Theyre piling up. I feel a little badly about it. They went back 12 years to get things he did 12 years ago . Hes not going to pardon anybody in this investigation but he is not, obviously, going to give up his right to pardon if a miscarriage of justice is presented to him. Two adults, four children just finished crossinging the rio grande here a little while ago and now theyre in the custody of Border Patrol. I hate the children being taken away. The democrats have to change their law. You can tell dhs to stop doing it. I think its so disguftsing. So disgusting that people are trying to use the bible in the same way they use the bible to justify slavery. So it is 8 01 on a saturday morning. We are so grateful to have you with us. Im christi paul. Im Martin Savidge in for victor blackwell. As President Trump wakes up at the white house this morning, Paul Manafort, his former campaign chairman, is waking up in the vip section were told of the Northern Regional jail in virginia. We dont know what that means to be in the vip section but he arrived there last night. This was video captured after his bail was provoked. He may remain in jail until his trial starts in september. President trump called the treatment of manafort unfair. Then hours later his attorney giuliani says pardons could be in the pipeline if the president thinks his former staffers are prosecuted unfairly. My advice to the president of the United States, as his lawyer, not as a government lawyer, is no pardons. It would completely change the momentum that we have right now because its very strong right now. You can see the polls moving in the president s favor and against mueller. Why did you suggest it . I didnt. What i said was after the investigation is over, then it has to be considered as a governmental matter, not by me. What the history has been is these things get cleaned up. Ford did it. Reagan did it. Carter did it. Clinton did it and bush did it in political investigations. Youre saying after the probe is over, it may be cleaned up with any pardons . If people were unfairly prosecuted. So its pretty clear this morning the question is, is giuliani sending a message . Cnn politics reporter joining us live from washington. Jeremy, what is your take on that . What are you hearing from washington about that argument that maybe hes sending a signal here to manafort and the others to say dont worry about it. Ive got it taken care of. This is the latest mixed messages weve heard from Rudy Giuliani hours before he said that to chris cuomo, he suggested in the New York Daily News that pardons could be used to clean up this case. The question really is, what is giuliani and the president trying to say to Paul Manafort and others who potentially could be implicated in the case. The president tweeted this was a tough sentence on manafort although he hasnt been charged. His bail was just revoked by a federal judge. But the question of pardons has obviously been swirling out there. The president has issued several pardons already to people who arent involved in the special counsel case and a lot of suggestion its a signal that if the special counsel gets too close to the president that a pardon could emerge. Now the point sheer that manafort is now going to be under more pressure to flip on the president and start cooperating because instead of being in the comfort of his own home, hes now in a federal prison. Jeremy, thank you so much. We appreciate it. Heres the other question can anything or anyone stop the president from freely using his power to pardon . Page payton, cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney with us right now. So lets talk about that real quickly because we heard giuliani say at one point the president is not going to let go of or give up his right to pardon if he sees theres a miscarriage. Nobody is asking him to do that, though. Not yet, though. Right. Theyve already sent the message they think at least trump and his team thinks that manafort is being treated unfairly. Thats basically what he said. The question is when are you going to issue that pardon . Are you going to do it now, which he could and immediately hed be released from jail or wait until the process is over . Wait until the investigation is complete . Wait until manaforts two trials have been completed and wait until hes convicted . So we want to listen to Rudy Giuliani again because he did also in his conversation with chris cuomo talk about what he believes is a critical error bob mueller made. I believe bob made one critical error thats going to doom this investigation. Which is what . Hiring those people. I would never have done it. If you look at special independent counsel probe, they generally get nonpolitical people. Threequarters of the prosecutors of high regard in this country, im talking about federal now, are not involved in partisan politics. I wasnt involved in partisan politics until i ran for mayor. Is that true . Generally is that true . What weve seen and been seeing is the trump team attacking the investigators instead of the substance of the investigation. Thats something defense lawyers always do. Im always going to focus on any issue i can find to attack or at least bring into question the credibility of the agents and the other investigators who are involved in the case. But how do you screen everyone who has some political belief, some political feeling . You get to a point where youll not have anyone investigating the case. While the credibility of the investigation is critically important, a particular investigators political views are not necessarily important unless they affect the conduct of the investigation. Weve not seen that here, even though im certain bob mueller wishes those tweets and messages had never been sent out, the tweets back and forth between the agents. That. But it works into the hands of the president and, of course, Rudy Giuliani by just