Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news, President Trump defending his move turning tables on the Mueller Investigation. Hes ordering all u. S. Intelligence agencies to assist the attorney general, william barr, in a probe of surveillance of the 2016 Trump Campaign which ultimately led to the appointment of the special Counsel Robert Mueller. The president calling all of it an attempted coup. Also, the president is denying knowledge of a video he retweeted that had been edited to make House Speaker nancy pelosi appear to be slurring her words. And he questioned her fitness while accusing her of saying horrible things about him. Ill talk about that and more with congressman madeline dean of the Judiciary Committee and our correspondents and analysts also standing by, first, lets go to pamela brown. Shes already in tokyo where the president is now heading. Pamela, the president has left multiple controversies in his wake. Reporter yeah, thats right. President trump did not hol
Memorial day edition of the lead. Im erica hill in today for jake. We begin with our world lead. What was supposed to be a show of unity between the u. S. And japan. Instead, President Trump contradicting his host, Prime Minister shinzo abe, not to mention his own National Security adviser. The president saying he was not personally bothered by north koreas recent missile test. Mr. Trump also siding with the brutal north korean dictator over a fellow american, former Vice President joe biden. Cnn white house correspondent, indicacaitlikaitlan collins, is with the president in tokyo. So, kaitlan, Prime Minister abe said he and President Trump were completely on the same page on issues like trade and north korea, but thats not what we saw. Reporter yeah, this was a heavily ceremonial trip that was meant to showcase and reinforce the bond between these two leaders, but, erica, when they got on stage and started taking questions from reporters, the cracks in those bonds over key issues bec
Valuable to Robert Muellers russia investigation. There are new details about a voice recording from trumps attorney to flynns lawyer while flynn was cooperating. A judge now ordering that transcript of that voice mail to be released publicly by the end of this month. In just a moment, were going to take a look at what were learning tonight on that. Also, we need to tell you about the Justice Department finally agreeing to let all the members of the House Intel Committee see a less redacted version of Robert Muellers report. But at the same time, until chairman adam schiffs threatening to take what he calls enforcement action against the Justice Department for not complying with his subpoena for counterintelligence information from the investigation. So there is a lot to discuss. I want to bring in mark fazetti, juliette kayyem. Nice to have all of you. This email came on the same night that trump told attorneys pour the white house they could no longer talk. Here is what the contact s
Bet is arlingtons mother because we live from afar and when she comes she always gives him a hug for me. More on those important ceremonies and this important day throughout hour, but we begin with a big and very Public International divide between President Trump, his National Security team and a key u. S. Ally. The president is in tokyo today, and this morning he sided with the north korean dictator kim jongun on both a matter of substance and a matter of smallness. President trump shares chairman kims opinion that former are Vice President joe biden doesnt have the mental mettle to be president and we will circle back to the petty politics in a bit. Far more significant is the substance, the president brushing off concerns of the japanese Prime Minister and his own National Security adviser and the safety of some 70,000 troops stations in the area thinking that at a minimum north korea needs to be called out at the National Security council and standing a key feet from an al he view
Declassifying intelligence related to the russia investigation. He is a great gentlemen and a highly respected man. So everything that they need is declassified. And theyll be able to see how this hoax how the hoax or witch hunt started and why it started. It was a an attempted coup or attempted takedown of the president of the United States. Well, lets just be clear. Of course we know why the russia investigation which resulted in 34 indictments started. Its right here in the Mueller Report in the introduction. A Foreign Government contacted the fbi about a may 2016 encounter with Trump Campaign Foreign Policy adviser george papadopoulos. Papadopoulos suggested to a representative of that Foreign Government that the Trump Campaign in received indications from the russian government that it kwo assist the campaign through the aanonymous release of information damaging to democratic president ial candidate hillary clinton. Okay. Well, trump doesnt want to hear those facts. What he does