agreed at this point not to speak publicly about this controversial issue. but it s worth noting that line does not appear in the white house statement on the call. this was your choice of a question. [ laughter ] there goes that relationship. reporter: the president needled prime minister may from a question from a british reporter on the use of torture. president trump said he would defer to defense secretary james mattis who said torture doesn t work. i don t necessarily agree, but i would tell you that he will override because i m giving him that power. there will be times when we disagree on issues which we disagree. this is the original in many ways. reporter: even though both the president and the prime minister were talking up relations between the u.s. and britain, there was some distance evident over the sanctions on russia over its invasion of ukraine. we ll see what happens as far as the sanctions very early to be talking about that. we believe the sanctio
riding into populist movements in their country. he tried to push back on p perceptions of his hard charging persona. we ll get along very well. it s interesting because i am a people person. i think you are also, theresa. i can often tell how i get along with somebody very early and i believe we re going to have a fantastic relationship. reporter: now, the white house says the president will have other phone call this weekend with french president and german chancellor merkel along with britain. those two countries have been instrumental in keeping a lid on vladimir putin in europe so it s no surprise they will be all on the phone the same day president trump speaks with the russian leader and, jake, we ll have to wait for those read outs to see how brash donald trump is on those phone calls, jake. all right, jim accosta, thanks so much. that brings us to our world lead. as you heard president trump also addressed a call he ll take tomorrow with russian president vladimir putin.
plate and resist any kind of potential aggression faced by the alliance. there is a fun moment when prime minister may, traditionally what happens is the president calls on two reporters. the prime minister calls on two reporters usually from the uk and each reporter asks questions of both leaders. one of the british reporters had some rather had a rather edgy question for president trump about all the things he believes that might scare people in the uk, including support and a belief that torture works. the president said he doesn t he thinks it works but he s going to leave it to mattis who doesn t think it works. it s unusual to hear a president talk so openly about torture which is by definition, international and national law. there has certainly been british press scrutiny of the issue. i don t think there was a major discussion between the two leaders. this was more of a big picture meeting about the larger importance and the american special relationship.
white house official tells cnn it would impose a four-month ban on any refugees coming into the u.s. it would also block all syrian refugees indefinitely. initially there would be a 30-day ban from immigrants from seven middle eastern countries being iraq, syria, iran, sudan, libya, somalia, and yemen. so, we re going to take that live as soon as we see the president there standing at the podium at the pentagon. but before we do that, want to share this extraordinary story of a police officer who went beyond the call of duty. boise, idaho was left with one leg after being shot multiple times. his resilience never waivers and he hopes to put on a uniform one last time. cnn s anika cabrera tells the story. reporter: to corporal kevin, every breath, every movement is a blessing.
the times, doesn t mention what was said in those posts but they were missed during three different background checks. had they been found the authorities might have left her out of country. this morning, investigators are wrapped up their search for evidence at a lake near the site of the massacre. cnn s anika cabrera has the latest. reporter: fbi officials aren t confirming what the items they have found in the lake nor confirm if they have to do with this case. one fbi official telling me they