Workers for help. Well explain why after this. To most people, i look like. Most people. But on the inside, i feel chronic, widespread pain. Fibromyalgia may be invisible to others, but my pain is real. Fibromyalgia is thought to be caused by overactive nerves. Lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. Im glad my doctor prescribed lyrica. For some, lyrica delivers effective relief from moderate to even severe fibromyalgia pain, and improves function. Lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions, suicidal thoughts or actions. Tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worse depression, unusual changes in mood or behavior, swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling, or blurry vision. Common side effects dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain, swelling of hands, legs and feet. Dont drink alcohol while taking lyrica. Dont drive or use machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. Those whove had a drug or Alcohol Problem may be more likely to misuse lyrica. With less pain i can do more with my family. Talk to your doctor today. See if lyrica can help. Talk to your doctor today. I never thought id say this but i found Bladder Leak Underwear thats actually pretty. Always discreet boutique. Hidden inside is a super absorbent core that quickly turns liquid to gel. So i feel protected and pretty. Always discreet boutique. Oh, look. Another antiwrinkle cream in no hurry to make anything happen. Neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair® works in just one week. With the fastest Retinol Formula available. Its clinically proven to work on fine lines and wrinkles. One week . That definitely works rapid wrinkle repair®. And for dark spots, rapid tone repair. Neutrogena®. See whats possible. This. By all accounts, he was an all around good guy. Friends and family call him an active member of the boy scouts when his sons were younger, even as scout master. Friends say he loved the environment. His wife described he loves hauling scrap metal to get it recycled, said he spent hours in his garden, grew his own fruits and vegetables, loved to cook. This is something that mystified the community, not just because he was so beloved but because of where this happened. It happened just about a mile from where we are at this church where his Memorial Service will be, sorry, a mile and a half. It is a busy area of houston, called texas medical center. There are a lot of hospitals nearby and lots of people just like dr. Mark hausknecht that commute to work on their bikes. Police had some Surveillance Video showing that possible gunman right behind him and then
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