On stage. 141 victims of larry nassar unite to send the times up message to the world. What an emotional evening on stage. We will show the highlights. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im alison kosik. Thursday, july 19th. 5 00 a. M. In the east. We start with reporting from the New York Times. We learn that two weeks before the inauguration, President Trump was shown highly classified intelligence that Vladimir Putin ordered Cyber Attacks in efforts to sway the 2016 election. The report says evidence included texts and emails from Russian Military officers and information gleaned from the top secret source close to Vladimir Putin. James clapper, the former director of national intelligence, was at the meeting and confirmed that to cnn last night. This is his refusal to accept information that he doesnt want to hear. Clapper says his biggest fear in the wake of President Trumps summit performance is it essentially allows putin to do just about anything he wants. Af
Denial of meddling will pounce analysis for you from washington. Meanwhile former u. S. President barack obama attacks what he calls the loss of shame among political leaders who were speaking out in a bench in johannesburg marking the one hundredth birthday of south africas formally to Nelson Mandela. Also on the program the turkish economy in trouble inflation a plunging currency and investors pulling out their assets just nine days off to his inauguration we are asking what president richard typesetter one is planning to do. And refocus on attempts at reconciliation in mosul a year off the socalled Islamic State was driven out of iraq second city in an exclusive report for you recall of a district my own trying to get everyone to live in peace to get that amid the ruins but he fears the talks may take one hundred she is. Hello and welcome my name is Christopher Spring a good to have you with us u. S. President almost trump has made a spectacular you turn on remarks he made off to mo
National Security Team that was in helsinki. And we need to do that immediately. We need hearings as soon as possible. To assess what President Trump might have committed to president in secret. I trust our Intelligence Community and i trust their assessment that there was a russian meddling in the election but i also trust investigations so far which has shown absolutely no collusion. Dana it we have that story covered from multiple angles. Bret baier is standing by with analysis but first republican senator bennetts half of nebraska. When you give us your impression. Yesterday was a bad day for america, the american brand and american people. Because we believe stuff. Theres a big difference between who we are and who putin is, there is no moral equivalency. When you are on the world stage, you have the opportunity to explain who you are. Theres a whole bunch of stuff that flows from Human Dignity americans believe. Putin believes in very little of that stuff which is why the strongm
Disgusting. It was not the thoughtful presentation from President Trump with putin next to him, and not forceful at all. And the big question that we are asking today is, is the president listening to the tidal wave of criticism from his own party . Nbcs hans nichols is at the white house, and ashley is a political analyst, and Kimberly Atkins from the brld and msnbc contributor and jake sherman a Senior Writer for politico. And before we go, i want to play two sound bites for you. And one is the president yesterday calling this whole investigation, this Mueller Investigation, the investigation into russia a witch hunt while he is standing next to Vladimir Putin. Listen. We have had a phony witch hunt deal drive us apart. This is the biggest wedge. This is the biggest wedge. It is the thing that he told me when he went in, and he said, what a shame. He felt it was very hard for me to make a deal. Because of, you know, all of this nonsense, and much of the case. And he used the word non
Blamed both the u. S. And russia for damaged relations and slammed Robert Muellers russia probe for making things worth. Both World Leaders dismiss the russia investigation as a tool to drive a wedge between the two countries. President trump he said there was no collusion whatsoever. I guess he said it as strongly as you can say it. They have no information on trump. I am not interested in this issue a single bit. It is the internal political games of the United States. Dont make the relationship between russia and the United States. Dont hold it hostage because of this political struggle. Sandra more on reaction from capitol hill. Byron york is standing by with analysis. Lets start with Kristin Fisher live at the white house this morning. It has been radio silence ever since President Trump landed back in the United States. The last we heard from him was a tweet on Board Air Force one where he seemed to walk back a little bit the most inflammatory of his remarks that he made while st