Great pieces. D. Lemon, what a beautiful thing you did there by joining the board. What a great program. I didnt do it. Well, thank you. And listen, we have so little time, right . I do two hours of tv a night. You do an hour, radio. So little time, i actually called them up, chris, and said this program is amazing after i did the original story and spoke at one of their fundraisers and i got to meet the kids. I said, this is so amazing, i want to be a part of this and they said, yeah, well take you on. Whatever i can be, i dont know if i can be the traditional trustee or board member, but whatever way i can do it, ill do it. Let me tell you, the program obviously needs money. So sometimes when you dont see me here and im away on vacation im actually doing speaking engagements. The money i get from those speaking engagements i give to them because i think that this is the best way, and you and i have these conversations, the best way to level the Playing Field in this country, to bridge the gap between wealth and race and class. When you have the opportunity to go to an ivy league or an independent school, one of these great institutions, an opportunity that you wouldnt have had before it changes not only the trajectory of the students life, but the familys life as well. Quickly, think about what were talking about here, talking about, you know, the College Admissions scandal. Right . These are kids opposite, they dont have privilege. The reason i wanted to do this, because a lot of stories we do, and most are about people who impress us, people overcoming challenges. This story is about that, but its also about people on the other side who realize they have privilege and are trying to help those who have challenges. Its just i cant tell you how much i love this program. And, look, the beautiful thing of it is you know it works. Right. So its not just charity, not just being nice. There is something very pragmatic about it and it makes a difference. You wind up elevating people in the income strata. They can give back. They can do different things. It really checks every box of the society were supposed to be trying to build. Every single box. So congratulations to sue haiti her first year, labiba, her shes at middlebury. Labiba, her first year at yale. I couldnt get her, she was in the middle of finals. And Ariana Jacobs graduated bar nard last year. Amazing stuff, chris. Thank you, my friend. The pleasure is mine. Ill see you later on in the show and well talk about your champions for change. In just a bit. Beautiful. Chris cuomo. See you in a little bit. This is cnn tonight, im don lemon. Thank you so much for joining us. Weve got to talk about these newly unsealed records in mark for identifications criminal case. He told the special that people connected to the Trump Administration or congress contacted him of potentially attempting to obstruct the investigation. And were learning that michael flynn, that flynn gave mueller a voicemail of one of the conversations. And were going to have more details tonight on that. So stay tuned. All of this is happening as the attorney general william barr says he wont stop mueller from testifying before congress. But as we have seen over and over in barrs short tenure, very short tenure, he wont do anything this president doesnt want. So well see what happens here. Were also learning that the Justice Department is finally agreeing to let all the members of the House Intel Committee see a less redacted version of muellers report. But a lot of what were hearing from the white house today just goes to show you that if theres anything that will really get under this president s skin its the idea that somebody else might be getting the credit for running things. That somebody else is pulling the strings and hes just following along. So hes not going to be happy that there are questions tonight about whether its his advisers who are actually running the show on a lot of big issues, from immigration to the threat of war with iran. Well, today the president announced a plan on immigration, one that was pretty short on specifics and said nothing at all about daca. Our proposal is proamerican, proimmigrant and proworker. Its just common sense. It will help all of our people, including millions of devoted immigrants to achieve the american dream. The president s soninlaw and Senior AdviserJared Kushner getting the credit for spearheading the plan, which is unlikely to convince any democrats to get on board and could very well freak out his base if theres even a whiff of compromise on letting any undocumented immigrants stay here. A senior gop source tells cnn that theres white house infighting on this. Kushner reportedly willing to talk daca to get a deal while immigration hardliner Stephen Miller is all about the border battle. With all of this infighting lets not lose sight of the fact that the system is clearly broken, people are suffering. A 2yearold boy from guatemala died of pneumonia this week, a month after he and his mother were captured as they crossed the border. He is the fourth child to have died after traveling here in recent months from guatemala. This is no time to be playing politics on immigration, no time at all, no matter who is pulling the strings. And then theres the threat of war with iran. Sarah sanders was sent out today to insist that the president is taking the lead on iran. There isnt division in the white house and, again, theres only one agenda here and its the president s. And the president tweeted, of course he tweeted that hell make the decision, the