insinuating the whole process is flawed, that theres a political method to this madness going on here. It works for them to continually try to erode the competence in this investigation. And they have an audience for that. Already a number of people in this country believe this investigation is purely politically motivated. Its a witch hunt. When you have Something Like this, these Text Messages that clearly never should have been sent, it clearly adds fuel to that fire. And the talks of the pardons, Rudy Giuliani, he tried to walk that back a little bit. Lets listen here. Let me make it clear right now, anybody listening. Please. Hes not going to pardon anybody in this investigation. But he is not, obviously, going to give up his right to pardon if a miscarriage of justice is presented to him. Doesnt that wind up meaning that he you are shaking your head. Theres no doubt that President Trump is going to pardon Paul Manafort. The only question is when. I think the concern that Rudy Giuliani and others have is some people could say you can use the pardon power in a manner to obstruct justice if you do it during the course of the investigation, especially if theres reason to believe that the people on the receiving end of that pardon could testify against you. I think its why are you so certain, though . That hes going to be pardoned . Yes. Giuliani says hes willing to use the pardon power if someone has been treated unfairly. And President Trump tweets out he thinks the sentence is wrong. He already tells us he thinks manafort is being treated unfairly. Hes sitting in jail and hasnt been convicted. I dont downtoubt thats coming. The optics of pardoning someone during the investigation could look like obstruction. But if you think theyre going to flip, would it be possible to try to cut that off . Its possible, absolutely. Then well get into the legal weeds here. If you pardon someone early enough where theyre not facing any criminal expose uthen they have no fifth amendment privilege. Then bob mueller or another prosecutor could call that person as a witness and force them to festify about what they know because they cant say im not going to talk because you may prosecute me. Once youve been pardoned, you dont have that same fifth amendment right. Do you think Paul Manafort has been treated unfairly . I dont know about the substance of the case against him. There are a lot of charges. But if you violate the bond conditions while out on pretrial release, youre going to go to jail. So put all the other stuff aside, he didnt follow the rules. If you dont follow the rules in federal court youll wait in jail for your trial. All righty, always appreciate your expertise. Thank you for being here. Absolutely. 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Part of that policy, of course, includes the controversial practice. It has created anguish at the border. Confusion and frustration in washington and drawn criticism from the religious community. Well talk more about the politics of all of this in a moment but we want to talk more about the people who are living the story. Ed lavandera has been speaking to some of those families. He joins us live from mcallen, texas. I say the number 2,000 but this isnt about a number. This is about children and families. The number is to capture the scope of what is going on. Thats fascinating to think about that number just includes those separated between april 19th and may 31st. Doesnt include the last two weeks. So that number is only expected to go up. And the Trump Administration has had to open up another temporary facility out in far west texas to house these children. One of the things the Trump Administration has been saying all along, especially attorney general Jeff Sessions is that they hope as news of this spreads through Central America that this will serve as a deterrent. As we saw firsthand yesterday, that isnt necessarily the case. Its hard to see people moving through the thick south texas vegetation. The rio grande rolls by just beyond the tree line. And then just like that, they appear out of the brush. A small group of undocumented immigrants walking into a public park. We just came across this group of undocumented immigrants here in the town of mission, texas. Two adults, four children, just finished crossing the rio grande here a little while ago. And now theyre in the custody of Border Patrol. This group is made up of three different groups. They met along the journey from honduras and decided to enter the country together. They are given water and sit in the shade as they wait for a vehicle to take them to a Border Patrol station. Theres jonathan ariel, 11 years old. He left honduras with cousins but they abandoned him along the way. His mother lives in virginia and told him not to make this journey alone. But now hes here. I told her i wanted to come but she said its very dangerous. Are you scared . A little he says. Its a brief conversation that leaves you with many more questions about how a young boy can get to this point. As an unaccompanied minor, he will likely end up for the time being in a childrens shelter like this one as federal authorities try to connect the boy with his mother. The rest of this group is made up of two adult women with their children. Dahlia is 24 years old. She crossed the border with her little boy. Why did you come . She says gang members left a note at her home threatening to kill her and thats when she decided to flee. Are you afraid theyll separate you from your children . Yes, hes my son and i love him, she says. I have carried him throughout my journey. She did not know that she might be separated from her son once she was taken into custody in the United States but she says i have nothing in honduras. The families are loaded up and taken away unsure of what happens next. So what happens to these Young Children now . Jonathan there, because hes an unaccompanied minor