Trump and Vladimir Putin. Trump arriving here in helsinki, finland. He is at the hotel for the night. The two leaders will meet in the morning. It is quite late at night here sh, though you would not know that looking at the light out. The stakes for the summit are certainly high and even now higher in the wake of the special counsel Robert Muellers latest indictments of 12 russian officers for meddling in the american election. This is what donald trump told cbs news about the meeting. What is your goal from the Putin Meeting . I will lett you know after the meeting. I have absolutely and it is mutually agreed to have a meeting. It is a a good thing to meet. I do believe in the meetings. Look, i believe in having a meeting with chairman kim because a good thingment i think that having meetings with the president of china was a very good thing. I believe it is really good. So having meetings with russia, ch china and north korea, and i believe in it. Nothing bad is going to come out of
Military intelligence officials with hacking into the systems of the dnc and the Hillary Clinton campaign to interfere in the u. S. Election. Few think such an attack could have happened without president putins direct knowledge and approval. These charges were brought as part of the Robert Muellers investigation. President trump was briefed by the indictments earlier in the week which means he knew about them when he said this on friday. I think that were being hurt very badly by the i would call it the witch hunt. I would call it the rigged witch hunt. I think that really hurts our country and it really hurts our relationship with russia. I think that we would have a chance to have a very Good Relationship with russia and very good chance very Good Relationship with president putin. So the u. S. Government looking into the russian cyber attack on the United States is hurting the impact of u. S. russian relations. Lets bring in kaitlan collins. What do we know about the president s mi
New book about the president which mr. Trump is dismissing as fiction. Pardoning himself. Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh faces questions about the president s legal problems and the Mueller Investigation but he wont say if mr. Trump has the ability to pardon himself. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following multiple breaking stories this hour, including a truly extraordinary attack on President Trump by one of his own Senior Administration officials. That person writing anonymously in a the New York Times oped says the president is acting in a manner detrimental to the country and Many Administration officials are working from within to, quote, frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. And that seems to corroborate the explosive reporting of the president in the new book by journalist woodward. Cnn learned the president telling aides to find who talked to woodward. Covering the breaking news with correspondents, specialists and analysts and le
One after another. The mystery deepens that the Saudi Crown Prince could be behind the disappearance of the Washington Post reporter, and that the washington was aware of the plans to detain him. The Foreign Relations committee is demanding that they find out who murdered him. And my instincts say that there is no doubt that they did this and my instincts say that they murdered him. And girl power on the day with two first ladies with two very different views of the Metoo Movement. We need to have hard evidence that if you are accused of something, show the evidence. I am surprised by how much has changed and how much has not changed, and changed, and i think that is where the fire is coming from. Enough is enough. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in new york, and continuing coverage of Hurricane Michaels devastating impa impact on millions of americans. Now downgraded to a Tropical Storm and rationing through the carolinas to the atlantic ocean. The most pressing problem for the
Newsroom starts right now. That is our top story. Were five hours into a partial u. S. Government shutdown. It effects hundreds of thousands of federal employees and the agencies they serve. Lawmakers left days before the Christmas Holiday without a bill to fund the government by this midnight deadline that already passed. Their deadlock over the demand to fund a border wall, a wall that democrats oppose. Call it a democrat shutdown, call it whatever you want, but we need their help to get this approved. So democrats, we have a wonderful list of things that we need to keep our country safe. Lets get out, lets work together, lets be bipartisan, and lets get it done. The shutdown hopefully will not last long. President trumps democratic opponent, Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi issued a new statement. After eight years in the minority their party is set to regain control of the house in january because of the midterm elections outcome. Their Statement Reads in part