decisive and final decision. But a lot of people in washington think its actually john bolton who is leading the march to a war with iran, sources telling cnn the president himself has been calling outside advisers to complain about bolton. Allowing the situation to reach a point where it seems like war is a real possibility. He doesnt like that. And the New York Times reports that trump told his acting defense secretary he doesnt want to go to war. Now, the fact is iran is a bad actor and certainly not blameless in all of this. But lets remember this. Donald trump ran on his opposition to wars. I was against the war in iraq. Okay, i am not a fast trigger, i am exactly the opposite of that. We should have never gone in it. It destabilized the middle east. Should have never been in the war. Hillary clinton is trigger happy. She really is. Shes trigger happy. Shes just too quick to intervene, invade or to push for regime change with people we dont even know who they are. Obama was spending much less but our military was being depleted. He was fighting an endless wars, they never end. Your risk of military confrontation, sir . I guess you could say that always, i dont want to say no. Would i do that . Absolutely. But we have not planned for that. Hopefully were not going to have to plan for that and if we did that wed send a hell of a lot more troops than that. A threat like that, to send a hell of a lot more than 120,000 american troops to the middle east is not going to play well with the president s base as he gears up for 2020. And he knows it. Trump telling members of his team that a largescale military intervention would amount to breaking his campaign promises. But the chaos and the infighting over all this, well, they arent doing him any favors right now. Even Trump Supporters like Lindsey Graham complaining. They dont know whats going on. I think there are a lot of senators who feel like theyre in the dark and they dropped the ball on this. Well, the administration promising a briefing for senators next tuesday. And speaking of briefings, or the lack thereof, this is definitely not a good look right now. Did you see who was at the podium in the pentagon Briefing Room today . Take a good look. Yup. Kiss front man, gene simmons, addressing Defense Department personnel. Seems like there could be more important things to be doing, especially at those very important podiums, that important podium these days, like maybe briefing reporters on the threat of war with iran and briefing americans answering questions as to whats going on in this country with iran and beyond. 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Laura, get right to it, a little bit of this information was in the Mueller Report but were learning more now. When you hear about this voicemail recording thats provided by flynn to the special counsel and a transcript has now been ordered released to the public by the end of this month, what questions does that raise for you . Well, one of the questions it raises is why has congress not been able to have access to the underlying evidence and documents and transcripts outside of the actual Mueller Report . This is additional fodder to support the argument that because there is underlying information, because there are things that may have been touched upon in the Mueller Report but not given full context and not given Additional Details its simply for them to do so for their oversight and accountability function. But also one of the questions i have is, why, if this was another indication of somebody close in the trump orbit or the administration or a personal attorney or otherwise, trying to influence or impede the investigation, and flynn himself has said that it may have had some influence on his willingness to continue to cooperate, knowing how important it was, then it makes that needle go again in the direction of why was this not found to be obstructive conduct by the attorney general . We do know, david, about a quote from the Mueller Report, part of a Voicemail Message that was left from one of the president s personal attorneys to flynns attorney. On the day flynn withdrew from the joint Defense Agreement and the president s lawyers had been told flynn could no longer talk to the white house or the president. Let me read the quote to you and get your response. It says, it wouldnt surprise me if youve gone on to make a deal with the government. If theres information that implicates the president , then weve got a National Security issue. So, you know, we need some kind of heads up just for the sake of protecting all our interests if we can. Remember what weve always said about the president and his feelings toward flynn and that still remains. Does that sound like obstruction . Well, it certainly does but, you know, one of the things that occurs to me is why wasnt this one of the instances that mueller that mueller listed . And shouldnt mueller be asked in a public forum these questions about what flynn said . And perhaps flynn himself. So, you know, this is just putting another log on the fire. I think that the administration and republicans in congress have made a judgment that they have sufficiently muddied the waters here, and made this look like a big political food fight that they can kind of bogart their way through this and not have to submit to any of this. Do you think well actually hear the voicemail . Congress has a responsibility to do this. Do you think well hear the voicemail . Sorry about the cross talk. Yes, well, the judge has asked them to produce the