and thats different from children who come with their parents or guardians, hes automatically kind of cast into another situation. Thats why i mentioned he may be put into a detention facility while they try to connect with his mother. I spoke with his mother yesterday afternoon. She said she already heard from him and was waiting to hear from immigration authorities as to what happens next. As far as the other two adults and their children, this is where the situation gets murky. Even though the Trump Administration has been saying that it is pushing for 100 enforcement of illegal entry that federal misdemeanor charge, that is not happening. Were seeing throughout the week here in south texas a number of undocumented immigrants with their children who have been captured and released given a court date and a gps ankle monitor to track their movement. So it is not 100 , but dhs, department of Homeland Security folks will not explain how these decisions are made. Why some people are prosecuted and why others are released. What happens to the other part of that group is still unclear today. Ed lavandera, thank you so much. Attorney general Jeff Sessions and other Administration Officials have defended the practice as being biblical. Lawmakers in both parties we should point out, along with others have criticized the family separations. Even President Trump has suggested its cruel but theres been some confusion over what he would do about it. Republican leaders in Congress Plan to put their plans for an immigration bill that could address the separations on hold. They say because the president said friday that he wouldnt support it. A couple of different bills on immigration probably next week. Yeah. One of them, a bit more moderate. I certainly wouldnt sign the more moderate one. I need a bill that gives this country tremendous border security. I have to have that. Got to have a wall . We have to have the wall. If we dont have the wall, theres no bill. All righty. Later, white house official said the president misunderstood that question and, quote, this is from the white house. Fully supports both the goodlatte bill and house leadership bill. He was commenting on the discharge petition in the house. He would sign the goodlatte or leadership bills. That from the white house. Paige payton is back with us. Also april ryan. Good morning, april. Let me start with you. The president calls it cruel but according to the washington post, he is using this family separation issue as a negotiating tool. Im wondering your thoughts on that. Well, any time this president has a chance to use something to his advantage, he will. And its unfortunate that lives are in the midst of this tool, using them as a tool or as a pawn in a game to get what he wants for immigration. But at issue, martin, you know, this president nothing is going to happen. No immigration bill is going to be signed before the midterms because it is too divisive. It could cost them the election. But you have to remember, this president came into the white house talking about a wall, talking about immigration. Immigration system is broken. How do you fix it . Is this how you pix it with something people are considering cruel . Separating families. Separating mothers from their children . You even have religious leaders who stayed away from this president s moral issues, from alleged infidelity and things of that nature but theyre weighing in on this talking about the family. Franklin graham is saying that this is not right. Family is important if you want to bring in religion. Its about family. And family if youre looking at religion, is the First Ministry. This president says hes christian. Family is the First Ministry in the home. Page, there may be some motivation when you think about it for President Trump to stop this practice. And its this. The u. S. , when they absorb these children and take them into their custody and their care, the u. S. Now opens itself up to liability of these children if they if something happens to one of them if one gets lost or hurt or gets abused. How liable is the u. S. . I mean, who would pay a price if somebody if one of these children disappears . The United States will because and this reminds me of exactly the way the Trump Administration rolled out the first travel ban. Its as if theyre not thinking two or three steps down the road. These children are not in legal custody as far as being detained because theyve broken some law but they are nonetheless in the custody of the United States. That means we need to take care of their health care, whatever mental or emotional issues they may be having because theyve just been separated from their parents. And how long does this last . Its happening to some of their parents. Theyre being prosecuted and deported, but the children . I dont know that theyve thought this out. And ed lavanderas report that theyre not even following the 100 rule of prosecuting these folks. They cant because the court system cannot absorb it. I dont think this policy, regardless of whether you think its a good idea or bad idea, has really been thought out as far as the implementation. Not sustainable. Its not sustainable because were going to be responsible for all of the children that are being separated from their families. April, we mentioned that the president seemed to come out in the morning yesterday and said he wasnt going to vote for a bill. Then later the white house came out with a statement that seemed to clarify the president does support both gop bills of this. Im wondering about whiplash but then this clearly seems to be an issue now that could come back and haunt republicans and its one of their own making. Yeah, its going to haunt them. Im going to go back before we really get into this piece what page said. The white house and Jeff Sessions has said it that no matter whether you are adult or child if you cross the border, you are