2020. Beginning with ryan nobles in washington. So far from the white house there has been no comment. Thats correct. The white house doesnt seem interested in providing its side of the story. Cnn has confirmed after the election last fall kushner explored this idea of setting up a secret line of communication with russia to discuss military operations in syria and other matters. Even though its unclear why a channel like that should be necessary. Kushner discussed this in a meeting with the russian ambassador, sergey kislyak. The line was never established but it would have been given kushner and Michael Flynn a link outside with russia. This morning the Current National security adviser, h. R. Macmaster and gary coleman was asked about the latest kushner controversy and this is how they responded. Were not going to comment on jared. Generally speaking, general would you be concerned if someone on the National Security counsel or in this administration were to seek a back Channel Comm
Yet the president would have the public believe otherwise. He tweeted over the weekend, quote, its my opinion that many of the leaks coming out of the white house are fabricated lies by the fake news media. He goes on, whenever you see the words sources say and they dont mention names, its very possible those sources dont exist but are made up by fake news writers. Fake news is the enemy. Keeping them honest, john miller or john barron may have something to say about that. Those are the side da nichls that the president used, fake names, fake stories, real fake ne news. The fake news he now objects by cnn and many others. The president has not shied away from unnamed sued da nichls when it fitted him. An extremely credible source has called my office and told me that boarack obamas birth certificate is a fraud. What is a source for the goose is not a source for the gander. Pu the president cited a more flattering story on fox news which happened to be based, quote, on a source familiar
The day at Arlington National cemetery. Again, heres the video laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns and then giving some remarks just moments ago, his first remark since returning to the u. S. From his nineday trip abroad paying tribute to the families of the fallen just moments ago. Meanwhile President Trump is also trying to overcome the mounting questions about rush and the Ongoing Investigation surrounding his administration. This a accepsense that administn is moving into a new phase in terms of how theyre handling the russia investigation. The word is there is talk of putting together a war room. Thats the terminology being used. A war room that would tasked with answering questions about the russia investigation and also developing a communications strategy. Were talking about a whole separate team of folks who would be folkscused solely on the questions surrounding this russia investigation and also coming up with a way to kind of counteract the narrative that has develo
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating whether President Trump possibly tried to obstruct justice. Now, cnns reporting is different. Cnn says that we do know that the special counsel and his investigators have asked for information and will talk to the president s top sblenlgintellig chiefs. One might think because President Trumps own friends and advisers have explained to him how much his impulsive tweeting has hurt him in various ways, that he might handle this news by being cautious, by being circumspect. But one would be wrong. Just a few moments ago, a new tweet. Crooked h. Destroyed phones with hammer, bleached emails, and had husband meet with attorney general days before she was cleared and they talk about obstruction. The president also calling the fbi investigation a witch hunt and impugning the integrity of people well known for their integrity. Cnns Jessica Schneider is here with us and she has the latest on the investigation. Jessica, what has cnn learned about t
This is cnn breaking news. All right. Welcome back. This is the cnn newsroom. Im fredricka whitfield. Thanks for watching. Well following breaking news on bill cosby. A little more than an hour ago a judge declared as mistrial in cosbys case. It happened when the jury came to the judge after just one hour of deliberations this morning telling the judge they were hopelessly deadlocked and unable to agree on a unanimous verdict. Youre seeing pictures of bill cosby earlier today. The comedian had been charged with three counts of aggravate the indecent assault and despite the outcome the prosecution now vowing to retry the case. Cnn is following the story for us right now. We heard from the District Attorney kevin steele who said while theyre going to reassess, hes also vowing they will retry this case. Right. He had a lot of comments saying this is an important case and thats why it does need to be retried. You know, it speaks for a lot of the cases out there, a lot of cases out there an