voicemail. Theres some resistance to that, perhaps, but, you know, i suspect that ultimately we will hear it. Yeah. They asked for the transcript, but do you think they will actually ever hear the actual voicemail . Well, hopefully we will. Listen, kirsten, we may also learn more about who flynn spoke to about his conversations with the former Russian Ambassador sergey kislyak. How significant do you think is that . I think any more information that we can get about the contacts of the campaign and the russians is significant. I mean, i think that but i think its also very significant what were already talking about, i mean, that you have a voicemail of somebody whos clearly trying to interfere in the investigation and a lawyer for the president whos saying himself that he thinks there could be something that could implicate the president. Now, why would you think there could be something that could implicate the president unless maybe there was something that could implicate the president and i just continue to be struck by how not only have we never had a campaign thats had so many contacts with a Foreign Government thats an adversary of the United States, but never have we had anybody whos gone to such lengths to cover up nothing, right, i mean that they say theres nothing here, that this is a witch hunt and theres nothing to see her and yet over and over we see these attempts on the behalf of people aligned with the president to try to impede people from sharing information. Laura, according to these memos there were multiple contacts, like this voicemail, and that was a big part of muellers obstruction investigation which many believe he intended to go to congress. Theyre going to have a lot more questions about this, right . They should and, of course one of the things last looming and revealed from this newly unredacted portion is the idea that it wasnt just people who are associates of, say, trump or personal attorneys, i dont recall the Mueller Report being explicit about somebody who was affiliated with congress being part of the communications as well. Thats one thing that was revealed in this particular report, as i understand. The idea that theres not a mention of it and congress has Oversight Authority on this matter and of course youve got that looming i word of potential impeachment or the capital i, investigation in this case you have to wonder Congress Must want to know what these other communications were and if they have been pointing the finger towards the white house or the trump orbit when three pointed back to capitol hill theyre going to have more questions. Yeah. David, you know, cnn obtained a Justice Department letter to house intel chairman adam schiff and were learning that they offered to let all house intel members and six staff members, theyre allowing them to see the less redacted version of the Mueller Report. Do you think that this is going to fly given democrats want to see everything, completely unredacted . Yeah. And i think revelations like today will probably add momentum to it. Theres a political calculation which is looking reasonable and do they want you know, is there an opportunity if they dont accept this deal to look less reasonable and add to this notion that this is a big political food fight . But for good reason they want all of the documentation and i suspect theyre going to continue to demand it. I want to switch gears now, kirsten, i want to talk about tensions with iran and i want to talk about immigration. Who is in charge here . Is the president or is there a void in leadership here . Or is it the competing centers of leadership . Because kushner versus Stephen Miller or, you know, who knows what theyre doing now . Who is in charge here . Well, i mean, ultimately the president is the one who, you know, makes the decisions but he does have a lot of people that he has hired. I mean, i think its very interesting if you look at the iran situation, hes hired john bolton who is i dont know if hes ever seen a conflict that he doesnt think requires an invasion. And, you know, or some sort of military intervention and its completely at odds, the clips you played earlier at really the view of donald trump that i think hes been, you know, fairly consistent on at least in recent memory that he thinks that we should stay out of these foreign endeavors and going into other countries. It was a Major Campaign promise and it seems to be something that hes pretty passionate about and yet he chose to lead his foreign policy, somebody who has a completely different world view. So, you know, im not sure if its just because he saw john bolton on tv and thought he was really good on fox news and so therefore, you know, put him in power. Or if he is kind of getting played by people around him who have a different agenda. A Google Search would suffice. Yeah. Or even, you know, twitter, right . David, i see you want to get in on this. Because you tweeted this today. You said i cant decide if this running confrontation is more dr. Strange love or wag the dog. In either case john bolton would play the lead, yikes. Yeah. I mean, i agree with kirsten completely. Donald trump, you know, saw john bolton on fox news and thought he was a robust character on tv who he should hire. If he did any reading he would know that john bolton in writing was advocating the bombing of tehran. This is not a new thing for him. And bolton clearly has helped move events along to take us to this point. You know, there are a lot of people who said several weeks ago when they took the step of designating the