illegally crossing the border. Its a crime. Theyre looking at it as a crime. Now the devil is in the details. The president has goodlatte that is very conservative and the house leadership bill thats moderate. He wants the wall. He wants to enforce the law, creating something where if you cross this border, you will be punished. And this is punishment. And page is right. They havent thought this out down the road. When you look at what the president wants. He keeps talking about the wall. Thats not the only way people across the border. You have people stuffed into trunks. We dont hear the president or white house talking about smuggling people across the border and you have hundreds of people who die throughout the year coming through the border and these hot trucks on different types of vehicle to get here. So this bill the president is thinking has a lot of holes in it when it comes to immigration. Its not complete. And they are just going by the seat of their pants. If something happens to anyone in our custody, and they its like someone, one person may get one type of justice and another may get another, depending upon who is there at the time to make the decision. This could have tremendous ripple effects with our neighbors to the south. And government to government relations. This just does not sit well with a lot of people in washington and global ly. When we look at we just talked about the sustainability or nonsustainability of this practice. Is there a way, and i know theres not a lot of hope going into tuesday for a bill to be passed or reconciled for this but is there a way to deal with this singular issue to reconcile this without having to wait for some legislative fix as a whole . If the president wanted to change it, he absolutely could change it with a phone call. Whats happened here is the president has the authority to enforce Immigration Law as it stands currently in the country. Congress makes a law. The president enforces it. And within that prerogative of enforcing the law, the president can make decisions like theyre being made in this particular policy. He can change it like that if he wanted to. Or congress can address it. Its more of a political question. This issue is finally going to be the last straw and that well now address immigration in a common sense way and it takes care of both children and people that are trying to come into the country for the long term, nojust the short term. But you have to go through something horrific just to get there. Its unfortunate but apparently so. April, page, were so grateful you took the time to be here today. Thank you. Still ahead namecalling, accusations of plagiarism. Rudy giuliani says he loves these accusations at former Vice President joe bide ebiden. Why . Well tell you. Her salon was booked for weeks, until her laptop crashed this morning. Having it problems . Ask a business advisor how to get on demand tech support for as little as 15 a month. This week get boise case paper for only 29. 99 at office depot office max. For a single mother,mutuality . Its preparing her daughters for the curveballs life throws. And its guarding a family weekend letting calls go to voicemail. 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Soybeans could cost iowa farmers up to 624 million. In other news, President Trumps attorney general Rudy Giuliani is taking aim at the president s 2020 reelection prospects. He made some harsh comments about former Vice President joe biden. He called him a moron and a, quote, mentally deficient idiot. The name calling didnt stop there either. Joining us now, cnn White House Reporter sarah westwood. Where did this come from . While the president s outspoken top lawyer is making waves once again. Rudy giuliani is telling the Huffington Post he considers former Vice President joe biden to be a, quote, mentally deficient idiot, like you mentioned. Giuliani appeared with chris cuomo last night and defended those comments saying he was remarking on bidens past decisions and potential future decision to challenge trump for the presidency. Take a listen. Lets start with something that has nothing to do with anything, but you made it relevant today. Why would you call joe biden what you called him today . That hes dumb . No, that would have been a compliment. That would have been like an invitation to prom. You called him a mentally deficient idiot. I meant hes dumb. I think joe is last in his law school class. Joe he wasnt last, but he was low. Second to last. The other guy died and he ended up last. He didnt do well. Well give you that. A plagiarism problem in law school and as a senator which indicates something even about character. Constantly making faux pas. Why make a comment about biden . I was asked would he be a formidable candidate . I said, no. He never did well as a national candidate. The president did fabulous as a firsttime national candidate. You really think joe biden is stupid . No. Because you said that. In that category. That explains the plagiarism. I think the plagiarism is very serious. I dont think hell ever get beyond that. His comments did not sit well with meghan mccain. She responded on twitter saying, i am disgusted by giulianis abhorrent and idiotic comments about joe biden. Joe biden is one of the great political leaders of all time, one of the truly decent men left in politics and someone my family has looked to for strength during the most difficult time in our lives. Senator mccain and joe biden have been freniends for years. This is not the first time giuliani has caused problems for the white house distracting headlines. Hes, of course, commented on the iran nuclear deal, negotiations with north korea and the first ladys private thoughts. This is not the first time. Sarah, thank you. Still to come a 29yearold mother of three believes shes going to be murdered by the ms13 gang if she gets deported to honduras. The real consequences for undocumented immigrants living in the u. S. Well talk about that next. Stay close. Disrupting business and taking on a life of its own. Its multicloud complexity creating friction. And slowing innovation. 