entire Iranian Revolutionary guard as a terrorist organization that iran would retaliate. And that was, you know, so there were a series of provocations that have led us to this point. Now the president who seemed oblivious to all this is saying, wait, i dont want to go to war. Well, dont hire people who do want to go to war to be your main National Security adviser if you dont want to go to war. Laura, ill give you the last word. Well, i think your question really is the most concerning for members of this electorate, the question of whos really in control when only one of those people as the commander in chief, that does not bode well for the American People or in terms of International Diplomacy for there to be that question looming and to have that question unanswered. We are talking about the word war in the same sentence. Thank you all. I appreciate your time. See you next time. The president unveiling his big immigration plan today but no one seems to be on board with it. Not even his most fervent supporters and this is his campaigns key issue, seems like that could be a problem gearing up for 2020. Onmillionth order. R. 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Without buyin from republicans in congress, let alone democrats is the whole thing doa . Lets discuss now. Ana navarro is here. Rob asterino. Do you like my new home here . Fancy new digs. Lets discusS Immigration now. This is central to trumps presidency and now he is trying to sell a plan that not even his everyone in his party is buying. So how is this possible . Well, theres not much of a plan, right . Its like a fourpage cliff notes or something, missing ginormous having great gaps of policy and issues that need to be addressed. I frankly dont get it. I mean, look, there is no doubt that immigration is a huge problem. We are seeing it pop up as a crisis on the border. We are seeing it pop up as a crisis through asylum claims. I live in miami. I can tell you that there is an immigration problem and that we need to addresS Immigration reform comprehensively. What we just did is it doesnt even amount to smoke and mirrors, its like a half baked pie plan that doesnt pass any muster. You said its short on details, there are some details in there. Okay, rob, this is for you. This is what the proposed ban would do away with, the current lottery system and institute a merit based system. It would also require them to learn english. Lets listen to the president explain it and then well talk. Random selection is contrary to american values. Under the senseless rules of the Current System were not able to give preference to a doctor, a researcher, a student who graduated number one in his class from the finest colleges in the world. We discriminate against genius. We discriminate against brilliance. We wont anymore once we get this passed. Okay, so he said that. But, listen, his base wants a wall. You know that. Among other things. Youve said that, he wants a wall. They dont want meritbased immigration. Is that wrong . I dont think thats wrong. He also doesnt restrict illegal immigration. Do you think his supporters are satisfied or unsatisfied . Heres the way i see this. I think you dont put your final and best offer forward first. You get to that at the end. This, i think, and i hope is the opening for the democrats to the come to the table and say daca was not in there. So hes getting criticized. If he had put daca in there there was nothing to give or take. There was another immigration plan that democrats wanted daca and that also give him money for the wall and he said no. But i think at this point, look, both sides i cant imagine are going to come to an agreement at this point in really the president ial cycle. However, theres a door open now, if the democrats are serious about this, they can go to him and say, look, if we can talk about daca, well even extend to you some courtesies and maybe give you a little more money for your wall and then you can have real negotiations. I think its a starting point because clearly its not a thick document which came out today. It is pretty thin but i think as ana said too, and now everybody is saying we have a crisis. So its good that everyones admitting that we have a crisis. Let me ask you a question real quick. All these plans on the table, remember the Government Shutdown and all of that. If he puts a new plan on the table thats even more restrictive and further away from what the plan that both democrats and republicans wanted, then why should the other side move closer towards him . That seems like your logic. Well, i think one thing hes doing is trying to bring us closer to what the rest of the world is doing with regard to immigration. I mean, we are overly generous. We have the biggest heart. And we should have a heart. Canadas pretty generous as well and hes modelling it on canada. Canada is more skills based, australia has moved to that and many other countries in the world you didnt get in. They dont let you become a citizen. Ana, a couple things, but should he have put jared in charge of this . Look, i guess when you put your soninlaw in the white house to fix everything that needs to be fixed youve got to then pretend that this is a real plan. Jared kushner is, you know, not a policy genius. This takes a lot of certainly nonimmigration policy expert, a lot of expertise, people who know a lot more about this have not been able to come up with a solution for many, many years now. Part of the thing i always question about trumps base is how they stick with him through the nauseating hypocrisy and inconsistency. This is a man who time after time has now been found to have undocumented workers working on his properties. This is a man who rambles on against chain migration and is now talking about merit based. Well, what do you think melanias parents who are all of a sudden u. S. Citizens and living in the United States are . You think theyre genius visas . You think theyre coming here because theyre so financially soluble . What are you saying . Hes a hypocrite. He has got undocumented workers working in his golf courses, building his buildings. Working in his restaurants. They have been found time and time again to be part of the Trump Organization and lets pretend that that is not happening. Okay, quickly. Seriously, i have to get to the break because im out of time. That may be the case because it has been reported and it shows that shes right on those issues. There are undocumented her parents came over on what is called chain migration, family reunification. Whatever they call it. Is he is she right . Is trump just a means to an end as we are seeing when it comes to abortion and all of that . You know what, look, even if anas credibility on that, and say hes hypocritical, at least we have a president now who is not turning a blind eye to a crisis that has been brewing for a long time and is trying to hit this on at the where it is. On our southern border. You may disagree with his rhetoric. But you cannot disagree anymore and weve heard the media and weve heard the left say there was no crisis. Now everyones coming around saying, okay, we understand theres a crisis. But what are we going to do about it . At least hes pushing this issue and keeping it front and center. There is a humanitarian crisis. There are babies dying in custody. I have to go. People are saying it wasnt a crisis that would lead you to a national emergency. There is context in that. There wasnt enough of a crisis to call a national emergency. A Million People coming in apprehended is a crisis. Well be having this conversation over and over. I appreciate both of you coming in. Over and over and over again. Governor jay inslee, this is his plan and were going to talk about it coming up. Last year, the department of Veterans Affairs partnered with tmobile for business, to help care for veterans everywhere. 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We dont know, but certainly since the republicans stole essentially two seats from the American People it gives us great concern and frankly its maddening to me, and ill tell you why. This is a situation where male politicians in alabama think theyve got the right to tell females in alabama what to do with their lives and their bodies. To me that is just outrageous. Woman governor signed it though and didnt a woman help to write it as well . You can be sure that men were right there standing by to take away this inherent right. And we have got to be aggressive. I have in my state where we passed the reproductive parity act to make sure women get access to health care. Were fighting back in the state of washington. Tell me about this. What do you think of your plan, when is it, a 8 trillion jobs plan, or 8 million jobs and 9 trillion over the next decade. Is that correct . Am i getting that right . You got it right. Key points, this is a big, bold ambitious plan because were a big, bold ambitious nation we have the last chance to rescue our nation from the monster of the Climate Crisis and we know we can grow jobs because were doing it today, Clean Energy Jobs are growing twice as fast as the rest of the economy and we need a plan that says not only were going to the moon, but designs a rocket ship. And this plan you just held up is the design for an ability to grow a new Clean Energy Economy with jobs across the United States. It is the most robust, comprehensive and detailed plan. Go to my site and take a look at the comments of the people who know what theyre talking about. This is the full deal. No half measures here. It was interesting when i saw it today he has a plan already because a lot of people dont really have their policies up there. At least you ive been working on this for over a decade and a half. What we have to realize, its kind of like beating fascism in world war ii. We cant have a half win here, weve got to get a full win. We cant have middle ground, we have to make sure that people get to high ground. 82 of democrats find Climate Change a very important issue ahead of universal health care, tighter gun control and so on and you called out joe biden for saying that he wanted to make a middle ground approach to Climate Change. Why do you think what is wrong with a middle ground approach now . I was in davenport, iowa yesterday where the floods are hurting so many businesses. I met a woman who lost her nonprofit. When you look in her eyes and see her crying, you know where theyre looking for high ground in iowa because of the floods, a middle ground approach will not cut it. Half measures will not defeat Climate Change. We need the full meal deal. So i hope other leaders will follow me in saying that we have to get off coal in the next ten years. We have to have a nonfossil fuelbased electrical system in the next 15 or so. 