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Ms13 gang members murdered her brother. She fled. If sent back, shell most certainly die. Translator youd rather they kill you here than you die there . Reporter for the last seven years, joanna and her americanborn children have lived in the shadows of america. She thought fleeing ms13 Gang Violence and being a victim of Sexual Assault would help her qualify for asylum. She applied in 2011 but admits like so many others she was too scared to show up to her court date. Now with a new edict from the Trump Administration, her greatest fear is what will happen to her children when or if shes deported. She has three children, all u. S. Citizens under the age of 7. Translator what will happen to my kids . Will i be able to take them . If i go alone, what will thoop my children who are here practically alone . Reporter on monday, shes in court for driving without insurance and a license. She could be detained by immigration officers. Translator with the orders that the president gave to get out all of immigrants, why doesnt he take the time to know how someones life is . Why on the border are they treating us like animals . Thats not being human. To not feel the pain of someone else. Reporter joanna says under president obama, she was aware deportations were at an alltime high but still had hope with the prospect of asylum. Not anymore. Now the only thing she can think of is how best to shield her children from the strong chances of her being sent back. Joanna has been getting help from an immigrants rights organization. They say not only is she at risk of being deported but so is her husband who has been detained since early may. Joanna tells her children that their father is on vacation. When i asked her what shes prepared to tell her own children after her court date on monday, she says shes yet to express that out loud to them because expressing it would make her chances of going back, she says, all the more real. Martin, christi . Nick, thank you so much. The controversial immigration practice of taking children from their parents at the border. Thats one of the most talked about issues on social media. Its also one of the top trending stories on cnn. Com. Cnn has crews stationed all along the u. S. mexico border as this story is unfolding. You can get the latest information at cnn. Com. Lets move on to Something Else a little more uplifting. Call him the greatest of all time. The g. O. A. T. Coy, am i talking about you . Not me. Who has been named the sexiest man of alltime . An athletic beast . Cristiano ronaldo. Why some are saying theyre stopping in the middle of the streets in new york. Listen. 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Tohow you how big of a deal this is, we want to show you that scene from times square yesterday during a crucial moment in the spain portugal match. Watch. Goal people on both sides of the street stopping to watch a man making his case for the greatest of all time. Cristiano ronaldo at 33. This could be his last world cup. Hes a man on a mission, battling younger defenders putting them to the test. A penalty kick in the back of the net. Putting portugal up first. Now spain would strike back tying it just before the half but ronaldo, a belligerent man blasting this past the spanish goalie to put portugal up 21. Then spain, they felt the pride of their nation. Digging in. Had to make something happen. The second of diego costas two goals of the day. Then 32 on this goal from the one they call nacho. Look at the precision on that. Thats like surgical, right . All this set up this moment. The final minutes. Ronaldo staring at a wall of defenders. But all he sees is the back of the net. Incredible. A hat trick for ronaldo. Tying the game at 33. Thats how it would end. Ronaldo against many of his own teammates from his pro team in madrid earning portugal a point with the draw. Ronaldo is the oldest player ever to score a hat trick at the world cup and first ever to do so against spain. Another example of the world cup hype. Nigerias jerseys sold out in three minutes. The Youngest Team in the world representing the nations younger generation. Their mantra, nija on the jersey. Its an uplifting attitude theyve embraced. Were so fly, you cant blame us. Nigeria clas croatia this afternoon. Coming up at the top of the hour, the match of the day. Iceland. The smallest nation ever to qualify with a population of 330,000. Lexington, kentucky, almost has that many. His coach is a parttime dentist. Taking on the player who is arguably the other greatest of all time, messi. Iceland, though, has this passion that could give them a chance. Yeah. Go ahead, martin. I see you wanting to clap. Thats the thunder clap. Thousands making the trip to moscow. The chant went viral during icelands historic euro 2016 win over england. They say 99. 8 of icelanders watch that on tv. Argentina is still favored but despite all of his mastery on the field, messi has never led his team to any international championship. Can he do it this time . France versus australia just finished about an hour ago. France winning, 21. One last note on the u. S. Open. Tiger woods bid for another major title over essentially before the weekend began. Woods missed the cut after going 10 over par across the first two days. Hes 1 of 14 former major winners who wont be playing anymore. World number one Dustin Johnson has the lead at 4 under. And the conditions are so rough, hes the only player in the entire field to be under par. Wow. Yeah. What a wonderful sport to see the whole world get behind. Cant wait until 2026 when its here. Its going to be so fun. Thanks, coy. 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