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This week we are revisiting stories of remarkable people changing our world as part of our series champions for change. For chris cuomo that person is a 13yearold poet named mattie stepanek. Chris met in 2001 in the aftermath of 9 11. His message of peace and hope was for our country and his words have stayed with chris to this day. If we choose to make peace a reality and spread it throughout the world, and get involved we will have peace. Never met anybody like mattie Joseph Thaddeus stepanek. We were reeling after 9 11, we were desperate for wisdom and then there was this kid, a kid in a wheelchair with a rare disease, a disease that claimed his three older siblings, and he is deep and he is dying. And he caught fire with a message that we all needed. I was at abc news at the time and we couldnt get enough mattie. Where does all this wisdom come from, mattie, youre an 11yearold kid. From inside of me. Its my heart song. Thank you all for coming tonight. He poured his heart songs as he called them into five books of poetry and peace essays, selling millions of copies. His uplifting spirit attracted a worldwide following including fellow poet and president jimmy carter. He joined us on the set at abc for a chance to meet the boy poet. Of all the people ive met in my life he was the most remarkable human being, i think, that has lived in my lifetime. I broke a very important rule as a journalist. I let mattie in. I couldnt help it. I loved that kid. And when he was finally gone, i could not handle it. I need a hope, a new hope. A hope that reaches for the stars. Hello. How are you . Im good. Thank you. Ive missed you. It has been 15 years. Matties mom jenny is battling the same rare disease that claimed her kids. Her days are devoted to her role as chief peace officer of the mattie j. T. Stepanek foundation. Nobody has ever affected me the way your son did. When he said god places messages in my heart, i never didnt believe him. But i didnt understand. Nor did i understand the impact, the Ripple Effect that was having on people in the world. How important is it to you to have your message get out . I think its very important. So that we can stop fighting and talk. Our war on terrorism should be won with words, not with bombs. On september 11th mattie watched the events unfold, and he said i dont know how to pray, i dont know what to do. And i said just start speaking. And he spoke what became the poem for our world. In so many ways we are the same. Our differences are unique treasures. We have, we are a mosaic of gifts. And it became an International Passage for peace. Its part prayer, part poem, part plea. So it started with a poem. Yes. Became a book. Yes. And now it is a platform. Right. The platform is the just peace summit, a global team Leaders Mentorship Program inspired by mattie and organized by the we are family foundation. I said to his mom, what if we find young people like mattie, teenagers between 13 and 19 years old, who literally are making the world a more Peaceful Place . How many kids have you put out there now . 332 global team leaders. Reporter we gathered these teens in a room. Like mattie they had a lot to say. The message i really take away most from mattie and what he embodied was the idea that peace comes just as much in the form of a crippled young boy as it does in a world leader. And he spoke to us about the reality of what it feels like to be alive. He didnt let his disease limit that. Mattie said unity is strength. We may have differing opinions, but that unity, to be able to have that positive discourse, is so important. Young lady, to the people at home your decision to come here and to be about this, what did it mean for them . I believe that i am here because i am a change maker. Because we believe that we are the change that the world needs. So thats why im crying. These kids. This would have never happened without you and without him. It empowers me and gives my purpose amplification. Im living with a sense of urgency. I want to develop sustainability for matties foundation so that if my stopwatch went, done, that matties foundation survives. I think make that decision about what kind of person im going to be, i shape my own character, and we use mattie as an inspirational example of what each one of us can do to live a better life. Hes now been gone longer than he was here, which for me as a mom is very, very difficult. What a beautiful gift to look out in the world and see that what he left for us, his legacy, is continuing to grow. I want this message to be reaching billions of people. And if i could offer our world a wish, it would be a spirit of peace so that we can be together. And chris cuomo joins me now. You know, chris, we meet so many people in this business its rare you get to go back to those things when the news moves on. What did revisiting matties legacy mean to you . You are totally right. Very often these opportunities kind of remind us of what it was then and how things have changed. My situation was different. Because i never forgot this kid. I have never been affected by anybody in this business, in my life, as i was by mattie Joseph Thaddeus stepanek and his mom, jeni. So we had stayed in touch. And to go back and remember 15 years, its so sad because i still miss him on a regular basis. Wow. And youve got to your heart just goes out to the families, all the families who are involved. Really watching that it takes you back to that time, which was just a terrible time for our country. We learned through that kid that we have to be our best during the worst of circumstances. And if a kid who knew he had a death sentence could be optimistic about what life is about, you know that expression out of the mouths of babes. Right. He was the best manifestation of that ive ever seen. 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